102 Plane cashes make a point....Plane vs. Steel & Concrete Barrier (twitter.com) posted 4 days ago by Island_Photo 4 days ago by Island_Photo +104 / -2 19 comments share 19 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Usually asking people if they've ever seen images of planes that have hit birds makes them at least stop a think for a second. Sometimes, you get lucky and you see their eyes widen a bit and they go " heeeeeyyyy.... yyyeeeeaaa what the fuck..."
I've had three bird strikes in my forty years as a pilot.
None of them damaged the plane.
Definitely seen a few problems when they get sucked in the engine ... I seem to recall that goose impacts were a news story twenty years ago or so...
Our engines were mounted at the aft end of the fuselage. I think having them out on the wings is a better bird vacuum cleaner.
I would imagine so
Plenty of vids online actually. Here is one where it hits the cockpit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry1FbjbNSuE
Yes, my experiences were similar, but all were on climb out.