Recent content by drshi

I've had enough holier-than-thou condescension from you people. I'm switching over to the airlines.net forums where people are willing to actually discuss problems rather than make excuses why they won't. Hasta la vista, Babies.

Thanks for the effort. Though the reference you've provided contains a great deal of information about this problem, there is no mention whatsoever of any effort to prevent such strikes. I have a research program that scans scores of Google-type sites, and I used this earlier; but I passed up...

I, too, am not stupid. I have researched your claim and can find no indication that any such "investigation" has been conducted by the aviation industry or the FAA. Your certainty must mean that you are aware of such studies, so I would greatly appreciate any references you can offer to support...

Surely a screen could be made to withstand the impact of a bird at the low altitude and reduced speed where such impacts occur, no? Also, the intake could be widened to compensate for the reduced air flow; or the front of the engine could be lengthened so a retractable screen could be used...

Every time I see news of a bird killing a jet engine I immediately wonder why some sort of screen cannot be placed over its inlet to either catch the bird or at least dice it into small pieces. Why is this not possible?

You sound certain about what happens when something reaches infinite velocity.

Hi, In a work of science fiction, would it be conceivable to explain the ultimate outcome of universal expansion this way? As the withdrawal speed increases exponentially and approaches infinite velocity, it collapses into a black-hole singularity with such force that it emerges from the...

Hi, I'm a writer, not a physicist, so this is a hypothetical question. In a work of science fiction, would it be conceivable to explain the ultimate outcome of universal expansion this way? "As its withdrawal speed increases exponentially and approaches infinite velocity, it collapses into a...