RAF Form 414, Volume 36

A flock of seagulls had chosen that moment to break ground from the grass beside the runway and fly across our path. They disappeared under the nose as we climbed away and cleaned the aircraft up&#8230; no noise of an impact but then we noticed the No 2 engine’s N1 vibration number was pulsing and reading a bit high.  So starts another Tale from my flying logbook. &#160; Marauding seagulls at Shannon &#160; The A340 Cockpit &#160; Setting the landing flaps to Config 3 &#160; JFK VOR to 22L &#160; The route LHR to HKG &#160; <img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14768" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-14768 size-large" src="https://airlinepilotguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PT-LANDING-1024x576.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://airlinepilotguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PT-LANDING-980x551.jpg 980w, h