Yesterday I took my other half up, my first passenger since getting my PPL in one of the clubs Robin hr200's.
All went perfectly well, however after landing a pigeon flew straight across the runway
. I broke pretty hard as we were still moving pretty fast, making both my breaks and my o/h squeal a little, which I guess is a fairly ordinary reaction and we missed it by a tiny margin.
Exactly how much damage could that have done (to the aircraft, I can imagine there wouldn't be much pigeon left) had I have blended it with the prop? The guys in the club didn't seem overly concerned and joked that they would have given me the bucket and a sponge. But surely it could cause substantial damage?
Just wondered.