It must have been an angry bird that attacked a NATO plane.
Incredible footage and interview with the pilot.
https://youtu.be/HhRKePJcSKU
Birdstrike - footage
It must have been an angry bird that attacked a NATO plane
Incredible footage and interview with the pilot.
https://youtu.be/HhRKePJcSKU
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
That looked like a really BIG Bird!
Well done to the pilot.
When a vulture hit an auk...
ALCA is phonetically similar to "alka" that means an auk in Czech.
By the way, the pilot was awarded with a medal for his aircraft rescue
Interesting info, Daniel, thanks!Originally Posted by Dan-Sam
When a vulture hit an auk...
ALCA is phonetically similar to "alka" that means an auk in Czech.
By the way, the pilot was awarded with a medal for his aircraft rescue
It is incredible what damage can be done that way.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
for posting this interesting video and glad to see this incident ending with a commendation instead of a crash. A birdstrike of any nature to an aircraft is a serious matter of concern because of the structural damage these inflict upon an airframe and the consequences this may have upon an aircraft in flight. Never experienced one myself but I know someone who has on board a much larger commercial type of aircraft. His options however were still the same: Land. Stop and Examine.
Thé pilot is a child of fortune - he said that if a vulture strike the wing about 0.5 m close to fuselage, there will be no chance to land with ALCA. Anyway, awesome job.
I don't suppose the bird would disagree Andy !
Good to see the pilot was able to bring it home in one piece and to hear that his bravery was recognised.
Sapiens qui vigilat "He is wise who watches"
Many years ago when Concord was being developed I was involved in the production and supply of a compressed air canon which was used for firing dead chickens at Concords' windscreen. It' a funny old world!
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
How can you fly one of these ,,,When a vulture hit an auk...
ALCA is phonetically similar to "alka" that means an auk in Czech.
By the way, the pilot was awarded with a medal for his aircraft rescue
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
I remember reading about these tests - they initially used 5 lb chicken carcasses to test Concorde's front windscreen panels until something happened with a British Airways VC-10 in 1980. A particularly large gull managed to completely smash an exterior windscreen near JFK in New York.
After 1980 Concorde windscreens were tested using 7 lb chicken carcasses ...
I recall reading about a similar set of trials where the chickens were defeating the screen protection with ease, much to the consternation of the designers. Later it was discovered that the chickens they'd been using in the tests were deep frozen.....
Sympatic pilot and a remarkable last sentence: "I hope I don't have to pay for that..."
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Reading this made me google Aero L-159 and it turns out ALCA is an acronym for Advanced Light Combat Aircraft. This thought probably never even occurred to the person who approved the ALCA tag on this aircraft - too cryptic or too much literal / lateral thinking involved!When a vulture hit an auk...
ALCA is phonetically similar to "alka" that means an auk in Czech.
By the way, the pilot was awarded with a medal for his aircraft rescue
All rather reminiscent of when I was based for a few months in the Cayman Islands and the Flight Ops Manager on Gran Cayman kept referring to emus on a regular basis. Turned out that emu was the nickname given locally for a Runway Excursion - especially where an aircraft had shot off the end of the runway after commencing it's take off run but for whatever reason failing to airborne ...
I remember that.
I still dont know if it was a joke or it really happened.
No I think this was what really happened as I remember hearing this not long after we delivered the canon.
I still dont know if it was a joke or it really happened.
Great footage, and a super skilled pilot to bring in his crate - glad he got a gong for it.
This did actually happen at Airbus during the construction of the first A300B2. Because at the time the design of this aircraft's two main windscreen panels featured the widest apertures and flat glass. Airbus modified it's Test To Destruction procedures as an additional precaution to ensure that even with these brand new features incorporated at the time the windscreen would still function effectively.
I still dont know if it was a joke or it really happened.
To date more aircraft windscreens have been shattered by hailstones than by birds although fortunately a modern windscreen aperture is covered by three layers of glass ...
I am glad that the incident ended safely and the pilot was rewarded for his skill. I believe that sucking a bird into an engine is the worst. Many airfields have used trained birds of prey to scare away other birds.
Is it a bird ... Is it a plane?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuQUuE0DdfA
No ... it is a DRONE!
What was that bird. It looked the size of a Swan to me.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
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