On Jan 16, 2:51*am, Jimw wrote:
Off Topic, but hardware related.

It's been all over the news about the plane that crashed into a river
in (I think) New York. *They said it was caused by birds flying into
the engine. *Then they showed a report of the number of bird caused
plane accidents and deaths each year. *From 1990 to 2007 there were
almost 80,000 accidents caused by birds. *There have been numerous
deaths and millions of dollars of damages. *

OK, looking at the engines they showed on tv, I immediately thought
***Why dont they put some sort of screening over the engine***
It would only seem like a couple hundred dollars worth of hardware
cloth would solve the problem. *Why dont they think of simple
solutions like this? *

Jim

Here's an idea: They could mount goose radar on the engines. Then,
the split second before impact, a lot of buckshot is fired forward to
blow the offending geese to shreds, thereby softening the engine
strike.

Of course, that's much easier to say than do.