Birdstrike on the M56!
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I once has a duck knock off [as in hit,not knicked] the mirror on my BMW motorcycle once
If bird hits building, 90degree impact. Whereas Astra, depends on shape and clenliness, has a bit, only a bit of aerodynamics going for it. Ergo, pigeon didn't hit the Asrta it hit the airflow. So any bird marks are in, sorry, on the back. I knew you had it bakcwrads
If bird hits building, 90degree impact. Whereas Astra, depends on shape and clenliness, has a bit, only a bit of aerodynamics going for it. Ergo, pigeon didn't hit the Asrta it hit the airflow. So any bird marks are in, sorry, on the back. I knew you had it bakcwrads
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I was following a truck at about 30-40mph when a previously hit (or a well trained stunt) Canadian goose rolled out from under the truck. Took the underbumper air spoiler right off the rental car- big, big, bird!!!
The people at Avis were a little difficult...
The people at Avis were a little difficult...
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I was visiting my family in Oz last year and we went to stay with our cousins who own a property not to far from Cloncurry in Northen Queensland. Well anyway on the trip up from Brisbane via Winton & Longreach(worth visting for one of the original Qantas hangers)etc,and just as dusk fell and while traveling at 120kph we hit a whole flock of wait for it....Budgies. Bloody massacre it was,the windscreen was covered in little squish marks all over!! 
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Remember to Flare - no I'm not Dick but it's funny you should mention him because I asked the Greater Manchester Police to have a look back through the video recordings made by their traffic cameras on the M56 on the day of the incident and they came up with following incriminating still...
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Once hit a pheasant whilst doing a fair clip in an Opel Manta on a back lane in Lincolnshire. Little ba$tard dented the front wing, wrote off the offside wing mirror and snapped the electric aerial. It then bounced over a hedge so I couldn't even take it home and eat it.
So I stopped to check the damage. Which is when the fun started. As I turned the engine off, the broken electric aerial tried to retract as the inner nylon cable was still intact. It flailed around taking bits out of the paintwork so I grabbed it and tried to stop it. Picture the scene - me pulling in one direction, Blaupunkt in the other - and the pheasant probably pi$$ing itself with laughter if it wasn't an ex-pheasant by then! Eventually I made a dive for the door, ducking the furiously lashing aerial, and turned the ignition back on. Then the cable wound out and I managed to cut it; turned the radio off - whereupon the cable raced into its hole with horribly expensive noises coming from within until I could find the appropriate fuse! Damned costly birdstrike - panel bashing, new mirror, new aerial and some respray work.
So I stopped to check the damage. Which is when the fun started. As I turned the engine off, the broken electric aerial tried to retract as the inner nylon cable was still intact. It flailed around taking bits out of the paintwork so I grabbed it and tried to stop it. Picture the scene - me pulling in one direction, Blaupunkt in the other - and the pheasant probably pi$$ing itself with laughter if it wasn't an ex-pheasant by then! Eventually I made a dive for the door, ducking the furiously lashing aerial, and turned the ignition back on. Then the cable wound out and I managed to cut it; turned the radio off - whereupon the cable raced into its hole with horribly expensive noises coming from within until I could find the appropriate fuse! Damned costly birdstrike - panel bashing, new mirror, new aerial and some respray work.
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So the little bugger is on TV now? Just when I thought I’d achieved “closure” he’s back to haunt me!
I’m not sure who I’m more angry with right now – my avian foe or the little scallys who decided to use my car as a climbing frame and have left dents all over the roof. Unfortunately I wasn't doing 70mph when this happened.
I think I’ll try my luck with the train service to the airport this weekend!
