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   From: kozelsm@comcast.net   
      
   §ñühw¤£f wrote:   
   >   
   > I propose a technological solution to the problem of bird strikes:   
   > turboprops.   
   > Lets return to the good old days pre-jet engines.   
      
   Well ... while the L-188 Lockheed Electra example is a turboprop, the   
   above poster apparently didn't realize that a turboprop engine has a jet   
   engine.   
      
   > Discuss.   
      
   The large piston engines were incredibly complex, and generally could   
   drive airliners at only about half the speed of those with the pure jet   
   engines.   
      
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