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Snakes on a plane.......no, just bees

Postby expat » Sat May 26, 2007 1:19 am

After 20 years working on aircraft, I have changed engines due to various birds and once even a rabbit :o , but bees..............

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1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
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Re: Snakes on a plane.......no, just bees

Postby ozzy72 » Sat May 26, 2007 2:00 am

I was just about to come and post this. Stranger than a very strange thing :o :o :o
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Re: Snakes on a plane.......no, just bees

Postby beaky » Sat May 26, 2007 6:56 am

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

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Re: Snakes on a plane.......no, just bees

Postby ozzy72 » Sat May 26, 2007 6:59 am

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