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10-16-2006, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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I admit it-I'm a killer!
A bird was definitely harmed in the making of these pictures!
A "thump" at 11,500 feet will get your attention. Overnighting in Brownwood, TX
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Ron Leach
RV-7 N713CM reserved VAF # 603
Cincinnati
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Last edited by captainron : 10-16-2006 at 07:02 PM.
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10-16-2006, 07:14 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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WOW! That was some mass!!!
Glad OK.
PS. Those fly-bys at LOE were INCREDIBLE!!!!!!
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10-16-2006, 07:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Bird strike
Glad you enjoyed the fly-by. Hope to get to LOE next time in the RV-7, but good to be there this time.
I'm not normally watching out for birds at these altitudes!
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Ron Leach
RV-7 N713CM reserved VAF # 603
Cincinnati
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"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then".
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10-16-2006, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Victoria B.C.
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I have seen a lot of large birds above 10000 ft especially across the great plains. Mostly geese and pelicans. They always surprise me.
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10-16-2006, 08:38 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, NV
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Ron -
In this particular case, I bet you're glad you were flying some "heavy metal" - RV's are rugged, but I'd hate to see what that same bird would have done to one of my wings!
Yours was one of the many names I got to connect with faces at LOE - glad it was Ron - 1, Bird - 0 .....
Paul
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10-16-2006, 08:59 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SoCal
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HOLY COW (er...bird)! Man that would definitely mess up an RV. Kinda makes you think about full-parachute use.
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Fullerton, Ca. w/beautiful 2.5 year old son 
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10-16-2006, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Corvallis Oregon
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Oh my!
I had no idea birds (and big birds at that) flew that high.
Frankh
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10-16-2006, 09:25 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SoCal
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I just found this crazy site with more bird info than any sane peson should know.
http://www.birding.com/BirdRecords1.htm
It says something called a Ruppell's Vulture goes up to 11274 inches. It is supposed to be meters, which i think puts this freak of nature at around 35000 feet!!!
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Steve Zicree
Fullerton, Ca. w/beautiful 2.5 year old son
RV-4 99% built and sold
Rag and tube project well under way
paid =VAF= dues through June 2013
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10-17-2006, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Gulf Breeze, FL
Posts: 408
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Ron,
Glad your OK! Your picture reminds me of a squadron mate a few years ago in Texas. He hit a pelican midway on the wing dead center on the leading edge of a T-28 doing about 200 or so. Landed with 1/2 the bird still inside.
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Navarre, FL
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10-17-2006, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 837
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Bird strike
Thanks, everyone for the well wishes. I'm still not home yet, as I'm still chasing that weather pattern eastbound, and stopping at warbird restoration shops for estimates. Hope to be home tomorrow afternoon.
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Ron Leach
RV-7 N713CM reserved VAF # 603
Cincinnati
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