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dlm34077(at)q.com
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:06 pm Post subject: bird strike season

I have seen many large birds (falcons) flying in our area. Fortunately the latest bird strike was a small sparrow. It struck today just after departure from Sedona. It hit the right wing to fuselage intersection fairing. The fairing flexed and bent concave and left the bird inside the leading edge. We were able to remove the fairing straighten and reinstall. I will replace it at annual and repaint it before installation. Another strike occurred about two weeks ago on departure from Dalhart. A small bird struck the left wing leading edge at a rib; the rain removed the gore and no damage was noted. Watch out for the big birds. They fly IFR without a clearance; especially the north to south migrations this season.   

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Deems Davis

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:05 pm Post subject: bird strike season

Reminds me, on our trip back east last month, flying into Republic airport (FRG) on Long Island, we were (at) 1200’ midfield downwind landing, at the end of a beautiful flight up the coastline from NC. When……….

 

<![if !supportLists]>1.       <![endif]>A very startled (and I assume scared) seagull, appeared out of nowhere about 2 ft above the cowl on my wife’s side of the windscreen. I say it must have been startled because it was contorted into anything but a ‘flying attitude’.

<![if !supportLists]>2.       <![endif]>My wife tried to raise her hands across her face and  to flinch/duck. The next thing, we heard a loud thump on the top of the cabin cover.

 

I took stock of the controls and instruments, and everything appeared to be functioning and responding correctly. Radioed the tower that we had a bird strike, and we cleared to land. On shut down we were greeted by airport Ops. Who wanted to know if we had any damage. I told them that they were 1st after me.  Turned out that there was no damage. (To the airplane that is, I still have this mental image of someone in the parking lot of the shopping mall below wondering why this dead seagull fell from the sky.    :  )

There were no other birds that we saw before or after the collision.  It happened so fast that it was literally over in a split second. However it took a half hour for the adrenalin to exit our bloodstreams.

 

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Subject: bird strike season

 

I have seen many large birds (falcons) flying in our area. Fortunately the latest bird strike was a small sparrow. It struck today just after departure from Sedona. It hit the right wing to fuselage intersection fairing. The fairing flexed and bent concave and left the bird inside the leading edge. We were able to remove the fairing straighten and reinstall. I will replace it at annual and repaint it before installation. Another strike occurred about two weeks ago on departure from Dalhart. A small bird struck the left wing leading edge at a rib; the rain removed the gore and no damage was noted. Watch out for the big birds. They fly IFR without a clearance; especially the north to south migrations this season.  	  Quote: 	
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