On last flight in a 337 a few years ago, I ran into two big buzzards
(6-8 ft wing span 20-30 lbs) just west of Houston. By adroit flying
kept one from comming through the prop and into the cockpit and
thought I would miss other but he folded his wings and dropped and I
hit him about 10 feet out on the wing causing major visable damage
from cockpit. Very carefully flew back and landed safely. Inspection
showed major internal damage to structure of wing. Just lucky I guess
that all held together.

As I have said prior, I'd rather be lucky than good ) Of course
both are better than only one.

Big John
Point of the sword


On 9 Jul 2003 07:14:36 -0700, (RM) wrote:

From the local newspaper:

"A flight instructor and a student died Tuesday after their
single-engine Cessna struck a bird and crashed near Frisco, officials
said. A Federal Aviation Administration official said air traffic
controllers received three maydays from the pilot."

It was a Monarch Air Skyhawk, their new Millenium Edition one.
An accompanying photo showed the smashed plane in an open field.