Falling with the Falcon

[Michael 182]

There is an article in the Feb/March Air and Space called Falling with the
Falcon by Tom Harpole. Unfortunatly, it is not available on the web, or at
least I could not find it.

This is an amazing story about Ken Franklin and his Peregrine Falcon,
Frightful. Ken is a 17,000 hour pilot who has trained Frightful to skydive
with him - they have reached 242 mph together in freefall. The article
references a National Geographic Movie called Terminal Velocity. Anyone see
it?

If you can get the Air and Space issue it is definitely worth the effort.

Michael

[Gene Seibel]

I had heard of this guy, but I'm not sure where. Here are a few web
articles:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/explorer/exp072102.html

http://www.raes.org.uk/raes/divisionsandbranches/branch_news.asp?sessid=&branch=58

http://www.sanjuanislander.com/features/movies/birds.shtml

--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

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Thanks for the info and links. I monitor several Peregrine Falcon nest
sites in N.E. Ohio, and am always in awe when I get to witness the
amazing Peregrine stoop. I had always estimated the top speed to be
somewhere around or above 200mph, so the 242mph figure sounds quite
believable to me. I will be anxiously awaiting the film when it is
released!

-Pat

ps - I live just outside Cleveland, and have 6 active Peregrine nesting
pairs within about a 10-15 mile radius of my home. This is a testament
to the success of the Peregrine restoration efforts over the past 20
years!

[Brad Salai]

You might enjoy this:

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml;jsessionid=SIF1BQAEQZEOJFW4FBBHW EEW1YUEK4L4?pq-path=2017&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=11636

If the link doesn't work, just try Kodak birdcam in google, or whatever to
get to the site.

Brad

"Michael 182" > wrote in message
...
> There is an article in the Feb/March Air and Space called Falling with the
> Falcon by Tom Harpole. Unfortunatly, it is not available on the web, or at
> least I could not find it.
>
> This is an amazing story about Ken Franklin and his Peregrine Falcon,
> Frightful. Ken is a 17,000 hour pilot who has trained Frightful to skydive
> with him - they have reached 242 mph together in freefall. The article
> references a National Geographic Movie called Terminal Velocity. Anyone
see
> it?
>
> If you can get the Air and Space issue it is definitely worth the effort.
>
> Michael
>
>