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"On September 7, 1905, less than two years after Orville Wright became the first man to make a controlled flight in a powered, heavier-than-air craft, he was the first to report a bird strike.
That first strike wasn’t totally accidental, however. According to the Wright brothers’ diaries, it happened while Orville was flying circles near a cornfield in Dayton, Ohio. He had apparently been chasing flocks of birds for a while before he hit one. The dead bird lay on the airplane’s wing until Orville made a sharp turn and dumped it off.
For aviation pioneer Cal Rodgers, a bird strike resulted in far more serious consequences. Piloting a Wright EX biplane that he called Vin Fiz, Rodgers had in 1911 become the first person to cross the United States by air. But during a demonstration flight in Long Beach, Calif., on April 3, 1912, his aircraft collided with a seagull that became entangled in the control cables. Rodgers then lost control and crashed into the Pacific—the first bird strike fatality."
When Birds Strike
by Ed Brotak 3/23/2018
https://www.historynet.com/when-birds-strike/
Notable Strikes
Notable Strikes
US Airways Flight 1549 "Miracle On The Hudson"
Date January 15, 2009
Aircraft involved Airbus A320
Summary ditched following bird strike and dual-engine failure after flying through a flock of Canada Geese
Site Hudson River, New York City, New York, U.S.
Casualties 0
Eastern Airlines Flight 375 "The deadliest bird strike ever"
Date October 4, 1960
Aircraft involved Lockheed L-188 Electra
Summary encountered a flock of European Starlings and lost power in three of four engines before crashing
Site Boston Harbor
Casualties 62
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