Bird Strikes - What's it like?
A little while ago, whilst I sat at the holding point waiting to get into the circuit at Cardiff, an A320 (of JMC, I think) was on finals. Behind him was an A330. A BRA Embraer was on the take-off roll.
Shortly after rotation, the Emb pilot reported that he'd struck a bird whilst still on the runway.
Then, upon touchdown, the A320 pilot reported that he'd had a bird strike too.
A few moments later, the A330 pilot reported the same thing - and we could clearly see a big red streak running down the fuselage, just below the cockpit windows.
Aside from the obvious danger to the engines and power loss on take-off/approach - it must be pretty damn scary to hit a chook that hard. Any bird strike stories/anecdotes/legends welcome.
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