... if only they can keep the bugs off

[Eric Greenwell[_4_]]

Now even airliners are worried about getting bugs on their wings:

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/August/12/smashing-bugs-for-science.aspx?WT.mc_sect=tec&WT.mc_id=130816epilot

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- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

[Echo]

On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:05:55 PM UTC-5, Eric Greenwell wrote:
> Now even airliners are worried about getting bugs on their wings:
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> http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/August/12/smashing-bugs-for-science.aspx?WT.mc_sect=tec&WT.mc_id=130816epilot
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> --
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> Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
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> email me)
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> - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
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> http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

I only fly a regional jet, but I can't help but notice all the bugs on the leading edge of our jets. Often wondered how much an impact it makes. They do, however, allow us to write that up and call the mechanics out, they have a way to determine how much is too much(square inch saturation, I believe), and they will clean the leading edges.

E