what I learned today

[maribou]

Airports often employ FALCONERS (and their falcons/hawks) to keep other kinds of small birds/mammals scared away, hence cutting down on animal-related accidents / wear and tear. How keen is that??? I am truly delighted, and Dorval and Pearson Airports just went up about 5 orders of magnitude on my esteem meter (you can almost *see* them now).

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[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

We'd announce hawks and eagles when flying in the pattern at Fort/Love airport because they can destroy a light plane with ease. (If you hit one with the prop and break one blade, the engine can shake itself off the aircraft, with the result that the aircraft will fall tail-first instead of nose-first and be completely uncontrollable.)