Originally Posted by EK4457
Of course, G-BOUD has been re- christened G-RVRO. Looks like new - the flying !!!! is no more!
What is a bird strike like? I've been close but never actually hit one.
EK
My strike was towards the tip of the starboard wing on the leading edge. I didn't hear anything, but saw a blackbird flash past. My instructor said that it made a loud thud, I guess I was to busy on the climb-out to hear it. Luckily, as the 3 inch dent was out on the tip, it didn't affect the handling very much but we conducted a flapless approach to be on the safe side. As the plane was needed for lessons, it was still flown for a week after with the dent until the school manager popped round for my checkride and realised how bad it was!