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Old 07-31-2015, 11:37 AM
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wcmorrison
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A goose does not have a hard object embed in it like an electric motor (s). And jet engines are not design to resist a goose, they are designed to hold up against the internal loads, loads generated by spinning compressor blades are much higher loads than a goose hitting a engine. We test fighters to resist a four pound bird at 400 Knots. That is a canopy test. No one can survive an inflight collision with a Lammergeyer, an extremely large bird found in the Pyrenees in Spain/France. We have lost many F-4s to those birds, it usually plows through the windshield killing the pilot. We lost an F-111 going supersonic when it hit a 2 ounce bird at 12,000 feet over the Rocky Mountains. Moral of the story, birds have the right of way.