See moment bird shatters plane windshield

[fholbert]

A camera on board Rob Weber's small airplane captured the moment a bird shattered his windshield at 170 mph.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/02/23/raw-bird-shatters-plane-window.wink.html

 

[ChasenSFO]

HOLY HELL.

Hope he wasn't cut up too bad, that's some scary stuff.

 

[exneophyte]

Yikes. Knocked off his glasses too.

 

[Murdoughnut]

GPS overkill FTW.

 

[fholbert]

GPS overkill FTW.

I don't know, GPS knew right where that bird was. Position and altitude!

 

[bc2209]

That was really fast. From the camera view it looks like the bird wasn't even visible until it hit.

 

[CFI A&P]

HOLY HELL.

Hope he wasn't cut up too bad, that's some scary stuff.

That airport is 25 nm west of my airport so the story was on our local news. The on camera interview showed him only having a small scratch on his forehead.

 

[sp238882]

Wow that was fast. The important question is why wasn't that bird at the appropriate VFR cruising altitude?

 

[ChasenSFO]

Wow that was fast. The important question is why wasn't that bird at the appropriate VFR cruising altitude?

It only had 1499 hours and was 22 years old, hence it had no business in the skies.

 

[CFI A&P]

I stand corrected, our local news reported it occuring near the Pahokee (PHK) airport, hence why it was on our local news. However, it appears that he landed at Fort Myers (FMY). I can't imagine him flying the 60 miles between the too, but then again he is in an Arrow that cruises at 170mph.

 

[fholbert]

Looks to wide for an Arrow. I was thinking some kind of Piper six pack.

 

[fholbert]

What do you think was the last thing the bird said before hitting the windshield?

I thinking...
Crap, I almost got hit by that prop!

 

[TFaudree_ERAU]

At least he had that towel on the glare shield to keep the gut juice off of things.

 

[bafanguy]

What do you think was the last thing the bird said before hitting the windshield?

I thinking...
Crap, I almost got hit by that prop!

Now...THAT is funny !!

 

[Finny]

"Apparently he was wearing an Angry Birds t-shirt." From the morning breakfast lady at the Holiday Inn in Jasper, TX.

 

[Malko]

"Apparently he was wearing an Angry Birds t-shirt." From the morning breakfast lady at the Holiday Inn in Jasper, TX.

Saw the interview, he was.....

 

[Finny]

Ha! No kidding! I'll have to find that video now.

 

[guywhoflies]

Still landed on the 1000 footers and on centerline! As Stuart Scott would say, "Ron Weber, as cool as the other side of the pillow...BOOYAH!!"

 

[jwp_145]

Now...THAT is funny !!

it's supposed to be "What was the last thing that went through that bird's mind?"
"His arse".

 

[JFlighttt]

TRACONs fault for not notifying him of the traffic.