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Jan 4th, 2006 at 5:37am

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The most interesting strike I ever heard about occurred in Ketchikan, Alaska. An Alaskan carrier on final approach for landing struck a fish at a couple thousand feet.

No, that was not a typo. The theory is that an eagle dropped the fish, and it hit the windshield of an aircraft. It's hard to say who was more surprised — the eagle, the fish or the pilots.

From USATODAY.com

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Reply #1 - Jan 4th, 2006 at 11:05am

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I'm sure the pilot was the most surprised. The fish wouldn't have known what hit him, and I would bet the eagle would have been laughing hysterically if it was possible Grin
 
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Reply #2 - Jan 4th, 2006 at 3:03pm

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and I would bet the eagle would have been laughing hysterically if it was possible Grin


Would you be laughing if you'd just dropped your dinner? Wink
 
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Reply #3 - Jan 4th, 2006 at 3:08pm

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One you have to get while diving into cold water at that Cheesy
 
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Reply #4 - Jan 4th, 2006 at 3:34pm

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Now that's funny!  Talk about good aim!
 
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Reply #5 - Jan 4th, 2006 at 3:53pm

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Now that's funny!  Talk about good aim!


Beginner's luck? Wink Grin
 
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Reply #6 - Jan 4th, 2006 at 4:16pm

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Reply #7 - Jan 4th, 2006 at 6:06pm

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Would you be laughing if you'd just dropped your dinner? Wink


If I accidentally dropped it on a flying aircraft, I would be Grin
 
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Reply #8 - Jan 4th, 2006 at 6:52pm

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That is quite strange....Tongue

I've heard another one like this, where some military aircrew on a trans-atlantic flight figured it would be funny to take a cow with them in the airplane, but the cow went crazy and they had to push it out the back, and it hit a fishing boat and sank it.  But that sounds somewhat iffy, so I doubt it's something that actually happened.

Another time, I was flying around 3500ft AGL and I hit a bug.  I thought that was somewhat strange (great story huh?). Grin Wink
 
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Reply #9 - Jan 4th, 2006 at 7:06pm

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I've heard another one like this, where some military aircrew on a trans-atlantic flight figured it would be funny to take a cow with them in the airplane, but the cow went crazy and they had to push it out the back, and it hit a fishing boat and sank it.  But that sounds somewhat iffy, so I doubt it's something that actually happened.


I believe that it was a Russian military aircraft with a cargo of cows (don't ask me why) and the fishing boat was chinese.
 
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Well okay then, I guess it did happen. Wink Smiley
 
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Reply #11 - Jan 5th, 2006 at 2:41pm

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*BING*  "Your flight attendents will be serving dinner now.  Tonight we are having fried, pure'd tuna garnished with jet fuel."
 
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*BING*  "Your flight attendents will be serving dinner now.  Tonight we are having fried, pure'd tuna garnished with jet fuel."

"Did you have the Fish or the Chicken?"
 
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Reply #13 - Jan 8th, 2006 at 4:57am

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i laughed for five minutes when i read about the fishing boat...

picture this...

your a chinese fisherman in the middle of NOWHERE in the ocean. the waves gently lapping against the hull... its been a decent day since you have made a good haul of tuna but wait... you hear something faintly in the distance, it sounds familiar but you cant place it. You scan the horizon and you listen with your ears straining against the solitude of  ocean life.

what IS that sound you wonder to yourself.
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moooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - BAM!!!

 
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Reply #14 - Jan 8th, 2006 at 5:06am

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Oh the sound a holstein must make when it slams into the deck of a chinese fishing trauler at terminal velocity.

later that day in cow heaven.....

Jersey: "Hey man, how'd you die?"

Guernsey: "Air hammer right to the fore head at the meat plant. you?"

Joursey: "ouch man... i got mad cow disease... yeah."

**both look at the new guy**

Jersey: "So Holstein how did your number come up?"

Holstein: "Well... aww hell you'd never believe me"

 
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