On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:09:52 -0700, Paul kgyy
wrote:

A lot of seagulls at kgyy. I often see them dodging me on takeoff but
have never hit one. Read an article about somebody who hit one with a
Velocity a while back - came right through the ws into the pilot's
face. He couldn't see anything because eyes were covered with guts
and gore. Fortunately he had a companion who was able to control the
aircraft while he got cleaned up enough to land.

It is part of the reason why I passed up an opportunity to install a 1-
piece windshield in the Arrow several years ago.

Depends on the windshield. It could be one of the reasons for going to
a one piece. The one piece, speed sloped (tm) windshield in the
Bonanza is far stronger than the original two piece. Mine is 1/2"
thick. I've bounced some pretty big birds off it. It's silent in
torrential rain where the old plexiglass in the Cherokee 180 was
deafening in heavy rain.