[TheForge] What the hell?

[jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com]

I know that some airports put out plastic Owls as deterrent for birds, Delta Airlines used to have a plaque of some sort at their gate noting why they had an owl on their ramp way.

Jerry


--- On Fri, 1/16/09, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> From: Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] What the hell?
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 4:18 PM
> What they did instead is start using a little common 
> sense around airports. Being migratory birds meant some 
> administrations wouldn't allow them to be molested at 
> all so there wasn't anything to keep geese and other 
> birds from resting and nesting on runways and the 
> vicinity. Bird strikes cost more lives annually than 
> the 24 lost that day.
> 
> Now there are automatic propane cannon, dogs and in 
> some cases falcons used to chase them away from 
> runways. Lakes Hood and Spenard in Anchorage, in 
> addition, use pigs to eat eggs on the island between 
> them. This helps protect the float plane basin and 
> Anchorage International airport. Birds in other nesting 
> and resting areas near by are similarly (without the 
> pigs) encouraged to find another spot. A wet runway 
> looks just like a nice calm lake to flying water fowl 
> so . . .
> 
> Frosty
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> 
> From: "Roger Degner" <780 at mchsi.com>
> 
> 
> > Sounds like they should outlaw geese
> >
> > Roger R Degner
> >
> >
> > Sucking a 18-20lb bird through a turbine engine does
> > BAD things to both. We lost an AWACS plane here a few
> > years ago due to multiple bird strikes. Milspec 707
> > lost all four engines on takeoff by flying into a 
> > flock
> > of Canadian Geese.
> > Frosty
> 
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