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TrakBall
24th Mar 2015, 04:42
The Dallas Police helicopter had a severe bird strike but other then minor injuries, except for the bird, all safe.
Dallas police chopper lands safely after bird strike (http://goo.gl/ynvJyL)
TB
Lucky they had 2 pilots onboard (according to that video) ;)
PANews
24th Mar 2015, 10:22
Must be a bad week for them the same unit took out two ducks without damage or injury last week with a different jockey.
This time it was a Coot through the pilots screen.
Not life threatening in itself but the pilot was certainly disabled as far as flying goes.
meloz
24th Mar 2015, 10:57
Lucky they had that Duck tape on hand.
fly911
25th Mar 2015, 11:26
It really pays to have your visor down. Especially when flying single pilot.
SilsoeSid
25th Mar 2015, 11:45
Nice one Frenchy and a speedy recovery to Todd :ok:
Report with video interviews here;
DPD Helicopter Pilot Recovering After Coot Crashes Through Windshield | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/DPD-Helicopter-Pilot-Recovering-After-Duck-Crashed-Through-Windshield-297354801.html)
I know that Frenchy is a licensed pilot, but I remember an old saying from my crewman days;
Q: what would you do if your pilot became incapacitated?
A: 1.5 solo
;)