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   On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:36:34 -0800, cor    
   wrote:   
      
   >Don Homuth wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:51:30 -0800, cor    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The newer turbine engines use light-weight, high-speed   
   >>> mechanical parts which are vulnerable to bird strike damage.   
   >>   
   >> .... you'd be surprised at how much damage a prop can take even   
   >>  from a bird the size of a goose.   
   >>   
   >   
   >You would be amazed how fast a one turbine engine jetplane falls to the   
   >ground once its turbine gets a little damage from a goose.   
      
   Engine != Propellor   
      
   Or hadn't you noticed?   
      
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