Originally Posted by
BEagle
The pilot was extremely fortunate. sharpend's encounter with a mallard duck was far, far worse as described in his excellent book A Cold War Fighter Pilot in Peacetime and War.
And clearly a fine demonstration as to why having a back seater on display is a bad, bad idea.
Out of interest in normal trainer ops who would of been sat on the back seat? The instructor or the instructee?
With a compromised canopy like was would the ability to eject should a secondary event occur while returning be scuppered also? - should
even the canopy of blown through like it did? I expect the pop your safety hat on before you get on the job are going to be all over this event….