From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: Banshee Bird Strikes
Date:	Thu, 8 Jun 1995 17:38:29 +0200

>>The U.S. Air Force has lost several combat aircraft due to mid-air
>>collisions with birds.
>
>Yes, they have. But when has a bird strike crippled or destroyed an
>armored fighting vehicle? I know the bird wouldn't scratch the paint
>on an APC. Unless you shot it out of a cannon at close range. And it
>still wouldn't affect the operation of the vehicle.

A bird inside an engine can cause serious malfunctions, which, I think, is
what Adam was aiming at... loss of an engine, not having a bird crash
through your canopy and injure the pilot. Think of what would happen if you
destroy the engine on a hovering Harrier, can we say "EJECT!"?


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