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Old 06-13-2018, 08:07 PM
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The windshields are tested with frozen birds. geese regularly get sucked up in storms and frozen.
Why would you be flying in a TS that's severe enough to inhale and freeze a goose? Doesn't matter how strong the windshields are if the wings don't stay on.
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Old 06-13-2018, 10:44 PM
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The windshields are tested with frozen birds. geese regularly get sucked up in storms and frozen.
Um...what?
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Old 06-14-2018, 01:57 AM
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The windshields are tested with frozen birds. geese regularly get sucked up in storms and frozen.

I’m calling BS on this. Show us some test standards. It’d take dipping a goose in liquid nitrogen to get it to freeze that quickly. I don’t doubt they get sucked up, but they won’t freeze that quickly.
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Old 06-14-2018, 07:33 AM
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Maybe the goose took off from a treadmill...
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Old 06-15-2018, 10:26 PM
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The windshields are tested with frozen birds. geese regularly get sucked up in storms and frozen.
14CFR25 says nothing about frozen birds.
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Old 06-16-2018, 03:16 AM
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This reminds me of a Myth Busters episode where the quip or quote was, “gentle, thaw your turkeys “ when the turkeys were breaking through.
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Old 06-16-2018, 05:44 AM
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Throwing turkeys? When do you ever see a flying turkey. They’re too fat they can’t fly. While they’re at it they should throw some mashed potatoes and gravy at the engines too.
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Throwing turkeys? When do you ever see a flying turkey. They’re too fat they can’t fly. While they’re at it they should throw some mashed potatoes and gravy at the engines too.
Should the cranberry sauce be thawed?
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Old 06-16-2018, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DirkDiggler View Post
Throwing turkeys? When do you ever see a flying turkey. They’re too fat they can’t fly. While they’re at it they should throw some mashed potatoes and gravy at the engines too.
I've seen wild turkeys fly. Those mofos are huge.

https://youtu.be/VvA23YzpCQE

Ok that one was just for fun this one's for real

https://youtu.be/S01EnJOGoJY

dead stop almost vertical climb

https://youtu.be/uJ_jrb0oPIg

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I've seen wild turkeys fly. Those mofos are huge.
Wild turkeys may be airworthy, but domestic cage-raised turkeys are a fowl version of Jabba the Hutt.
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