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Originally Posted by Hom3r
I have seen an engine blade from a BAe-146-300 that was involved in a bird strike.
The blade had a 2/3 mm dent, this required that blade and the one directly opposite as they are balanced.
If a small bird did that damage you can guess what metal can do.
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I was on the apron at Leeds Bradford many years ago when a Hawk did an emergency landing after a bird strike. The instructor looked completed unflustered while the young lad he was training was pretty pale and looked like he could do with a change of underwear. There was a very strong KFC type smell coming from the aircraft.