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RB Later this winter when the temperatures get really cold. Take of one of your gloves off and touch the window next to you; then come back and tell me its RT. The plastic is fairly slow to change its temperature, but after an hour + cold soaking at altitude the windshield is quite cold. I...

I promised you all the answer to the question. 1) Nobody every knowingly shot a frozen bird at a windshield or engine. 2) I am the DER and I did consult with the FAA. 3) Yes, the majority of bird strikes occurr below 10,000 ft, however only moments prior to reaching 10K the aircraft was...

Cedar Finally a comment worth responding to. That is not currently in the plan, but it definitely has merit. I can say with great confidence that the window will not fail if the window is rolled down. The only problem at that point is having an adequate early warning system to give the pilot...

I am preparing a Test Plan for a Bird Strike test on a GA aircraft windshield (14 CFR 23.775(h)(1), Commuter Category). Does anyone have any data or past experience on appropriate temperatures to conduct the test? Thanks, David

RPstress I would be interested in the GEN/B44/30210 report if you are still interested in providing it. My email will definitely not take 64 Mb, but I do have an FTP site that it could be loaded to. If the report is still available let me know here and we can figure a way to share the...

I have been involved in two cases where what appeared on the surface to be a compressive load environment resulted in cracks developing. Both in the area of the landing gear. The problem was a very high and very local compressive stress resulting in very local plastic deformation that when...