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Post by bobathon on Oct 14, 2015 10:47:24 GMT -5
Saw a story about a turkey fest in Yelllville, AR. They drop some live turkeys from a low flying plane, but FAA and PETA no likey. Even though they were wild, and thus can fly.
Anyways, the larger point is that droppng potentially harmful stuff is going to get the FAA stinkeye. I do note the Dlying Circus drops balloons of flour in their targeting demos.
For unreltaed fun, listen to Mojo Nixon's Chicken Drop.
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Post by minx on Oct 14, 2015 14:03:42 GMT -5
Um didn't WRKP in Cincinnati prove that turkeys can't fly?
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Post by Gone on Oct 14, 2015 14:20:29 GMT -5
Um didn't WRKP in Cincinnati prove that turkeys can't fly? Domesticated turkeys can't fly.....they are too fat and rotund. Well, domestic turkeys can make it from the top of the hen house to the ground with out busting open but that's about the extent of their flying capabilities. Wild turkeys can fly......they are sleek and muscular. However, even wild turkeys don't fly for long distances.  "Sec. 91.15 — Dropping objects. No pilot in command of a civil aircraft may allow any object to be dropped from that aircraft in flight that creates a hazard to persons or property. However, this section does not prohibit the dropping of any object if reasonable precautions are taken to avoid injury or damage to persons or property." We are always "reasonable"!  |
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Post by rally2xs on Oct 14, 2015 14:22:51 GMT -5
I imagine the wild turkeys, while not flying for long distances under their own power, could probably glide pretty much indefinitely, so could survive being released at any altitude where they were not starved for oxygen or frozen to death. Possibly being released into the 70 - 100 mph slipstream of a small plane might cause them injury, tho.
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Post by Gone on Oct 14, 2015 14:27:21 GMT -5
Hey Bob, the Yellville, AR Turkey Trot has another cool event.....the Miss Drumstick Beauty Pageant. The contestants are completely covered except for their drumsticks. We should enter MF.
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Post by Gone on Oct 14, 2015 14:29:34 GMT -5
I imagine the wild turkeys, while not flying for long distances under their own power, could probably glide pretty much indefinitely, so could survive being released at any altitude where they were not starved for oxygen or frozen to death. Possibly being released into the 70 - 100 mph slipstream of a small plane might cause them injury, tho. It seems that what got the Turkey Trot in trouble was that some on the turkeys landed safely but others went "splat". |
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Post by minx on Oct 14, 2015 14:58:09 GMT -5
As God is my witness I swear I thought that turkeys could fly!
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Post by bobathon on Oct 14, 2015 15:40:26 GMT -5
That's my understanding, broad. They used domestic birds, and some glided worse than a Phantom, so splat. And so, they are looking into this instance. But what I read was these were wild and recovered unharmed.
Next timeI hope they use frozen Butterballs! Kablammo!
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Post by Gone on Oct 14, 2015 17:26:44 GMT -5
I found this: "Yellville has a problem. It wants people to come to its annual Turkey Trot festival -- and yet the most spectacular event in the festival is something that the town can't talk about.
That something is the "Turkey Drop," where live wild turkeys are dropped out of a low-flying airplane that circles the two-day festival.
Turkey Trot has been celebrated on the second Friday and Saturday of October every year since 1946. It was conceived as a way to call attention to the region's abundant wild turkeys. A highlight of the festival was the "Turkey Toss," in which live wild turkeys were tossed off of the roof of the County Courthouse. In the 1960s this was replaced by the Turkey Drop.
The thinking behind the toss/drop was that most of the turkeys would escape into the wild and thereby increase the local population. The problem is that wild turkeys can't fly very well. Some of the birds would splat on the pavement. Some that landed safely ended up being chased around town.
The splattering and the chasing drew unwelcome national media attention in the 1970s and 1980s, and animal rights groups threatened legal action. Since 1990, Yellville has officially divorced itself of the Turkey Drop -- it isn't mentioned in any Turkey Trot literature -- and yet it still happens every year. The town's position is that mysterious planes just show up over the festival every October and drop turkeys (although the drop point has been moved to the south edge of town so that the pilots don't violate FAA altitude regulations). Four or five drops take place each day, with one to three turkeys per trip.
Another memorable event at the Turkey Trot is the Miss Drumsticks beauty contest, in which the winners are chosen while their faces and upper bodies are hidden.
Yellville resident Ralph B. reported in March 2014: "PETA finally got our harmless (unless you are a turkey) turkey drop stopped. I think they threatened to take the pilot's license if he or she threw turkeys out of a plane. I don't go to town during the festival anymore because the turkeys were the reason for going."
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Post by minx on Oct 15, 2015 17:23:55 GMT -5
Holy shidt (that was for Renthal's delicate ears) - they've been doing this since 1946??
That's an amazing amount of Turkeys! I wonder how low they fly exactly - are they buzzing the rooftops or what?
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Post by Gone2 on Oct 15, 2015 18:19:54 GMT -5
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Post by MF on Oct 16, 2015 20:27:54 GMT -5
I thought you would post this |
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Post by MF on Oct 16, 2015 20:30:18 GMT -5
Hey Bob, the Yellville, AR Turkey Trot has another cool event.....the Miss Drumstick Beauty Pageant. The contestants are completely covered except for their drumsticks. We should enter MF. In the gown  ? |
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Post by bobathon on Oct 17, 2015 4:12:07 GMT -5
Fuck no, nobody wants to see you in a gown.
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Post by pastafari on Oct 17, 2015 14:05:22 GMT -5
Fuck no, nobody wants to see you in a gown. |
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