Predator drone brought down by bird strike... bird attack... war by bird... dogfight

Oberon · 04-03-12, 08:31 PM

Brilliant stuff, what a beautiful bird. Well, they've been up there for a loooot longer than we have.

Stealhead · 04-04-12, 12:11 AM

I would have to guess that same goes for civil aviation I can say for certain from experience that birds cause a lot of damage to military aircraft every year.At most airbase they have various systems in place to try and scare birds away like trained hawks or they will go out and fire blanks to scare flocks away.

I saw a C-17 collide with a huge flock of of swifts or swallows

in Germany once must have killed 75 or more and they came right back to check for damage the front end of the plane was covered in bird bits none got ingested by the engines though.Now if that flock had hit a little left or right it might have taken out one or two engines on one side which would be a challenge for any pilot not to crash seeing as the impact was just as the C-17 lifted off.

04-03-12, 08:31 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Brilliant stuff, what a beautiful bird. Well, they've been up there for a loooot longer than we have.

04-04-12, 12:11 AM	#2
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I would have to guess that same goes for civil aviation I can say for certain from experience that birds cause a lot of damage to military aircraft every year.At most airbase they have various systems in place to try and scare birds away like trained hawks or they will go out and fire blanks to scare flocks away. I saw a C-17 collide with a huge flock of of swifts or swallows in Germany once must have killed 75 or more and they came right back to check for damage the front end of the plane was covered in bird bits none got ingested by the engines though.Now if that flock had hit a little left or right it might have taken out one or two engines on one side which would be a challenge for any pilot not to crash seeing as the impact was just as the C-17 lifted off.