X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:03:25 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.98.42.176] (HELO smtprelay.b.hostedemail.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3818488 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:44:54 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.98.42.176; envelope-from=rmitch1@hughes.net Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (b-bigip1 [10.5.19.254]) by smtprelay06.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 09F0C4B4EE74 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:44:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Summary: 10,1,0,5e30d6089381488a,b411e116ac38a5be,rmitch1@hughes.net,lml@lancaironline.net,RULES_HIT:2:10:75:334:355:368:369:379:539:541:542:945:960:962:967:972:973:980:988:989:1021:1029:1155:1160:1189:1221:1260:1308:1309:1313:1314:1345:1436:1437:1515:1516:1517:1521:1535:1575:1588:1589:1592:1594:1691:1712:1730:1773:1792:2198:2199:2380:2525:2526:2528:2540:2551:2553:2559:2562:2682:2685:2857:2859:2902:2917:2933:2937:2939:2942:2945:2947:2951:2954:3022:3352:3484:3585:3586:3865:3866:3867:3868:3869:3870:3872:3874:3876:3877:3934:3936:3938:3941:3944:3947:3950:3953:3956:3959:4048:4050:4120:4321:4379:4401:4649:5007:6114:6117:7679:7688:8501:8583:8603:8777:8957:8998:9010:9025:9388:9868,0,RBL:none,CacheIP:none,Bayesian:0.5,0.5,0.5,Netcheck:none,DomainCache:0,MSF:not bulk,SPF:,MSBL:none,DNSBL:none X-Session-Marker: 726D6974636831406875676865732E6E6574 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 9599 Received: from SonyVaioSZ (unknown [67.143.74.214]) (Authenticated sender: rmitch1@hughes.net) by omf08.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:44:00 +0000 (UTC) From: "Robert Mitchell" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: bird strike X-Original-Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:43:12 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <8936CBEF471848DBA611656B32244C97@SonyVaioSZ> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00E2_01CA20D3.13E84D60" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Acog/JGum+gF6Z2JSbaIIVz/XEBgfQ== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E2_01CA20D3.13E84D60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bird population already caused one plane crash in Ocean City By MICHAEL MILLER, Staff Writer, 609-463-6712 | Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 OCEAN CITY - The city's airport was planning to attack its growing geese problem even before an airplane struck two birds and crashed in the marsh last month. Nobody was hurt in the July 4 accident, but the Lancair Columbia plane's propeller and landing gear were severely damaged when they smashed into two Canada geese waddling across the base of the runway. The impact was so violent that one of the plane's tires sailed into the marshes, where it was never seen again, said Bill Colangelo, the airport manager. "We looked. We searched the length of the runway but couldn't find it," he said. The pilot from Lancaster, Pa., was landing at the airport at about 10 a.m. when the plane struck an adult goose and a nearly grown gosling that wandered out of the nearby reeds into the path of the approaching plane. ------=_NextPart_000_00E2_01CA20D3.13E84D60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

Bird population already caused one plane = crash in Ocean = City

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By MICHAEL MILLER, Staff Writer, 609-463-6712 = | Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2009

 

OCEAN CITY - The city's airport was planning to attack its growing geese = problem even before an airplane struck two birds and crashed in the marsh last = month.

Nobody was hurt in the July 4 accident, but the Lancair Columbia plane's = propeller and landing gear were severely damaged when they smashed into two = Canada geese waddling across the base of the runway.

The impact was so violent that one of the plane's tires sailed into the = marshes, where it was never seen again, said Bill Colangelo, the airport = manager.

"We looked. We searched the length of the runway but couldn't find it," = he said.

The pilot from Lancaster, Pa., was landing at the airport at = about 10 a.m. when the plane struck an adult goose and a nearly grown gosling = that wandered out of the nearby reeds into the path of the approaching = plane.

 

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