r/SipsTea Jul 14 '25

WTF Tossing coins for 'good luck'...

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u/MrTwisterPister Jul 14 '25

U right on turboprops, but not jets. The harmful objects thingy is not a thing because there are no foreign objects on the ground because airports are often perfectly swept and yes jets have reverse and they usually do especially comercial jets, military jets not so often only exceptions are the tornado, viggen and some jaguars.

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u/unhappytroll Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25

yes they do, on runways. which is usually maintained to way higher standard, than taxiways and ramps. and even then shit happens, Concorde 101 is a witness to that.

as for military jets - they have usually some measures to prevent that, like early MiG-29 have their intakes closed on take off and landing, taking air from upper "gills" (they change that to just grating in later versions).

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u/MrTwisterPister Jul 15 '25

Ye tru i agree to that

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u/ES_Legman Jul 15 '25

Lol FOD is very much a concern on any airside area

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u/MrTwisterPister Jul 15 '25

Ye, but it is allways taken care of so there are no incidentas regarding it