Sprog held on taxi way while EMS King Air departed then began backtracking, half way down runway observed an aircraft suddenly appear on final which was not responding to radio, took to the grass off the side of runway to let him land. EMS King Air had taken a Ibis a foot or two inboard of the wing tip on departure.
A chap of ours in a S-76 took a bird at the top of the windscreen divider, bird then went up into the main rotor where a blade slapped it down through the cabin roof into the passengers laps. Lunch is served, guaranteed fresh. The hit on the windscreen forced the fire handles out of their detent which dropped the generators off line, which meant they lost the stabilisation system, result, trying to corral a herd of cats for a period of time. Same didn't turn out so well for others, what a difference having a glass windscreen, as in our case, compared to a weight saving plastic.
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/a...port/73183/pdf
