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Re:Why we can't stop birds downing aircraft by nuclear_eclipse on Friday January 16, 2009 @02:16PM (#437105)
"Interestingly, the Smithsonian Institution's Feather Identification Laboratory has worked out which species causes the most costly birdstrike damage. It's the turkey vulture - the bird that originally inspired the Wright brothers."

Irony strikes again!

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Re:Why we can't stop birds downing aircraft by yan on Friday January 16, 2009 @02:38PM (#437145)
Irony is coincidentally the name of the turkey vulture.
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