Sunday Joke-athon

Perspective right there, Griff.

Spart. I was born a very long time ago in 1935. I was a young designer when the RCo 42 was being developed for the VC10. One of its in-service problems was the bird strike issue. I worked on a cure following the ingestion of a goose at about 30,000 ft over the Hymalayas. Nobody at that time expected to encounter geese at that altitude. But I guess if they want to fly over them they have to go that high.
As far as I know the plane only swallowed one bird. When such a thing happens, the air flowing into the compressor suddenly becomes a much denser mix of feathers, bones, goose meat and blood etc. The compressor comprises row after row of blades fixed to the rotor, interspersed with row after row of stator blades (which do not rotate). The rotor, turning at high speed, screws itself forward more than usual into this more dense medium and the rotor blades deflect forwards much more than usual. They then start contacting the stator blades with catastrophic results. In a few seconds all the blades are destroyed and the engine is useless. Fortunately, by CAA law the plane has to be able to fly perfectly well on 3 or even 2 engines so it was safely landed at the nearest airfield. But airstrikes had to be dealt with.

Tonight my mind will be on The Rams getting three points at Backburn. We will then be very well set up to be top by Christmas UTR.

By the way, there is now a standard test for birdstrike sustainability in which a chicken is fired into the engine at take-off power.

You beat me to it Ramdini.

Are you picking the team for tomorrow?

Why a chicken and not a Hooper Swan or fully ladened African Swallow.

What came first? the chicken or the test?

If picked e team it would be :_
Carson
Christie, Keogh, Shackell, Forsyth
Thorne, Johnson, Hendrick.
Martin, Bent, Russell.

Hendrick is a doubt.

Bent has a really good scoring record against Blackburn. We should drop Martin, he can't even score a penno or last 90 minutes.

Weimann for Hendrick only if he is unfit. It would be the kind of chance he is looking for. But most likely it will be Butterfield.