Re: Bird Hit Aircraft\'s Cockpit Windshield
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To this day I wonder what that bird was doing there in those conditions at night
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Dying, apparently. <grin>
Anyway, I thought that the reason for windscreen heat was to make the material more flexible, thus less likely to shatter then struck. Doesn't matter how warm the screen is, though, you throw a turkey buzzard at it at 250 knots, it's gonna break something.
Speaking of bird strikes, here's one for you prop flyers out there. When I was working at Air Midwest we had one of our 1900D's out in New Mexico waste a big old Buzzard on descent into somewhere. This thing managed to pass THROUGH the prop without striking a blade and embedded its beak into the leading edge inboard of the engine, breaching the fuel tank. That must have been a hell of a sound! You want to talk about "first you say it, then you do it", I'd like to get a hold of THOSE CVR tapes! <grin>
Paul