Do birds avoid flying into clouds like VFR pilots do?
nice answers about the jumbo full of birds!
2006-11-27 10:45:31 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Migrating geese have been found to be flying
at night, at high altitudes, and in the clouds. Clearly they are able to fly "blind"!!
Hey ADI, no oxygen in clouds?, you owe me a keyboard! coffee spewed out my mouth and nose on that one!!! What a joke!
2006-11-27 16:33:12 · answer #1 · answered by cherokeeflyer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A VFR pilot will become inverted in a cloud without his visual references. Birds don't use visual landmarks to navigate. They can sense where they are going. Birds have been used as messengers for ages because they can find their way home from anywhere.....I can't believe someone said there is a lack of oxygen in clouds. That is just sad. Fog is just a low cloud layer and I've never heard of anyone drowning in fog.
2006-11-27 14:28:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The birds have a look and see basis to flying and regarding clouds, they can be almost at deck level also. A fog is a form of a cloud on the surface.
2006-11-27 14:53:31 · answer #3 · answered by syedg1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was told by a primary instructor that birds prefer to fly VFR. Have seen a few go marginal and scud-run, but I think nature provides them with the common sense to stay visual.
2006-11-27 17:57:18 · answer #4 · answered by cavu_13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birds don't fly into clouds cause they can't see... that's the reason and VFR do not avoid flying into clouds...
2006-11-27 14:27:35 · answer #5 · answered by Paolo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know, but there are plently of clouds that form just a few hundred to a few thousand feet above the ground, and there is oxygen in a cloud, how else could jets fly through them?
2006-11-27 13:15:04 · answer #6 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well let's think about the question:
1: How large is the cloud? If it is generally small... sure they will fly through it.
2: What is the altitude of the cloud
3: What is the density
4: what is the wind speeds
You will see Eagles, Hawks, and Crows sometimes weave in and out of the clouds as though they are playing. In short... yes they sure do.
As a pilot sometimes you have the opportunity to meet up with them as they fly.
2006-11-27 11:58:11 · answer #7 · answered by Dport 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Birds usually do not fly at altitudes with clouds.
In thick fog they tend to remain grounded if possible.
Migrating they rely on an integral compass and many have been involved in midair collisions with aircraft.
So no, they do not fly only fly VFR!
2006-11-27 10:52:16 · answer #8 · answered by michelle_greene_ragio 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Normally, birds are typically VFR creatures.
2006-11-27 12:18:37 · answer #9 · answered by Fly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No bird has ever flown into a cloud
2006-11-27 20:10:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋