Took a bird in an F6 Hunter at 420kts at low level. I recall a rush of white and a helluva bang on the lower left side of the canopy then ................nothing.
Eased the jet up to 2500ft and checked the donk. With cruise power set for 420 at LL I was getting 250kts at 2500, thought OOPS !!
Landed at Warton (BAe airfield wher they made Tornados) and when groundcrew were shaking heads etc after shutdown I realised that something was wrong.
The bird had hit the canopy, gone down in to the intake, but hit the splitter wall on the intake and separtated, pushing the wall into the intake. The outboard bit had gone up into the intake and peeled it back like a yoghourt carton lid before dividing itself again part going in to the wing and the remainder spreading itself across the first stage. Totally f**cked the engine.
The jet never flew again; it was taken aprt at Warton and repatriated to Valley by road but they lost some bits en route.