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there are other objects flying 500ft AGL and much much higher you know. Every now and then they too hit aircraft and are sucked into engines. How many people ha
by borism 16y ago
there are other objects flying 500ft AGL and much much higher you know. Every now and then they too hit aircraft and are sucked into engines. How many people have died due to them during last century of flight? As many as car crash deaths in 1-2 hours, few days at most?
And is it because they have some incredibly efficient TCAS module installed?
- blhack 16y agoGriffon Vultures have been seen up north of to 36,000ft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCppells_Vulture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCppells_Vulture) Nature really, really is amazing. Part of the motivation for "The MIT drone" as it was lovingly called among my friends was trying to beat nature :). There is a bird called the Arctic Tern which performs a polar migration (44k Miles/yr). The fact that there is an autonomous flying machine capable of refueling itself using its surroundings, and flying that far is really daunting.
- smackay 16y agoBar-tailed godwits can do a crossing of the Pacific Ocean - Alaska to New Zealand - 10000km in 8 days non-stop. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664343/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664343/ has all the details.
- blantonl 16y agoThis video clearly shows what might happen when a single engine aircraft at <500 AGL hits an object. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN_Zl64OQEw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN_Zl64OQEw This was an F-16 that ingested a bird after takeoff, engine relight failed and pilots ejected after pointing the plane into a field.