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Hey Scott, I was talking to an old buddy of mine who learned to fly in
Stearmans in the Air Corps during the big one. He says that they were
taught to NOT take any evasive maneuver to avoid birds. The theory being that
the bird was very probably going to do SOMETHING. If he did something and you
did nothing, you'd miss. Otherwise, you'd have to outguess the bird and I
ain't that smart.
Chuck, I agree with your "useful time" statement. When we hit ours there
was maybe 1/2 to 1 second to react...no more. Certainly not enough time to make
any meaningful judgement call based on altitude, at least not in my minimal
brain.
Bill Harrelson
N5ZQ 320 1,300 hrs
N6ZQ IV under construction
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:42
AM
Subject: [LML] Re: Bird Strike!
Okay, I'll bite. If we see a bird,
or should I say, by the time we see a bird, is there actually useful,
effective manuveurs that can be implements or is it strickly a wait-n-see
regarding the outcome. I've not had any strikes but the encounter
happens so fast, it seems hard to believe that one can be assured that the
manuveur one makes will avoid the hit, instead of ensuring you do.
However, I am definitely in favor of ducking!!!
It is surprisingly common for two cars to
collide in a near empty parking lot...and those fools are only working in
2-D.
Chuck Jensen
In a message dated 2/6/2007 7:24:33 P.M. Central Standard Time,
5zq@cox.net writes:
Interesting stuff, Scott. A little late, but still interesting
:-).
Bill and Sue,
Au contraire, mon amis. Perhaps the outcome would have been different had
you read and memorized all the titillating details when the article was
first published, then changed your "Impending Bird Strike" emergency
checklist. Such a checklist should always be in the hands of the
co-pilot, highlighted for AGL read outs and ready to assist the FP on impact
avoidance (or post strike cleanup). I know that age is catching up and
information retention is being crowded out by images of the "good old days",
but here one must be encouraged to engage in recurrent training and simulated
bird attacks in order to stay atop one's game. Shutting one's
eyes and pulling on the stick whilst voicing the phrase "circular
letter excrement" just isn't the proper response. Lancair pilots
fly a higher line than that.
Grayhawk the irrelevant.
We just keep pecking away at
safety.
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