[AT] From another list
Jim Yost
jnyost at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 22 02:05:55 PDT 2016
That is an awesome story.
Sent from my iPhone
Jim
> On Sep 21, 2016, at 7:42 PM, David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
>
> Perhaps Charlie, but with the eagles you NEVER see or hear it coming (or going)!
> Dave
>
>> On Sep 21, 2016, at 6:08 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've seen the war bird show at Oshkosh. If it was better than that
>> it had to be something. I've never seen a golden eagle in the wild.
>> We have bald's here. One thing those war birds have over the golden
>> eagle show is the sound of those powerful engines.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike M
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 4:01 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] From another list
>>
>> Holy crap is that a cool story! What a once in a lifetime experience!
>>
>> Mike M
>>
>>
>>> On 9/21/2016 2:41 PM, tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>> Tractor related. I suspect non Antique.
>>>
>>> This came from a gentleman who runs a 2,000-acre corn farm up around
>>> Barron, WI, not far from Oshkosh. He used to fly F-4Es and F-16s for the
>>> Guard and participated in the first Gulf War.His story:I went out to plant
>>> corn for a bit, to finish a field before tomorrow morning and witnessed
>>> 'The Great Battle'. A golden eagle -- big, with about a six-foot
>>> wingspan - flew right in front of the tractor. It was being chased by
>>> three crows that were continually dive bombing it and pecking at it. The
>>> crows do this because the eagles rob their nests when they find them.At
>>> any rate, the eagle banked hard right in one evasive maneuver, then landed
>>> in the field about 100 feet from the tractor. This eagle stood about 3
>>> feet tall. The crows all landed too and took up positions around the
>>> eagle at 120 degrees apart, but kept their distance at about 20 feet from
>>> the big bird. The eagle would take a couple steps towards one of the
>>> crows and they'd hop backwards and forward to keep!
>> their distance. Then the reinforcement showed up. I happened to spot
>> the eagle's mate hurtling down out of the sky at what appeared to be
>> approximately Mach 1.5. Just before impact, the eagle on the ground took
>> flight, (obviously a coordinated tactic; probably pre-briefed) and the three
>> crows that were watching the grounded eagle also took flight -- thinking
>> they were going to get in some more pecking on the big bird.The first crow
>> being targeted by the diving eagle never stood a snowball's chance in hell.
>> There was a mid-air explosion of black feathers, and that crow was done.The
>> diving eagle then banked hard left in what had to be a 9G climbing turn,
>> using the energy it had accumulated in the dive, and hit crow #2 less than
>> two seconds later. Another crow dead.The grounded eagle, which was now
>> airborne and had an altitude advantage on the remaining crow that was
>> streaking eastward in full burner, made a short dive, then banked hard right
>> when the escaping crow trie!
>> d to evade the hit. It didn't work - crow #3 bit the dust at about 20 feet
>> AGL. This aerial battle was better than any air show I've been to,
>> including the War Birds show at Oshkosh. The two eagles ripped the crows
>> apart, and ate them on the ground; and, as I got closer and closer working
>> my way across the field, I passed within 20 feet of one of them as it ate
>> its catch. It stopped and looked at me as I went by, and you could see in
>> the look of that bird that it knew who's Boss of the Sky. What a beautiful
>> bird!I loved it. Not only did they kill their enemy, they ate them. One of
>> the best Fighter Pilot stories I've seen in a long time.
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> AT mailing list
>>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>> _______________________________________________
>> AT mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> AT mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
More information about the AT
mailing list