Wallaby
RAAF Hornets
Posted on 01/27/2008 3:59:18 PM PST by naturalman1975
A MOB of wallabies has grounded RAAF fighter-bomber jets after dark at a Northern Territory airfield.
And medical rescue planes have been moved to another airstrip after being unable to take off at night.
The Northern Territory News understands the problem started when a fence was built around the military-controlled Tindal airport at Katherine.
The fence was designed to keep the agile wallabies out - but actually fenced many of them in.
The Department of Defence failed to respond to several requests for comment yesterday.
But the Health Department confirmed its aero-medical aircraft had been moved from Tindal to Darwin.
The department acted after two planes were damaged when they hit wallabies during night take offs.
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RAAF FA-18 Hornets are based at Tindal.
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RAAF Hornets
A Hornet vs. a wallaby...
Those wallabies must be pretty dumb not to get out of the way of approaching aircraft ....
Apparently they don't have to worry about it.
They’re dumber than sheep - and that is saying something.
“no worries, mate”...
No Wucking Forries.
Has lead to some discussion as to whether or not, it constitutes swearing (his argument, which I must concede, is he gets away with it at school, where swearing is definitely not tolerated).
If they’re edible there’s always a solution.
How good are wallaburgers?
Time to fire up the barbie,eh,mate?
Depends on how much afterburner they have received!
I’ve never tasted wallaby, but they are just a small kangaroo really, and roo is quite tasty.
It’s starting to go mainstream as well - you can buy roo meat in a lot of the larger Australian supermarkets now.
Very lean, tastes a fair bit like lean beef. Can be a bit dry.
Bad news for all concerned, unfortunately.
A good sized bird can do serious damage, I can only imagine the damage caused by hitting one of those guys.....
We used to have similar problems with deer at our airfield. But the strangest I ever heard of was a FISH strike. A large bird of prey with it’s recent catch in its claws was startled by an aircraft. The fish dropped right into the canopy.
Most logical way to deal with animal overpopulation.
Wallaby’s are cute, and so are bunnies.
When you’re a kid and every male relative owns at least a shotgun and a .22 rifle, you eat a whole lot of `fwied wabbit’. And fried squirrel, too.
With homemade chips, out of this world.
Or do I have that backwards? ;-)
Slow cook the hams at 175- 180 F. for about 8 hours. Baste every 30 min with vinegar and oil with some peper sauce (lousianna hot sauce, 4 TBS per 16 oz. of oil/vin mix)
Should be tender and moist. Serve with cole slaw and a good bbq sauce.
A barrel type cooker/smoker with a side firebox burning charcoal is what you need.
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