Many years ago while flying out of BKK, used to accelerate to nearly the barber pole, as departing aircraft were restricted to 6000msl for quite some distance, at that time.
Then I hit a bird at 350 knots.
Just a little fellow, but it sure made a mess, just in front of my nose, on the windscreen.
A
bigger bird would have been very bad news.
250 knots below 10,000 from then on.
