Had my first bird strike

[jordane93]

Flew down to BWI while getting vectored for the visual approach passing 3000ft and heard a thud. I thought the FA dropped a soda can or something so me and the captain shrugged it off. I do my post flight inspection because we were the last flight of the day and a bird took a nice piece off the right side of the radome.

 

[MAKG1]

If you treated your birds better, maybe they wouldn't go on strike.

 

[SoCal RV Flyer]

If you treated your birds better, maybe they wouldn't go on strike.

It is SOOO hard to flap your wings and hold a tiny picket sign at the same time.

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

Oh....the humanity.

 

[frfly172]

Just another suicide by airplane,for the disgruntled bird.

 

[danhagan]

You should never have posted that event here ... now all the "Bird Lives Matter" organization will be asking for the Go_pro dash cam to prove you maliciously murdered that bird

 

[mscard88]

Dang Jordane y'all could've flamed out and landed in the bay!. Heard there's money in that, books, free meals at swanky restaurants, maybe even a movie. Missed your 15 minutes man.

 

[James331]

#BirdLivesMatter

 

[jordane93]

I should delete this thread before PETA sees it.

 

[N747JB]

I've killed a couple birds, two doves on landing once and a buzzard or something similar at 5000 feet over Atlanta. Doves were a little messy, the buzzard was very messy and stinky!!

 

[onezuludelta]

Oh....the humanity.

 

[FastEddieB]

I should delete this thread before PITA sees it.

Mmmmm.....PITA!

 

[jordane93]

Mmmmm.....PITA!

*PETA* lol

 

[MAKG1]

*PETA* lol

No, PITA fits. Pain In The ***.

 

[RyanB]

I should delete this thread before PETA sees it.

Hate to tell ya, but we're gonna have to give you a 44709.

Glad everything ended well for you all, can't say the same for the bird.

 

[Timbeck2]

It is SOOO hard to flap your wings and hold a tiny picket sign at the same time.

Cheap ass birds didn't want to spring for the beak held signs.

 

[jordane93]

 

[Timbeck2]

That should buff right out.

 

[TheGolfPilot]

That's what happens when painted metal hits organic material at 200 knots!!!?

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

that'll buff out....

 

[flyingmoose]

Good job! Get all them little boogers

 

[mulligan]

Bird killer

 

[GlennAB1]

Flew down to BWI while getting vectored for the visual approach passing 3000ft and heard a thud. I thought the FA dropped a soda can or something so me and the captain shrugged it off. I do my post flight inspection because we were the last flight of the day and a bird took a nice piece off the right side of the radome.

Nearly hero status!!!

 

[DFH65]

Give me 5 minutes with a rattle can and I will have it good as new.

 

[GlennAB1]

That's what happens when painted metal hits organic material at 200 knots!!!?

Metal?

 

[jordane93]

I demand a movie named "Jordan"

 

[SkyDog58]

I demand a movie named "Jordan"

Not "Jordy" or "Jordo"?

 

[Mason]

That looks like AOG.

 

[mscard88]

That's what happens when painted metal hits organic material at 200 knots!!!?

Radar inside thar, composite, not metal

 

[danhagan]

Am pretty sure you didn't hit a duck ... it would've been squawking

 

[mulligan]

It may have been an African or European swallow.

 

[John Bussard]

It is SOOO hard to flap your wings and hold a tiny picket sign at the same time.

"What do we want?"
"FREEDOM FROM THE LARGE ALUMINUM OPPRESSORS"
"When do we want it?"
THWAK!!

 

[Mason]

If it was a duck, you will be getting a duck bill for repairs.

 

[mscard88]

If it was a duck, you will be getting a duck bill for repairs.

 

[FlySince9]

Not a bird-strike without blood and/or feathers... I see neither in the photo...

 

[jordane93]

Not a bird-strike without blood and/or feathers... I see neither in the photo...

There was blood. You just can't see it in the photo

 

[mtuomi]

It may have been an African or European swallow.

Clearly it wasn't unladen, because its airspeed velocity was too low to escape.

 

[AKBill]

FLUF strike....

 

[FlyingElvii]

In other news, noted Aviator, Howard the Duck, has been reported missing during a fun flight near Baltimore. Civil Air Patrol has been notified.

 

[GlennAB1]

Radar inside thar, composite, not metal

There are metal composites.