Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.8) with ESMTP id 1151514 for rob@logan.com; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:52:46 -0500 Received: from smtp.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.3]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:48:23 -0500 Received: from WS_01.olsusa.com ([205.245.9.75]) by smtp.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:45:42 -0500 Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.2.20020329220139.00a641d8@pop3.olsusa.com> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:03:58 -0500 To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: Paul Kapcin Subject: Bird strikes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Reposted for: Bird strikes There is an authenticated record of an Air Force plane colliding with a turkey vulture at 42,000 feet. (Must have been one helluva thermal!) Everest climbers have also reported seeing migrating geese above them at altitudes over 20,000 feet. Anyway, beware, because bird strikes are not exclusively a low-altitude problem. Jim Cameron, N143ES >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://members.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please remember that purchases from the Builders' Bookstore assist with the management of the LML. Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>