Come fly with me, bird strike edition

[George K]

[Doctor Phibes]

Mark needs to have that simulated in his rig. I'd be willing to throw dead chickens at him while he's online to help make the experience more real.

[jon-nyc]

@Doctor-Phibes You’re a good guy like that.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Come fly with me, bird strike edition:

@Doctor-Phibes You’re a good guy like that.

I once visited a BAE factory, and they showed me the bird-strike simulator. It was a gas gun which fired chickens at fighter windshields.

There's a persistent rumour that somebody inadvertently once used a frozen chicken, with catastrophic results.

[taiwan_girl]

That is scary!!!

@Copper Have you ever hit something while you were flying?

[Copper]

@taiwan_girl said in Come fly with me, bird strike edition:

That is scary!!!

@Copper Have you ever hit something while you were flying?

We had a guy rent a plane and take it to NY for a wedding.

After a couple days he called to say he had a bird strike.

The airplane owner, who also owned the flight school, happened to be in NY and went to see the plane. A huge hunk of a wing was missing maybe about an 18 inch diameter bite out of it. And there were tree branches stuck in the hole.

Our best guess was that he was showing off for the wedding and flew into a tree. He should have died. Then he made up the story about a bird strike.

The joke was that the bird was in her nest at the time.

I have had some unexplained bumps while flying, but no confirmed strikes.

[89th]

@copper said in Come fly with me, bird strike edition:

The joke was that the bird was in her nest at the time.

LOL ok that's funny