It's the same with forced landings. Making an approach into a field of sheep is usually safe (my instructor has done it twice!). Making an approach into cows probably isn't. They're not guaranteed to move out of the way and in a small aircraft, hitting a cow would be bad :-)
A while ago, a girl skydiving at my dropzone landed off the airfield in a field of sheep. It was the middle of the lambing season and when she stooped down to pick up here canopy she was butted in the chest and ended up in intensive care with a badly broken sternum. All the best, Matthew. * Giles Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-09-09 14:00]: > I'm aware that when ballooning, it is always preferable to land in > sheep, rather than cows; cows are intensely curious, and so, although > when the balloon lands, they scatter, after the envelope is deflated, > they will approach and start trampling on it, and licking it with > sandpaper-like tongues. The sheep just stay well away. :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arnt Karlsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 September 2004 12:22 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Runway distance > remainingsigns+placementscript "done". > > On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 06:40:53 -0400, David wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > One thing we could add, at least for my part of the world, are > > animated groundhogs all over the airport -- also flocks of birds near > > the threshold. I also heard a story recently of cows eating the > > fabric covering of a tube-and-rag airplane. > > ...that kinda realism might haven an impact on both the 3d model > and the fdm's. ;-) > > -- > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) > ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
