[patriciaruth]

See photos above.

[catpuppy]

Nice photos, pr. I once saw a fighter aircraft that had been hit by one bird near the wing root in a honeycomb metal fairing. As opposed to your airliner, this fighter was doing about 480k groundspeed. Although the hole caused by the birdstrike was about the same size as those shown in your photograph, the hole was round and smooth edged, speed being the reason for the differences.

[texasbluebell]

Be sure to take a look at the link in post #300. (And thanks for those photos.)