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To: BenLurkin
Birds, really? "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

Seriously, even the fastest birds airspeed barely overlaps with the minimum stall speed of an unloaded Cessna 152. I doubt any radar operator would mistake birds for an aircraft. Maybe one of those powered parachute type personal aircraft...

13 posted on 11/27/2019 7:05:06 AM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: ThunderSleeps

European of African?


21 posted on 11/27/2019 7:34:26 AM PST by EEGator
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To: ThunderSleeps
Seriously, even the fastest birds airspeed barely overlaps with the minimum stall speed of an unloaded Cessna 152. I doubt any radar operator would mistake birds for an aircraft. Maybe one of those powered parachute type personal aircraft...

Unfortunately the radar operators must now also be watching out for drones or 'flocks of drones'. Hard to tell the difference between that or a flock of Canadian geese.

22 posted on 11/27/2019 7:35:08 AM PST by usurper ( version)
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