00:00Sounded like a machine gun hitting the airplane.
00:02Birds.
00:03Oh, you know.
00:05You know when you hit a bird.
00:06You'll hear a big thump and you'll probably see feathers and blood.
00:10I would need more than two hands to count the number of near misses I've had with a bird.
00:14It's just a fact of flying.
00:15I've had two bird strikes.
00:17I have encountered some small birds and maybe some medium-sized birds,
00:22none of which have done any damage to my aircraft aside from, you know,
00:26a streak of some feathers and disgusting stuff.
00:29Of course, many of us know the story of Sully Sullenberger and having to land in the Hudson after a
00:34bird strike.
00:35Well, yeah, we get scared. We just try not to show it.
00:38And then we calm the passengers down. I'm sure they heard those birds hitting the airplane.
00:42Sometimes the passengers don't even know there is a problem.
00:45And that's usually because whatever the pilots are doing up front, they're figuring it out.
00:51This is their aircraft. They know what to do.
00:54They know how to fly it and they are in control of it.
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