Originally Posted by wrxflame
I did read else where on here that some birds can fly at amazing altitudes, I have certainly learned a thing or two on the subject.
Here's a bird strike story, middle of the night on descent to 1000' over the South China Sea >50Nm from land heard a LOUD thump, looked at the other pilot then heard another LOUD thump that I'm sure I felt through the controls.
We RTB'd to discover we'd hit two birds one of which had perfectly hit the 3-4cm vent hole on the front of the spinner on #2 and pasted itself all over the spinner and dome inside. That was to be the first of four straight sorties with bird strikes on each!
Interestingly some people that I fly with now beleive landing lights on helps to avoid birdstrikes? I've also heard some people seriously suggest that ground firing a radar can clear a runway of birds? Who knows?
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