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<blockquote data-quote="andrsnsm" data-source="post: 1707042" data-attributes="member: 10240"><p>I've been around several engines that have taken in turkey vultures and it is not pretty. F-16's don't do well after ingesting large birds, we've had to pick up the scattered pieces of the jet a number of times. One of our allies had a bird strike years ago and sent us the engine (wrapped) for overhaul, the stench was unbelievable. Interestingly, the type of bird ingested is easily determined by evaluation of small chunks of what you recover from inside the engine. </p><p></p><p>The FAA has maintained a wildlife strike database since 1990.</p><p>The FAA wildlife strike database has recorded over 121,000 (Civil and USAF) wildlife strikes between 1990 and 2010.</p><p>92% of the bird strikes to commercial aircraft occur at or below 3,500 ft AGL (above ground level).</p><p>In 2010, 52% of the birds struck were identified to the species level.</p><p>During the five years between 2006 - 2010, there was an average of 26 strikes reported each day.</p><p></p><p>The USAF Safety Center maintains a database called BASH that is similar to that of the FAA (see the BASH website at <a href="http://www.afsc.af.mil/organizations/bash/" target="_blank">http://www.afsc.af.mil/organizations/bash/</a>)</p><p></p><p>Couple of HUD videos of F-16 strikes:</p><p></p><p>Here is one where the engine kept going and he was able to land <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpz261mU2A&feature=youtube_gdata_player" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpz261mU2A&feature=youtube_gdata_player</a></p><p></p><p>This one didn't end as well <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN_Zl64OQEw&feature=youtube_gdata_player" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN_Zl64OQEw&feature=youtube_gdata_player</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="andrsnsm, post: 1707042, member: 10240"] I've been around several engines that have taken in turkey vultures and it is not pretty. F-16's don't do well after ingesting large birds, we've had to pick up the scattered pieces of the jet a number of times. One of our allies had a bird strike years ago and sent us the engine (wrapped) for overhaul, the stench was unbelievable. Interestingly, the type of bird ingested is easily determined by evaluation of small chunks of what you recover from inside the engine. The FAA has maintained a wildlife strike database since 1990. The FAA wildlife strike database has recorded over 121,000 (Civil and USAF) wildlife strikes between 1990 and 2010. 92% of the bird strikes to commercial aircraft occur at or below 3,500 ft AGL (above ground level). In 2010, 52% of the birds struck were identified to the species level. During the five years between 2006 - 2010, there was an average of 26 strikes reported each day. The USAF Safety Center maintains a database called BASH that is similar to that of the FAA (see the BASH website at [url]http://www.afsc.af.mil/organizations/bash/[/url]) Couple of HUD videos of F-16 strikes: Here is one where the engine kept going and he was able to land [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpz261mU2A&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/url] This one didn't end as well [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN_Zl64OQEw&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/url] [/QUOTE]
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