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Old May 13th 09, 04:39 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Maple1 wrote:

Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
On Tue, 12 May 2009 23:27:29 +0100, Netko
wrote:


Bird strike at the Red Bull air race in San Diego - the after shot.



"Only a flesh wound!"



Take a peek at the Video on You Tube wow it struck the tail of the plane
What luck when you see the damage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRRkBNf8T9w


He was luck that the LH gear hit the pelican first! There were still
heave enough fragments to make a very big hole in the LH stab.

Had the whole bird hit the stab, it probably have taken it off.

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