lmike - 16/6/2006 5:51 PMLOL! Ok. I get it. Why is the "rooski" not whited out, then?
Chris Bergin - 16/6/2006 9:50 AMRooski to me is like calling an American a Yank....
zerm - 16/6/2006 1:12 PMI thought this thread was about birdstrike holds?
zerm - 16/6/2006 4:37 PMSomeone please correct me here if I'm wrong, but I do not recall any proof that the birdstrike on STS 114 did anything other than the killing, plucking and instant roasting a couple of wayward buzzards.
zerm - 16/6/2006 5:37 PMSomeone please correct me here if I'm wrong, but I do not recall any proof that the birdstrike on STS 114 did anything other than the killing, plucking and instant roasting a couple of wayward buzzards. Since the film coverage was greatly expanded on that flight, the unlucky buzzards were recorded and that film was then open to use by the morons producing the 24 hour news media.
astrobrian - 16/6/2006 11:09 PMI dont ever recall a bird strike before this flight. That may also be due to the previously mentioned eyeballs on 114, but still 1 in 114 shouldn't really require a hold unless it is a migration season or something where the odds are much higherof a hit. As to the deafness of the vulture in question, the noise was probably so loud that he was more busy trying to figure out what the unconventional noises were and if they were a threat. The watching where he was flying I think was put to the back burner until he tasted foam which by then it was too late.