11 Bravo
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British air traffic control: Beware of giant vulture at 35,000 feet

By Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY


Commercial airline pilots flying over Scotland and Britain have been told to be on the watch for a vulture with a 10-foot wingspan that can fly at heights exceeding 30,000 feet.

Reuters says the bird -- a 7-year-old Ruppell's Vulture -- escaped and "has not been seen since she caught a warm thermal during a show at the World of Wings center in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on Tuesday."

That prompted Britain's air traffic control group to issue the warning. "We made pilots aware of the possibility of seeing this bird as it has a three-meter wingspan and can fly at altitudes used by commercial aircraft," a British air traffic control spokesman says to the Telegraph of London.

The Telegraph adds that "in 1974, a collision was recorded between one of the creatures and an aircraft at a height of 37,000ft."

The Scotsman newspaper says the bird -- named Gandalf -- "has been the star attraction at World of Wings since 2006, when she was brought from Africa to be part of a breeding program."

And, while Britain has warned pilots in its airspace about the board, it sounds as though an encounter with Gandalf could be equally dicey for folks the ground. Officials have warned anyone who might spot the bird to call authorities -- and to keep their distance.

"She has no fear of humans and she could give someone a very severe bite -- her beak is designed to tear flesh apart," David Ritchie, director of the attraction that includes Gandalf, tells the Telegraph.

Alan Galloway, director at World of Wings, adds to Reuters that Gandalf is "clever and quite charming, but temperamental and not everybody's cup of tea."

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post … t/109062/1

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Be careful out there, lads.

Last edited by 11 Bravo (2010-08-21 18:13:49)

justice
OctoPoster
+978|6711|OctoLand
Stick to your own air space, yank.
I know fucking karate
Little BaBy JESUS
m8
+394|6119|'straya
Awesome opportunity to give some of those RAF flyboys and their Typhoons some gunning practice
Blade4509
Wrench turnin' fool
+202|5479|America
Someone should take it out and be "that guy"
"Raise the flag high! Let the degenerates know who comes to claim their lives this day!"
coke
Aye up duck!
+440|6679|England. Stoke
Alan Galloway, director at World of Wings, adds to Reuters that Gandalf is "clever and quite charming, but temperamental and not everybody's cup of tea."

Mugen
Member
+19|5970
how the fuck does a bird get to 37000 ft?? O_o
FFLink
There is.
+1,380|6661|Devon, England

Mugen wrote:

how the fuck does a bird get to 37000 ft?? O_o
Wings, I'd guess.
HaiBai
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
+304|5454|Bolingbrook, Illinois

FFLink wrote:

Mugen wrote:

how the fuck does a bird get to 37000 ft?? O_o
Wings, I'd guess.
Why would it want to fly that high?
Morpheus
This shit still going?
+508|5970|The Mitten

HaiBai wrote:

FFLink wrote:

Mugen wrote:

how the fuck does a bird get to 37000 ft?? O_o
Wings, I'd guess.
Why would it want to fly that high?
catch all the drop bears
EE (hats
11 Bravo
Banned
+965|5208|Cleveland, Ohio
ya i mean how the fuck does it get enough oxygen?
Shadow893
lel
+75|6663|England
Lol I thought this was a troll. Just didn't realise a bird would want to fly at that height. I don't see the advantage if I'm honest.
Metal-Eater-GR
I can haz titanium paancakez?
+490|6243
why fly at that height? because it can.
jord
Member
+2,382|6649|The North, beyond the wall.
That's pretty sick.

Charizard I choose you!
liquidat0r
wtf.
+2,223|6598|UK
What are they supposed to do if they see it? DO A BARREL ROLL, that's what.
PrivateVendetta
I DEMAND XMAS THEME
+704|6162|Roma

11 Bravo wrote:

ya i mean how the fuck does it get enough oxygen?
And it's going to be about -50C up there
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ig
This topic seems to have no actual posts
+1,199|6493
loubot
O' HAL naw!
+470|6549|Columbus, OH

justice wrote:

Stick to your own air space, yank.
oh cmon, one lil UAV will not hurt any one, I promise
FatherTed
xD
+3,936|6471|so randum
escaped MOD pet project calling it now
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
jord
Member
+2,382|6649|The North, beyond the wall.
That collision must have been very bad luck, I can't see there being loads of these things flying around at that height.
Racoon_Flyer
Member
+10|5905|Cambridge, UK
Scotland and Britain??
Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|6690|Scotland
lol I read about this the other day. Crazy shit.


A fucking vulture. Fuck.
Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|6690|Scotland
it's kl guys. It's home now.

Let's all take a deep breath.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-g … t-11052390
RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,736|6708|Oxferd Ohire
Is its name Gandalf or Gandolph? The article used both.
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