or any other body of water from quarrying at Straitgate Farm... 200m directly below the landing approach of Exeter Airport? Seagull Pond? That's what Aggregate Industries calls this body of water at Blackhill Quarry; you can see why:
The Red Arrows often use Exeter Airport; 25,000 people watched them at Sidmouth this summer.
For the Red Arrows, the weekend that started with Sidmouth was not without incident:
End of a v busy weekend. Jets returned to Scampton, apart from one which diverted to Cardiff as a precaution after a bird strike. Crew okay.— Red Arrows (@rafredarrows) August 29, 2016
XX245 returned home after Cardiff Birdstrike. Jet requires wing tip cap replacement - 50hrs of Mechanical work 🔧 pic.twitter.com/DO8YZWTolO— Red Arrows JEngO (@RAFCircus1) September 2, 2016
It has happened in Devon too:
RAF BAE Systems Hawk T.1, XX266, of the Red Arrows demonstration team suffers birdstrike.. #aviation #history pic.twitter.com/9T3kCvafnj— Aviation History (@HistoryAviation) August 24, 2016
You can see why the issue of birdstrike should be taken so seriously:
This doesn't look good - AOG - B747-400F CF6 #BirdStrike pic.twitter.com/iHCKArdONv— AviationBlogs (@aviationblogs) August 31, 2016
Ryanair B738 suffers bird strike in climb out of stn enroute to dub. Landed back at stn no one hurt. pic.twitter.com/Iyw5ml5Uc4— ✈Flight Simviator✈ (@FlightSimviator) September 3, 2016
If events such as 'Birdstrike drama...' and '...bird strike causes two bangs and smoke from engine' don't raise public awareness of the dangers, this upcoming film will.
“Miracle on the Hudson” increases focus on #birdstrike and #aviation https://t.co/wXQ3WFP610 #SullyMovie pic.twitter.com/NjGrfzVElX— Mead & Hunt (@MeadHunt) September 6, 2016
