On Jan 16, 4:51*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

A few gattling guns would help. Maybe a few thousand of very large 2"
screen could be done, but im sure this has been researched. hit
something with 50lbs at 400 mph and make it not fail or reduce airflow
is the problem, it might weigh 1-4000 lbs