REFLECTOR: Canadian Goose hunting with a Velocity 173 RG

gattenby at GBRonline.com gattenby at GBRonline.com
Thu Sep 15 21:44:51 CDT 2005


Hey Sid,

Are you going to serve that goose to the monthly airport
feed...

Noel


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From: "Sid Knox" <sbjknox at earthlink.net>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list"
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Subject: REFLECTOR: Canadian Goose hunting with a Velocity
173 RG
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 05:51:24 -0500

> I was doing a night touch-and-go and was about at lift-off
> speed when appeared in the landing light, a bunch of
> Canadian Geese sitting on the runway. They tried to fly
> and had just gotten airborne as I plowed through the
> center of the flock.  Rapid  "thump...thump..." sounds.  I
> was very concerned that one (or more) had passed thru the 
> prop.  I shut-down and taxied back to the hanger to survey
> the damage and then drove out on the runway and dragged
> the dead birds off to the side. Fortunately, none had gone
> through the prop....damned lucky here as the balsa wood MT
> blades would surely have shattered.  No plane damage...
> just a bunch of blood and guts to wash off. I flew for
> about 15 minutes to dry-out things.  All sounded and felt
> normal. I doubt that  an aluminum airplane would have come
> out as well.
> 
> Sid Knox
> Oklahoma
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