Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, June 9, 2013

A Natural Enemy of Airplane Owners

Birds during nesting season. When you see a lot of bird shit on an airplane, the odds are good that those feathered devils have made themselves at home inside the airplane.

This is a low-wing Piper. The birds are in the tail.


They got into the wheel well of this Beechcraft Bonanza. Without looking, I'd guess that there is a lightening hole in a wing rib and that the birds are inside the wing itself.


The owner of this airplane made an attempt to block off the holes in the tail. The bastards got in anyway.


This is a short-wing Piper, one of the descendants of the J-3.


I've never had an issue with them getting into the tail of my Stinson. The elevator mechanism is right at the back of the fuselage, so there may not be enough room for them to feel comfortable about going in there. If I leave the engine cover off long enough for it to cool down, there's almost certainly going to be a bird setting up a home on top of the engine deck. So I put an engine cover on the cowling.

As you might suspect, it is very bad form to fly an airplane with a bird's nest in it.

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