Author Topic: Insect Strikes  (Read 4657 times)

Offline Panop

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Insect Strikes
« on: February 14, 2008, 12:12:28 PM »
Forget birdstrikes - flying in Australia has extra hazards:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6082301&nseq=0 and http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6080592&nseq=4

And worse: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/05/2154970.htm

I wonder what the MET code for 'Visibility through moths' is?   :wink:




Offline NAplaya16-ATC

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Re: Insect Strikes
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2008, 04:10:03 PM »
haha i can imagine ATC coming up on the radio...

"caution flock of moths in vicinity of runway @ 1500 ft!"

Offline athaker

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Re: Insect Strikes
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2008, 11:16:47 AM »
That's, like, mass genocide right there