Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:34:53 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [67.29.153.40] (HELO dparsons.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.1) with ESMTP id 2520345 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:20:06 -0400 Received: from dap [24.27.102.41] by dparsons.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.00) id ABD670A200CE; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:21:42 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <005401c360cc$06957980$0600a8c0@dap> Reply-To: "Don Parsons" From: "Don Parsons" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Bird Strikes - A Lesson Learned X-Original-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:19:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0051_01C360A2.1D2924F0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C360A2.1D2924F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Although I have not experienced a bird strike, I have had a VERY close = call, and I learned something about how they can react to us as we get = close to them in flight. My encounter was with a large buzzard. I = spotted him, and kept an eye on him just in case he flew into my path. = He did, but then he started to climb quickly so I figured we were fine = because we would fly under him on our current path. He looked like he = was close to 100 feet above us at the top of his climb. The problem was = that as we got even closer, he folded his wings against his body, and = went into an immediate dive. That brought him right back into our path. = He went right in front of us, and then immediately below us as we = passed. I would estimate we missed him by about 30 feet. If I find = myself in that type of situation again, I am going to make an effort to = fly around or over, but certainly not under. Don Parsons ES-166-FB ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C360A2.1D2924F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Although I have not=20 experienced a bird strike, I have had a VERY close call, and I learned = something=20 about how they can react to us as we get close to them in flight. My = encounter=20 was with a large buzzard. I spotted him, and kept an eye on him just in = case he=20 flew into my path. He did, but then he started to climb quickly so I = figured we=20 were fine because we would fly under him on our current path. He looked = like he=20 was close to 100 feet above us at the top of his climb. The problem was = that as=20 we got even closer, he folded his wings against his body, and went into = an=20 immediate dive. That brought him right back into our path. He went right = in=20 front of us, and then immediately below us as = we passed.=20 I would estimate we missed him by about 30 feet. If I find myself = in that=20 type of situation again, I am going to make an effort to fly around or = over, but=20 certainly not under.

Don Parsons

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