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    When birds fly into engines...



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    Re: When birds fly into engines...

    No bird was used in that video. A small explosive charge was used to break a turbine free and allow it to be ingested into the engine.
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    Re: When birds fly into engines...

    I was expecting someone to toss a 12lb butterball turkey in there...
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    Re: When birds fly into engines...

    Quote Originally Posted by elevatethis View Post
    I was expecting someone to toss a 12lb butterball turkey in there...
    Me too.

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    Re: When birds fly into engines...

    didnt they do that on mythbusters

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    Re: When birds fly into engines...

    yaa in mythbusters they made a chicken cannon n fired off a few rounds of free range at a small cessna cockpit ... not at a jet engine ... but i knew a guy that was on the safety team for one of the big jet engine companys and he said they used a simlar cannon with both frozen n thawed chickens lol

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