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3rd May 2018, 20:04

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just another jocky

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I was #2 in a Tornado formation when my leader flew through a flock of birds. Declared a Mayday and I led him to Leeming where we both landed.

23 individual strikes, both engines had ingested birds. They were very lucky.

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