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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:17
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EGLD
 
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That may have been me (from Chivenor). A mallard duck came through the windscreen (not the cannopy) and totally blinded me. It also surged the engine, but I later relit it. I landed blind at Wittering. The nav in the back could not fly the Hawk, but made the RT calls as I could not (my face was rather rearranged). Subsequently, the front windscreens of Hawks were redesigned
Amazing story!

Did you make a partial/full physical recovery after the incident?
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