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F.A.A. Data Show Multiple Bird Strikes Every Day
nytimes ^
| April 24, 2009
| MATTHEW L. WALD
Posted on 04/24/2009 5:45:32 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Twenty times a day, pilots nationwide report that birds have hit their airplanes, according to a national data base of wildlife strikes made public on Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration. Denver International Airport had the highest number of reported bird strikes this decade 2,090 according to the database. Nationwide, the most common bird species involved in the collisions was the mourning dove.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aviation; birdstrikes; faa
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/24/2009 5:48:54 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/24/2009 5:52:04 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Well, time to stop flying, to protect this species.
To: JoeProBono
Oh hell - I can hear it now:
Ban private flying! They're killing our doves!
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04/24/2009 5:52:46 PM PDT
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grobdriver
(Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
To: grobdriver
Ban private flying! They're killing our doves!No, we must kill all birds to make it safe to fly.
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04/24/2009 5:56:37 PM PDT
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Doe Eyes
To: Doe Eyes
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posted on
04/24/2009 6:02:58 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Ground all the planes, we’re just killing the birds.
If it saves just one bird, we must do it. /liberal_logic
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posted on
04/24/2009 7:18:14 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Secret Agent Man
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04/24/2009 7:21:34 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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