Pls help with this photo....wing view.

[Jose Luis Silva]

Hello people,

Can you give me your opinion about this picture? Is it ok for the database?





Have a great day!

[LX-A343]

If you have the reg of that duck, why not ....

[brianw999]

LOL, Love it !!

...and as for the registration ?

G-DUCK check it out, it exists.

Shame there isn't a D-DUCK !!

[PMN]

What a ducking brilliant shot!

Ohh dear... That was terrible. Ahh well... I'll duck off and do some more screening now.

P.S. Is that an A343 by any chance? If so no damned wonder the duck was able to catch up!

[Jose Luis Silva]

I don't know the duck registration.....shame on me!!!

To much drinking on board, got me on to this.

But (I'm not a screnner of course) it seems the picture suffers with some JPEG compression problems and a halo around the wing tip!!!

No more drinks for today.... and guys it's hot in here.

About 36 celsius.... how I miss Portugal.

Oh well one or two beers....

[Jose Luis Silva]

By the way....

There is a guy, (I'll not say he's name...) who travel with a cat with him??? A very famouuuusssss fat cat.......

(By the way I saw his photo album and there are very nice pictures....some of them taken in Portugal)

Who can it be????

Byyyyyyyyyyeeeee

[Rtyrpics]

Sorry, is that real? Although it is an amazing photo
How did the bird manage to get on the wing without being sucked into the engine?
RT

[PMN]

Sorry, is that real? Although it is an amazing photo
How did the bird manage to get on the wing without being sucked into the engine?
RT

Ryan, it's not real!

[SYDCBRWOD]

Sorry, is that real? Although it is an amazing photo
How did the bird manage to get on the wing without being sucked into the engine?
RT

Ryan, that duck is a fairly rare sub species of Indian Runner Duck, except instead of being a fast runner, it has developed an extrodinary set of wind muscles, and for short periods can exceed 350knots! I believe this duck probaby saw someone eating a bread roll, thought he was in for a bit and went to 'beg' at the window. So he avoided being sucked into the engine by approaching the aircraft from behind and overtaking it as it was coming in to land.

Lets face it, it's the only rational exlanation....

[turbotraker]

In my opinion that photo is faked....

[PMN]

Lets face it, it's the only rational exlanation....

I guess you could look at widebody aircraft as large scale duck-carriers (or DECU's - Duck Energy Conservation Units). Makes sense to me.

[Connie]

Ryan, that duck is a fairly rare sub species of Indian Runner Duck, except instead of being a fast runner, it has developed an extrodinary set of wind muscles, and for short periods can exceed 350knots! I believe this duck probaby saw someone eating a bread roll, thought he was in for a bit and went to 'beg' at the window. So he avoided being sucked into the engine by approaching the aircraft from behind and overtaking it as it was coming in to land.

Lets face it, it's the only rational exlanation....

SYD, I think you're forgetting the slipstream factor. In ornithological circles the Indian Runner Duck has been reported to have exceeded the 350 knot barrier on a number of occasions, but only where the existence of aircraft slip stream of wave turbulence vortex effect has been proved to be in operant during the observed phenomenon. Transpose that fact onto the parameters stated previously and we approach a situation more accurately portrayed in the image posted by the OP. Such extreme, but entirely possible conditions would undoubtedly create an enormous energy deficit output for the Duck, hence the need to seek additional nutrition in flight, namely the bread roll.

[RobinB]

In my opinion that photo is faked....

No, you mean that it's not all that it's quacked up to be ???

[Jose Luis Silva]

In my opinion that photo is faked....

In what bases you can tell me that photo why is fake???

[brianw999]

Do you know what the last thing to go through its mind was when it took off again ?




The planes' tailfin !!