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birdstrikes are very scary, mostly the sudden very lound BANG when they hit. I had a similay incident to yours, except mine was in broad daylight mid-downwind during a few circuits in a Archer II, strange thing is, i saw it coming. here is a brief voice transcript (if i had a recorder fitted)
"Whats the black dot out there?" - "PIDGEON!" -
"BANG" - "oh sh#*" -long pause- (passenger)" does this thing have wipers?" total time - 2 seconds approx
Fortunatly for me, sort of, is that the bird was hit by the propeller before travelling onto the windshield so the bird was softened before it hit the window resulting in a very messy looking impact site. luckily the propeller ,engine and aircraft were undamaged. needed a wash though.
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