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Snakes on a plane.......no, just bees (Read 325 times)

May 26^th, 2007 at 2:19am

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After 20 years working on aircraft, I have changed engines due to various birds and once even a rabbit Shocked

, but bees..............

~~Bird~~ Bee strike

Matt

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Reply #1 - May 26^th, 2007 at 3:00am

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Pretty scary huh?
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I was just about to come and post this. Stranger than a very strange thing Shocked

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #2 - May 26^th, 2007 at 7:56am

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Were they hedge-hopping...? How high do bees fly, anyway?!

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Reply #3 - May 26^th, 2007 at 7:59am

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Pretty scary huh?
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Some swarms can go fairly high but I wouldn't have thought more than hundred feet tops. Probably they got ingested on take-off...

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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