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packman

(16,296 posts) Sat Oct 8, 2016, 05:05 PM Oct 2016

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

Seems as if a town in Arkansas has a horrible event:

" Yellville, Arkansas... a longstanding tradition of dropping live turkeys from a plane 500 feet in the air at the town’s annual “Turkey Trot” fall festival.

The practice is continuing this year, despite opposition from animal rights groups and social media users after an Arkansas Times blog post condemning the drop went viral. A letter-writing campaign resulted in more than 1,000 emails going out to each of the event’s 13 sponsors"

Disgusting and inhumane. But it was funny in that episode of WKRP-

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Article at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/turkey-drop-trot-yellville-arkansas_us_57f92100e4b0b6a43032b9e4?section=&

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As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly (Original Post) packman Oct 2016 OP

Yep, that's Yellville. Paper reported only one fell to its death sinkingfeeling Oct 2016 #1

... Major Nikon Oct 2016 #3

Someone should turn the pilot into the FAA. There's a good chance the FAA would yank his certificate Major Nikon Oct 2016 #2

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

1. Yep, that's Yellville. Paper reported only one fell to its death

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 05:19 PM

Oct 2016

That story is on the front page of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette and the Trump lewd tape story is on page 9!

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

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Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 06:54 PM

Oct 2016

http://www.arkansasonline.com/polls/2016/oct/should-turkey-drop-continue-yellvilles-annual-turk/results/

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

2. Someone should turn the pilot into the FAA. There's a good chance the FAA would yank his certificate

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 06:12 PM

Oct 2016

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.

http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgFAR.nsf/0/AD2EBDA6370BB404852566CF0061287A?OpenDocument

Dropping 15-20lb objects out of a plane over a populated area is almost certainly going to be a detriment to a pilot's future in aviation.

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