Birds at Altitude

"Andrey Serbinenko" wrote in message
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The highest a bird has ever been spotted is about 38,000 msl.

You may find this web-site interesting: http://www.usahas.com/

And there has been a bird strike at 37,000 feet. See this site for some more
interesting facts. I was impressed at the size of the problem.
http://www.birdstrike.org/commlink/top_ten.htm
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Jim in NC

Judah wrote:


Do birds typically stay low, or have I just been lucky until now?

I hit a turkey buzzard at 4500 feet once. That was probably over
3000 AGL.

What has always impressed me is how high you find insects. I've
smacked into nice juicy bugs at like 6000'

The bugs go as high as thermal lift goes. In the east that normally
goes to 8k or so - can go to 11k or 12K. Out west it can go above 18K
but middle teens is common.

When the bugs are there, the swifts will go there too. Usually don't
see them due to size unless you're flying in the same places, slow, and
with good visibility like a glider guider.

Heck, I've seen clumps of grass at 15K, 12kagl - dust devil debris I guess.

Ron Natalie wrote:

What has always impressed me is how high you find insects. I've
smacked into nice juicy bugs at like 6000'

("Maule Driver" wrote)
Heck, I've seen clumps of grass at 15K, 12kagl - dust devil debris I
guess.


"Have grass strip in sight."


Montblack

I dodged or rather the bird dodged.. appeared to be an Eagle, Soaring at
FL200 in the mid west, I was in a B-52.. it would have made an ugly mess if
we had hit.

BT

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Judah wrote:


Do birds typically stay low, or have I just been lucky until now?

I hit a turkey buzzard at 4500 feet once. That was probably over
3000 AGL.

What has always impressed me is how high you find insects. I've
smacked into nice juicy bugs at like 6000'

"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:0soOg.4204$8J2.2435@fed1read11...
I dodged or rather the bird dodged.. appeared to be an Eagle, Soaring at
FL200 in the mid west, I was in a B-52.. it would have made an ugly mess
if
we had hit.

Yeah, you might have even been required to perform the dreaded 7-engine
approach...

Or the 12 engine take-off...




"Grumman-581" wrote
in message ...
| "BTIZ" wrote in message
| news:0soOg.4204$8J2.2435@fed1read11...
| I dodged or rather the bird dodged.. appeared to be an
Eagle, Soaring at
| FL200 in the mid west, I was in a B-52.. it would have
made an ugly mess
| if
| we had hit.
|
| Yeah, you might have even been required to perform the
dreaded 7-engine
| approach...
|
|

or been pulling crap out of my face.. it would have been a windshield/radome
encounter.

I have inspected other B-52s where the low level flock of ducks came through
the radome and into the crew compartment.. not fun.

BT

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:0soOg.4204$8J2.2435@fed1read11...
I dodged or rather the bird dodged.. appeared to be an Eagle, Soaring at
FL200 in the mid west, I was in a B-52.. it would have made an ugly mess
if
we had hit.

Yeah, you might have even been required to perform the dreaded 7-engine
approach...

"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:aOEOg.4250$8J2.1485@fed1read11...
I have inspected other B-52s where the low level flock of ducks came
through
the radome and into the crew compartment.. not fun.

Sounds rather messy...

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:0soOg.4204$8J2.2435@fed1read11...
I dodged or rather the bird dodged.. appeared to be an Eagle, Soaring at
FL200 in the mid west, I was in a B-52.. it would have made an ugly mess
if
we had hit.

Yeah, you might have even been required to perform the dreaded 7-engine
approach...


Had to ride through a 4 engine approach once... and they were all on the
same side..
BT