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    I was wondering about a chicken too.
    Shit it must of had to flap all the way down to earth.

    Why cant they fly?



    From thestraightdope.com: Well, you can't blame the chickens. They started out flying, after all. At least their ancestors did. The ancestor of modern chickens, the wild red jungle fowl (also a darn good name for a rock band), wasn't a great flier, but he could get around when he had to. The entire poultry family (chickens, turkeys, guineas, ducks) are adapted to living on the ground. Their beaks are better adapted to pecking off the ground, their feet to walking instead of perching, and their wings are smaller than other birds their size.



    At work about a year ago, a wild turkey somehow flew into a 3rd story window, got stuck in the window, then the bloody mess fell out and plopped on the ground. Animal control had to come and clean up the mess. There was a blood streak for a few weaks before it was cleaned. The person whose cube was next to the window went home because of trauma that day. Almost unbelieveable that a wild turkey could somehow get about 30 ft in the air and enough momentum to crash through an office window, but it sure the hell happened.



    Wild Turkeys can fly very well. They roost every night in the tree tops.

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    i am interviewing for a job soon in nashville and am interested in the same answer. it seems that with tullahoma still closed, the best options are alabama and the west TN place near memphis. which is closer? what is the difference?

    going up next weekend, and i was hoping to check out dzs -



    I know nothing of Cullman but if you want to know about West Tn PM me and I'll give you the low down.

  3. Agreed. He does a very good job of explaining the dangers of diconnecting the engine (jumper) form the canopy. Any sudden loss of gravitational pull on the lines risks collapse as well as tubulent conditions (due to wind or poor angle of attack) causing loss of internal pressurization.

  4. Old canopy. Flies somewhat like a Sabre. Big difference from a Nitron (which flies like a larger canopy with a lot of flare) to a smaller Monarch. The flare power will be less and I think you'll like the way your Nitron flies much better.