Ron Wanttaja wrote:
Pretty incredible story:

http://www.ez.org/birdstrike.htm

Long-EZ pilot at 9,500 feet hit a bird, which shattered his prop, and the broken
prop took off almost all of one winglet. Full aileron was only able to keep the
wings level above 110 knots. Landed safely...sounds like a damn fine pilot.

Ron Wanttaja

Hi Ron, I wonder what the evidence is that it was a bird strike? I don't
see any blood and guts anywhere. Of course with a pusher I suppose it
could have hit the prop and not left a trace? I hit a bird with the prop
of my Pacer one time and it was one nasty mess to clean up, the entire
airplane had some kind of mess on it. Regardless I am glad he was
able to land safely.

Jerry