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Old 1st Jun 2001, 23:17
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Court Helicopters lost an S61 following a birdstrike, many years ago.

The South African Air Force Puma's had a guard installed in front of the throttles, so that in the event of a bird-strike on the centre windshield, the debris didn't close the throttles. I believe this mod was installed following two accidents where birds caused the machine to crash.