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Bird Strikes Jet Engine

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General Electrics test jet engines. Among the many tests, it shoots birds into the jet engine fan-blades.

I know what it feels like to be aircraft engine stalled in the mid-air, 6,500 feet above the ground. It happened to me back in 1991, near Agua Dulce airport, not far from Palmdale, CA.

On the day, I flew Cessna 152, a two-seater small aircraft. I was on my way to Las Vegas. When I reached Barstow, I encountered strong gusty wind. I was jumping in the airplane seat due to turbulence, my head started hitting the ceiling. Then I realized that if I kept going, I was going to hit a mountain peak before I reached Las Vegas. So I decided to return to Van Nuys Airport.

Then there was more stronger head-wind on my way back home. It resulted airplane fuel consumption twice as much.

Guess what happened next? I ran out of fuel. The engine stalled. I had to make an emergency landing at the Agua Dulce.

Somehow I managed to make a perfect landing after two loops. Otherwise, I wouldn't here writing this.

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Bird Strikes Jet Engine

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  • I dont understand, ...

    I dont understand, How is it that the flight in new york went down do to birds, if the engines have this kind of technology? i smell a coverup.

    By tmac20031 [Affiliate User] 1233170693 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • NY Flight

      tmac, engines are designed to take on one... maybe 3 small/medium sized birds (5-10lbs). During an in flight ingestion, the engines could possibly stall, but if altitude is great enough they can be restarted. In the case of the NY flight, multiple birds were ingested to both engines (expected to be Canadian Geese, which can weigh up to 20lbs). Due to low altitude and such a large number of birds, the engines could not re-gain full power, but they did not completely shut down either. Since the engines were such high quality (CFM engines), they remained running, one at 10% and one at 35% power. This allowed for power to stay with the plane, allowing the pilot to make critical adjustments to the wing flaps. This was a huge reason why the pilot was able to land the plane safely.

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  • nice

    nice

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