• Cap@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    This helps with bird strikes as the whale shark digests the birds instead of passing them through to the engine and causing a flame out. Top notch design though I don’t know how well whale sharks maintain performance at altitude.

  • Vuraniute@thelemmy.club
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    11 months ago

    As an aviation nerd, this is why we should use DSI intakss which don’t require this inhumanity to produce.

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      11 months ago

      Less than 40 left in the world actually. A true tragedy, but unfortunately a delicacy to Russians whom are hunting them to extinction.