Lear hits elk at AST

[bigD]

I've taken the Duchess around because of a giraffe on the runway!

Okay, so it was a large plush one that was dropped from the plane departing in front of me (apparently a door accidentally popped open). I couldn't tell it was a giraffe at the time - I just saw an object drop onto the runway and took it around. But otherwise I just say I had to go around because of a giraffe.

 

[Sonic Cruzer]

Re: Astoria, OR

Astoria, OR:
isn’t that where the Goonies are from?

Why yes!

http://www.geekamerica.com/articles/astoria.html

Kindergarten Cop was also shot there.


I believe a deer took out a CommutAir 1900D at KSLK a few years back.

Feral pigs are a problem in FL too. They seem to be attracted at night to runways like moths to lightbulb.

Speedmode, nice to hear your friends are OK, but more importantly, Who got the Elk meat?

 

[TDTURBO]

I suspect a service gate was left open, as was the case a few weeks ago when I was at John Tune airport in TN.

A Lear slammed into a Coyote on take off just before I arrived leaving the carcass in the middle of the runway.

The Lear pilots weren't even aware they hit it until we called them on the radio. I found out the next day it had to have the left main gear replaced.

I bet that was cheap!