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Old 11th Feb 2003, 23:14
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There've been others that didn't involve hull loss.
Hollinger Ungava Transport hit a goose with the DC-3 at night on landing at one of the strips along the railroad. It hit the nose on the right side and wound up on the co-pilot's feet. The poor bu&&er was covered in blood and goose sh!t, thought he was gonna die.
Austin hit a snow goose with one of our Cansos up around Rupert's House. It took about three feet of the leading edge all the way back to the main spar. That's pretty impressive when you consider the Canso will only do about 120 kt in a terminal dive.
Used to have a boss that hit a pelican or something on final with the C-46 at some island down in the Caribbean. Killed the co-pilot.
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