[ale] OT: Save the penguins

[Dunlap, Randy]

Yes, I saw this last week.

Since this is the ALE list, most of us know that there
aren't many islands in south Georgia, and being from
south Georgia, this news item is really troubling to me.  8;)

Those Brit helicopters had better watch out for the
subs at Kings Bay.

~Randy_________________________________________
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> This is from AvWeb, a serious mailing list about aviation...
> 
> SCIENTISTS TO SCRUTINIZE FALLING-PENGUIN STORY: AVweb 
> reported way back
> in '96 that Royal Air Force pilots stationed in the Falkland Islands
> told a strange tale: Penguins, perhaps jealous of those machines that
> can fly while they are earthbound, would stare as the aircraft flew
> overhead, craning their necks till they toppled right over on their
> backs.  Environmentalists now are calling for limits on flights, so
> British researchers are sending two helicopters to South 
> Georgia Island
> to fly over the birds and determine whether they really fall over.
> Altitude restrictions are the likely outcome if the legend 
> proves to be
> true.  But we think maybe the penguins enjoy watching the 
> aircraft, just
> like all those folks at an airshow, so our solution is to fit 
> them with little booty bumpers, so they would bounce back up.
> 
> Bob
> --

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