what is this bird doing……..

is this not bad also for the aircraft if it does get sucked in

Not as bad as for the bird.

1L.

Yep..definetly is closer to you than you than you might think , but looks verydodgy like you say :D.

Regards

Jamie

-sips Dr Pepper-…what’s the worst that could happen? 😀

……..is this not bad also for the aircraft if it does get sucked in….i guess it was idling when i took this….

jason

Yes, birds being sucked into engines can be bad news. The USAF lost an AWACS in Alaska due to it flying into a flock of geese and it loosing all four engines on take off. There is a “Seconds from disaster” programe about it.
We get a few birds at MAN. They NORMALY don’t cause any damage on the big fans because the fan tends to centrifuge the bird clear of the core of the engine. The fan is strong enough, in most cases to cope with a bird and not pick up any damage. The core is another matter and would require deeper inspection useing Boroscope equipment. The first thing you notice when you get to an engine that has eaten a bird is the smell! You can smell it for weeks after the event. Most engine/bird strikes go un noticed by the crew. They are tough things jet engines. I normaly b***k the crew for not swerving around them!
Now I’m back on shift tomorrow and having said all that I will be inundated with bird strikes!!! Ah well!

Rgds Cking

P.S. I’ll wave at you lot up in the car park 😉

Proberly getting damn confused with the main taxy way been closed at NCL lol

“Go Around, GO AROUND!!!!!!!! Big Moma’s in the way!!!!”

Without reference, or knowing the species and size of the bird,…it could be just an optic effect and the bird be much closer to the camera than you think.

It’s a tricky business, being a crow……………….

‘hmmm this might save time flying south for the winter’

Wrong type off bird mate 😀 Crows dont fly south I dont think. Is the reason for crows to be at airports due to the Virbration from aircraft which make worms come up and well they eat them? :confused:

James

‘hmmm this might save time flying south for the winter’

good idea

ill start:

” i could of sworn i saw a worm wriggling in there somewhere”

please feel free to add your own lol

Perhaps a ‘Caption Contest’ contender eh?

cheers m8, so it just looks dodgy,

jason

Think you’ll find that the bird is actually nearer you than the engine.