Bird Strike by Derek Slater

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20-SEP-2010

Bird Strike

RAF Cottesmore view map

Whilst at RAF Cottesmore for the afternoon a call came in for Iceberg flight of 2 Pumas to land after a bird strike on Iceberg One, you can see the remains in this crop .

Canon EOS 7D ,Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400s f/4.5 at 120.0mm iso100 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	20-Sep-2010 15:45:31
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 7D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	120 mm
Exposure Time	1/400 sec
Aperture	f/4.5
ISO Equivalent	100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode	partial (6)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	manual (4)
Focus Distance

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John Cooper		06-Mar-2011 21:59
Now if I were designing aircraft costing millions, I would put a mesh in front of all bits that were sensitive to bird strikes. A couple of quids worth of chicken wire would be very cost effective.

Keith O'Brien		20-Sep-2010 21:25
Oh dear, bye, bye birdie :-(

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