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To: txroadkill

“A few seconds later, there was a bit of smoke and the stench of burning bird that seemed to confirm my guess.”

Is there any technical explanation for how a pilot/passenger in first class, well forward of the motors, could under any circumstances recognize the smell of burning birds in a jet with forward momentum ?

I’m a bit skeptical of that one.


29 posted on 02/01/2009 2:06:19 PM PST by festus (Politics makes for strange bedfellows)
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To: festus
Is there any technical explanation for how a pilot/passenger in first class, well forward of the motors, could under any circumstances recognize the smell of burning birds in a jet with forward momentum ?

Yes, the starboard engine produces the air that flows through the cabin. The little spicket that blows air in you face comes from the engine.

30 posted on 02/01/2009 2:10:36 PM PST by txroadkill (So when do I get my Condoms?)
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To: festus
Cabin heating ventilation is driven by the engine compressor(s)
34 posted on 02/01/2009 4:12:23 PM PST by thinking
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