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Bird Strike on F16


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The F16 has anti-missle and other sophisticated defenses, but against a simple bird... :o

The pilot keeps his cool, loses the engine (flameout), climbs for maximum altitude, turns to look for a safe place to crash the jet, then ejects:

Note: the warning sound right before ground impact sounds like a cheap video game: "Game Over" sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-XiO4ojzk

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I believe this is several video's edited togeather? hud at the start appears to be a hawk.....

Wow Python, you appear to be right; after your post I did some research and discovered this:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/02/01/204464/video-nftc-ct-155-hawk-pilots-eject-after-bird-strike.html

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