July 29, 200520 yr https://www.ehowa.com/showmovie.shtm...=birdstrike.wmv Interesting piece of HUD footage, looks like maybe a T-45 at CRP. IP does a great job of handling the IFE, remaining calm while the stud starts to stress, transfering control to unload the front seater so they can focus on a re-light, making a timely decision to unass the jet and even gets a call off to the tower first. Bonus points for the use of "jeepers" as an expletive. Nice solid piece of aviating. Hope those guys didn't get hurt. [ 29. July 2005, 18:29: Message edited by: LJDRVR ]
July 30, 200520 yr https://www.ehowa.com/showmovie.shtml?movie=birdstrike.wmv Here's the correct one...enjoy
July 30, 200520 yr I love Tower's reply..."Huh, you're breaking out to the north?" I bet the fireball clued him in a few seconds later. Anyone know the outcome, both guys make it out OK?
July 30, 200520 yr I can play it but can't save the video. Anyone else able to save it? [ 30. July 2005, 10:55: Message edited by: Clearedhot ]
July 30, 200520 yr What is the automated voice saying? I can't understand it. Dude, that video is the only one I have seen that has an ejection and ends with the plane actually crashing. Crazy.
July 30, 200520 yr That IP did a nice job of keeping his cool while trying to calm the student down as well...impressive. On the other hand....****ing birds !
July 30, 200520 yr The stud sounds like he was saying the same exact thing, T-6 N-L, when the automated voice starting saying that. Do you code a bird strike like that in other a/c? Or would you just say bird strike/engine failure? Sorry, dumb/curious cadet here!
July 30, 200520 yr Great job. Watch their speed, I'm guessing their max glide is somewhere around 130. It stays close to that the whole time. Good show.
July 30, 200520 yr that website has some cool videos, i like the AC130 one https://www.ehowa.com/showmovie.shtml?movie=ac130attack.wmv
July 30, 200520 yr Author I did some detective work/research. I noticed the smaller runway numbers and longer pitot tube, so I figured it was a Canadian Forces Class A. I "googled" some terms. Turns out it was a RCAF Hawk at Moose Jaw during the spring of last year. Ate a seagull at 800' after a touch and go. The British student had minor cuts but was drinking in the mess that evening. The Canadian IP wasn't so lucky, broke his femur in two places and his pelvis. Several months in the hospital. Too bad. he deserved to walk away from that one. [ 29. July 2005, 23:13: Message edited by: LJDRVR ]
July 30, 200520 yr Originally posted by toastychicken: wax, bad link They took it down, I got it this morning from that site.
July 30, 200520 yr I uploaded it to a file sharing website. hope it works. they delete it after 30 days or so, the site says. choose the free download option. https://rapidshare.de/files/3494891/birdstrike.wmv.html [ 30. July 2005, 11:46: Message edited by: lakefisher ]
July 30, 200520 yr Thanks fish, that worked...took me a good 8-10 seconds to figure out what the fux was going on with that site, but I got it!
July 22Jul 22 Thread revival 20+ years later!! 😁😁 Seagull smashes cockpit of £73m Spanish fighter jet The moment a seagull collided with a Spanish fighter jet and smashed through the cockpit was captured in an extraordinary photograph. The £73m warplane was performing in the Eurofighter display at San Javier Air Base on June 15 when it had a stroke of bad luck. The pilot landed and was unharmed. Aviation photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero unwittingly captured the spectacle, only realizing when he checked his camera later on. Bird collisions with aircraft are a regular occurrence, with 13,000 reported annually in the US alone. But for a bird to shatter a pilot’s glass window, and for a photographer to capture the scene, is exceedingly rare.
July 24Jul 24 On 7/22/2025 at 11:16 AM, M2 said: Thread revival 20+ years later!! 😁😁 Seagull smashes cockpit of £73m Spanish fighter jet The moment a seagull collided with a Spanish fighter jet and smashed through the cockpit was captured in an extraordinary photograph. The £73m warplane was performing in the Eurofighter display at San Javier Air Base on June 15 when it had a stroke of bad luck. The pilot landed and was unharmed. Aviation photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero unwittingly captured the spectacle, only realizing when he checked his camera later on. Bird collisions with aircraft are a regular occurrence, with 13,000 reported annually in the US alone. But for a bird to shatter a pilot’s glass window, and for a photographer to capture the scene, is exceedingly rare. Is the seagull going to be okay?
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