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[Netko]

Bird strike at the Red Bull air race in San Diego - the after shot.

[Maple1]

Netko wrote:
> Bird strike at the Red Bull air race in San Diego - the after shot.
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That could have been SOOOOOO BAD

[Orval Fairbairn[_2_]]

In article >,
Maple1 > wrote:

> Netko wrote:
> > Bird strike at the Red Bull air race in San Diego - the after shot.
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> That could have been SOOOOOO BAD

I agree!

It looks as if he hit the pelican either with the gear or the prop.

A bird as big as a pelican at that speed would go through to the main
spar or take away a stabilizer. A canopy hit would almost certainly be
instantly fatal, as would be a stabilizer hit.

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[Bob (not my real pseudonym)]

On Tue, 12 May 2009 23:27:29 +0100, Netko >
wrote:

>Bird strike at the Red Bull air race in San Diego - the after shot.

"Only a flesh wound!"

[Maple1]

Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
> On Tue, 12 May 2009 23:27:29 +0100, Netko >
> wrote:
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>>Bird strike at the Red Bull air race in San Diego - the after shot.
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> "Only a flesh wound!"


Take a peek at the Video on You Tube wow it struck the tail of the plane
What luck when you see the damage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRRkBNf8T9w

[Orval Fairbairn[_2_]]

In article >,
Maple1 > wrote:

> Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 May 2009 23:27:29 +0100, Netko >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Bird strike at the Red Bull air race in San Diego - the after shot.
> >
> >
> > "Only a flesh wound!"
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> Take a peek at the Video on You Tube wow it struck the tail of the plane
> What luck when you see the damage
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRRkBNf8T9w

He was luck that the LH gear hit the pelican first! There were still
heave enough fragments to make a very big hole in the LH stab.

Had the whole bird hit the stab, it probably have taken it off.

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