NASA Air Sampling Flight Successful Despite Bird Strike
PALMDALE, Calif. — A NASA airborne science flight using the agency’s McDonnell Douglas DC-8 flying laboratory had to be cut short on July 24 after the aircraft suffered two bird strikes while conducting air sampling at around 1,000 feet altitude over central California. Two hours into a planned six...
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