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Wednesday, January 31, 2001

Never ask for the chicken when the cart comes around

"The large bird ingestion test shall be conducted using one bird of a weight determined from Table 1 aimed at the most critical exposed location on the first stage rotor blades and ingested at a bird speed of 200-knots for engines to be installed on airplanes, or the maximum airspeed for normal rotorcraft flight operations for engines to be installed on rotorcraft."

Federal Aviation Administration. Section 33.76, Part 33, Airworthiness Standards: Aircraft Engines, Subpart EÑDesign and Construction; Turbine Aircraft Engines. Summary: All airplane engines must be tested for their ability to handle the ingestion of birds, dead or alive. (Found via Your Pocket

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