And you thought our feathered friends were indeed friends.  .  .in an aircraft, they are not quite so much.

In the first video, the bird strikes the very nose of the 747 upon landing:

In the second video, a bird is ingested into the MD-11’s tail engine:

In the third video, a birdstrike is responsible for the return of a British Airways jet:

In the fourth video, a bird strikes the pilot’s windscreen in a single-engine private craft, completely taking away the window, a portion of the frame and the visor.  The pilot stays remarkably cool and controlled:

In the fifth video, a Canadian BAe Hawk jet is struck; pilot tries to restart the single engine but ultimately the crew ejects and the aircraft is lost into a field.

Never underestimate the power of fowl.

BZ