X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:21:40 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-galgo.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.61] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.5) with ESMTP id 1441712 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:40:48 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.61; envelope-from=petervana@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=olqdVw7VhNgDD1JXuCBYjviDhfNjOwrxzqaLwHN44w6JON1N4VXqeI1kUAQSfig4; h=Received:From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:thread-index:In-Reply-To:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [70.246.221.236] (helo=PETER) by elasmtp-galgo.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1GVBPX-00031W-Ek for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:24:03 -0400 From: "Peter Van Arsdale" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Shudda gone down when the buzzard went up X-Original-Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:24:02 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <019501c6e7e2$4519ed30$4101a8c0@PETER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0196_01C6E7B8.5C43E530" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 thread-index: Acbn3gKoP01/73XDTp6SgZ1IL3QMeQAARRag In-Reply-To: X-ELNK-Trace: 01ccb85ccd9a2f2514f7f38be4e43d6c7e972de0d01da9405269d632ed948a4e273fb6807865851b350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 70.246.221.236 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0196_01C6E7B8.5C43E530 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The accident in Brazil points out the serious issue of bird strikes. Thank God that the Harrelsons had a fortunate outcome. Years ago at the airstrip in Provincetown MA, we constantly had to deal with seagulls being in one's flight path, and as a rule we would always try to fly beneath them when relatively close to the ground during landing or take-off. I think a bird's natural instinct is to dive out of harm's way, but when they are within a few hundred feet of the ground, they fly up or left or right. During my first commercial summer, I flew an old 1931 Stinson SM8A on sightseeing flights, 400 hours in 10 weeks with 4-5 landings per hour. I never had a strike, whereas transient aircraft without this knowledge were hitting about one a week. Luckily there were no accidents, most likely because of the birds being smaller and some good luck. Peter Van Arsdale St. Louis ------=_NextPart_000_0196_01C6E7B8.5C43E530 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The accident in Brazil points out the = serious issue of bird strikes.  Thank God that the Harrelsons had a fortunate = outcome.

 

Years ago at the airstrip in = Provincetown MA, we constantly had to deal with seagulls being in one’s flight = path, and as a rule we would always try to fly beneath them when relatively = close to the ground during landing or take-off.  I think a bird’s = natural instinct is to dive out of harm’s way, but when they are within a = few hundred feet of the ground, they fly up or left or right.  During = my first commercial summer, I flew an old 1931 Stinson SM8A on sightseeing = flights, 400 hours in 10 weeks with 4-5 landings per hour.  I never had a = strike, whereas transient aircraft without this knowledge were hitting about one = a week.  Luckily there were no accidents, most likely because of the = birds being smaller and some good luck.

 

Peter Van = Arsdale

St. Louis

 

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