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A Model To Determine The Severity Of A Birdstrike With Flocks Of Canada Geese, Richard Budgey, J. R. Allan

1999 Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada, First Joint Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC

The number of birds of a flocking species likely to be ingested into an aircraft engine in a multiple birdstrike is of profound interest to engineers when they consider birdstrike tolerance in engine design. Of even more importance than the number of birds which may enter a single engine, when power can still be supplied by the remaining engines, is the probability of more than one engine suffering an ingestion. The historical birdstrike record can provide such information but is sometimes unreliable as it may be, of necessity, based upon unreliable data; the species of the birds involved may not …