Ian,

That reminds me of a similar incident which happened when I was training at Flighty Safety in 1991. A cherokee collected a buzzard with the right wing. It made a fair impression on the leading edge but the aircraft landed safely.

Turkey buzzards, seems to be Florida's answer to Kangaroos-fortunately the only flying 'Roos we have in Australia operate mostly in the flight levels (the national carrier Qantas). Wouldn't want to be collected by those guys thats for sure..!!

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Gerard O Connell
Melbourne, Australia
VH-LPD (LNC2)

Maybe I should not send this but a friend of mine sent me this. It goes with the Lancair buzzard incident.

 

Ian B. Crowe
LNC 2  C-FK

This Piper Arrow landed after hitting a turkey vulture in Florida. There were two Pilots ferrying it someplace when they whacked the bird. They said it flew fine this way - a little mushy on the landing. Took the guys hair off, too..

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