Next on Oprah -- Terra in the Skies: Birdstrike!

They leave an interesting mess depending on where you hit them. We had a pretty large bird hit one of the pitot probes on the nose, split in two and the blood and guts evenly portioned themselves on my windscreen and the captains.

Ahh, symmetry in nature...
 
Had one hit smack-dab in the center of my windscreen at about 110 knots during takeoff. Captain said "continue," and I said "I'm heads down." Felt like an IFR departure after that thing destroyed my forward vision.

About a week later we hit a bird on five mile final at night. Never saw it, only heard it and felt it in the pedals. Hit right next to my pitot tube, and made a loud "POP" noise.

Big sky theory? Ha.
 
When I was in the Navy, a P-3 lost an engine due to a bird got sucked in the intake, somehow the damn bird got past the props.

That is nasty changing an engine after it happened, smelled pretty bad!
 
What kind of Gulfstream dose she own, GIII, GIV or GV which is the ultimate dream. I would love it if someone would clarify this.
 
tonyw said:
What they're not telling you is that Oprah ordered that bird deep fried and ate it.:)
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mmmm deep fried... dang, now i have the pang for some homemade chicken wings! :nana2:

Thursday dinner doug?? haha
 
Aero_Engineer said:
What kind of Gulfstream dose she own, GIII, GIV or GV which is the ultimate dream. I would love it if someone would clarify this.
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G-IV - N540W

"On tomorrow's show, I'll show you how to get and prepare your next holiday bird."
 
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