SAEZ - Ezeiza -Ministro Pistarini

09 Nov 02

Reace - Pita - Penayo - Mascambruni - Logiocco

  G.Sosa Hermida   

     Maria del Huerto - at Tucumán

  FO Ejberowics                   

San Carlos de Bariloche - SAZS Rwy 29  ( photo Gustavo Bianchi )

Iguazu - SARI 20 NM South West

Overflying Cataratas del Iguazu

  Enrique Martos during an escape slide demo.

Pluma Roja

 F. Lacabane at SANT

Tomas Vorsic at SLVR

 500ft at SAEZ  Rwy 11 22:30Z                  800ft at SABE Rwy 13 23:45Z

Diego Figueroa - SABE Turning on final  Rwy 31 - Puerto Nuevo

Bird Strikes & engines

 PW JTD 15A  Fan after Bird Strike damage test.

 For each engine certification, an engine must pass two major tests

 related to FOD (Foreign Object Damage).  

 The following is a brief list of tests required.

 1. Bird ingestion test:

   a. 4 2.5lb birds in 1 second, the engine must:

      *  not lose more than 25% of the thrust

      *  be operating for another 20 minutes after the strike

   b. 1 8lb bird, the engine must:

      *  contain any fragments

      *  no excess load

      *  be able to shutdown

      *  not start a fire

 2. Blade-off test:

   the fan case must be able to contain all fragments in a blade-off test.  

Other Bird Strikes effects

FL 100  280kts  

 FO J.M.Alvarez  holding departure at SUMU  for weather

improvement at SAEZ  ( LanChile A320, at the back, with same intention )