[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I'm glad the guy got out OK.

[Vesuvian]

I'm glad nobody got hurt, but it seems an awfully risky and expensive method to make duck pate'.

[Cathryn Crawford]

I keep telling people that birds are demon-possessed, but no one believes me. Proof at last!

[Eala]

he saw a grayish object flash in front of him followed by a loud band

Bet the loud band did more damage than the duck. *\;-)

[thinktwice]

The flash/bang combination as first indication of problem indicates something more than bird strike.

[boris]

"According to the report, shortly after taking off, the pilot said he saw a grayish object flash in front of him followed by a loud band"

Were they playing Taps? Or maybe the Flight of the Valkyries?...Or "On the Future of Aviation"?

--Boris

[Gritty]

Birds have taken down a lot of airplanes and killed a lot of people. They are a serious aviation hazard.

[Renegade]

At the Atlantic City airshow last month, a seagull crashed through the canopy of an F-16 ( at 450 mph). Luckily the pilot was unharmed and made it safely back to the air base nearby .

[ChadGore]

The engine ingested the former KKK member ?

[Squantos]

Suggestion to DOD ,replace stingers with heat seaking ducks !

Stay Safe !

[Hank Rearden]

So, how's the duck? Reporters these days . . . . . . .