Birds birds birds! (No, I don't mean the radiator kind)
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I ran over a cat once (I think it was a cat. Was getting dark out) Not a thing I could do to avoid it. The sucker ran out under the car behind the front wheels only to end up with the rear dead center across its body. This sucker was flattened in the torso with it's head and tail sections flopping madly. I felt bad.
I've killed numerous pigeons going under bridges in the company truck. We call that city chicken, lol.
I've killed numerous pigeons going under bridges in the company truck. We call that city chicken, lol.
fiyota said:
lol MKIII the quail decapitator!! :evil2:
Havent hit anything in my supra, thank got I just got the bitch painted.
I have taken out a squirrel, the sucker ran out right in front of me at the last second. Sorry squirrel not swerving into oncoming traffic for you...lol Worst part was it was only like a hundred feet from my ex's house and her and her parents happend to be outside. I pulled up into the driveway and they were all freaking out. U guess they saw the whole thing and the squirrel wasnt dead and was flopping all around and doing cartwheels and shit. From then on I was know as squirrel killer :biglaugh:
I also took out a chipmonk in my friends jetta, that little guy didnt have a chance. Hit him dead on with the passenger front tire and he basically popped and exploded all over the road.
Techno Supra said:
aww poor kitty.
I was in the car with a friend of mine when he hit two cats, yes two cats at the same time. They were both black and must have been fighting or something right on the side of the road. For whatever reason at the last split second right as we were passing they both decided to dart into the road right in front of us. After two very loud thuds I told him is wasnt his fault and to just keep driving...lol
I hit a cat in my BMW once. I had a low hard urethane lip on it, it was like 12 at night and i was doing about 45 up a two lane moutain road. I saw the cat on the side of the road staring at me. right before I get up to it, the fucker decides to bolt across the road, bad timing.
I hit his head right in the middle of the front lip. I think i just hit the top of his head, cause their was a layer of hair on the lip when I got home. Never did find out what happened to the cat.
I hit his head right in the middle of the front lip. I think i just hit the top of his head, cause their was a layer of hair on the lip when I got home. Never did find out what happened to the cat.
^ lol...tasty
I'd post some aviation bird strike photos but they're not for the squeamish. What happens to our feathered friends at 300+ knots or when they go through a prop isn't pretty
I'd post some aviation bird strike photos but they're not for the squeamish. What happens to our feathered friends at 300+ knots or when they go through a prop isn't pretty
jetjock said:^ lol...tasty
I'd post some aviation bird strike photos but they're not for the squeamish. What happens to our feathered friends at 300+ knots or when they go through a prop isn't pretty
Post'em.
Google bird strike. Also google "snarge". Strikes are serious buisness and in the US there's a nationwide radar system used to help avoid them. A strike in the right place will bring even high perfomance aircraft down:
http://tinyurl.com/2bcrku
I've had a couple of strikes. One was on a departure and the other on an approach. Both resulted in messy damage but no injuries. A guy I know had a golden eagle come through the windscreen of a light plane. He was slow enough the bird wasn't killed. It was unhappy though, enough to attach itself to his face. He ending up having to break it's neck. Here's a strike photo from a C130:
http://tinyurl.com/2bcrku
I've had a couple of strikes. One was on a departure and the other on an approach. Both resulted in messy damage but no injuries. A guy I know had a golden eagle come through the windscreen of a light plane. He was slow enough the bird wasn't killed. It was unhappy though, enough to attach itself to his face. He ending up having to break it's neck. Here's a strike photo from a C130:
jetjock said:
Looks like instead of fancy high tech missles to shoot down planes we just need a missle that gets close and unleashes a flock of pigeons.
Apologies for the thread jack...
Colin: I'm typed in several but these days a CRJ for work. On off time an L-39 but I'm looking to get out of that partnership. I also own a medium performance piston single. On occasion fly the Lear 35 and a Citation Bravo for a former employer. Tow gliders about once a month for fun and do some glider flying in the desert a few times a year.
Btw, it's not just birds you have to watch for
Colin: I'm typed in several but these days a CRJ for work. On off time an L-39 but I'm looking to get out of that partnership. I also own a medium performance piston single. On occasion fly the Lear 35 and a Citation Bravo for a former employer. Tow gliders about once a month for fun and do some glider flying in the desert a few times a year.
Btw, it's not just birds you have to watch for
The others can be but work is a grind. Not the glamor job many think it is, at least not these days. Too many crazy people both public and in the government. I haven't been doing it all that long and I'm already sort of looking forward to giving it up.
Driving up to Banff from Calgary doing about 90 in an XKE and a duck kamakazee'd on the top part of the windshield. Cracked the hell out of the windshield.
Also, pegged some kind of small bird upon take-off at Camarillo airport. Bent the prop on a Cessna Turbo Skylane. McCauley propellers don't come cheap!
I thought I was the only one with this kinda luck.
Also, pegged some kind of small bird upon take-off at Camarillo airport. Bent the prop on a Cessna Turbo Skylane. McCauley propellers don't come cheap!
I thought I was the only one with this kinda luck.
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A squadron mate took a bird (turkey buzzard) in middle of an F-16 canopy low level at 580 knots. Came through the canopy and hit him in the left shoulder...lost control of the aircraft at 500' and punched out. After multiple surgeries, finally got back on flying status after almost a year. Lucky he didn't get killed.