I remember a P210 in the shop for a replacement windshield.
The pilot reported hitting an eagle at 14,000 over western
Kansas. There was a lot of damage to the airframe, luckily
the strike was on the top of the cowling on the right side
and the big bird missed the pilot. It also left about 1/3
of the windshield in front of the pilot.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Judah" wrote in message
. ..
| What's the highest altitude that you ever saw a bird swoop
past your plane?
|
| The other day I was flying at 5000' MSL, over land that
was mostly about
| 1000' (so 4000' AGL) and saw a flock of birds, hawks of
some sort I think,
| one of which came close enough to make me quite nervous
(although from the
| way he was flapping I think he was much more nervous than
I was).
|
| I don't think I've ever seen birds above 3000' MSL / 2500'
AGL or so before
| and I was pretty surprised...
|
| Do birds typically stay low, or have I just been lucky
until now?