I'm not too sure about wires, but there is a duster working out in the
panhandle of Oklahoma that had a bull strike. The bull wasn't to be in
the field and he tried to herd it with his Pawnee (I think), only to hit
it and kill it -- taking the left main gear off the bird. Naturally he
was still loaded so he went ahead and sprayed, then flew up to Guymon
where there was a mechanic who could work on the thing. He set is down
in the grass beside the runway and didn't even tear up the boom any
worse than what the gear did when it went rearward.

He swears that damn cow could jump at least 12' in the air...but he
still had to pay for his damages and the cow. I wouldn't have believed
it if he hadn't been showing us the photos of the damage and his buddies
attested to him paying for the cow.

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry [mailto Posted At: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:03 PM
Posted To: rec.aviation.piloting
Conversation: Wire Strike Info
Subject: Wire Strike Info

Owen wrote:

Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:

In my 50+ years of flying, I've hit at least 18 wires and logged
them
in aerial application operations with no resulting crashes.

How did the wires make out?

Maybe a better question to pose would be: 18 wire strikes? Why didn't
you figure out the problem in the first one or two strikes?