Hannes Arch Bird Strike! Red Bull Air Race San Diego 2009

[Radu810]

Poor bird!

[Norkoss]

Kaczyńskiemu pokazać :D

[TheMachomaniac]

@Apugueiro lol no thumbs up

[delboy96]

huuuuuuge bird

[kyudooooo]

MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE

[AztecaBoy666]

That pelican exploded to tiny bits.... damn sucks for the pelican.

[macsdestroyspcs2]

Dude what the heck at 0:53 looks like the plane's made of CARDBOARD!

[FAZER00432]

@macsdestroyspcs2 Fiber class and carbon fiber actually......

[Apugueiro]

POOR BIRD, fuck the plane, they have enough money to fix it, thumbs up to this shit

[infosecmgr1]

...that was not much damage. What do you mean "amazing he can still fly the plane"? Come on.

[dreednlb]

@infosecmgr1 You clearly know very little about airplanes and the materials and construction of this airplane.

[tjohn6041]

@dreednlb yah, we are talking about severed cables, change in aerodynamic structure, and possible disintegration of the entire horizontal stabilizer.

[fatqcockandballs]

Given the bird a helluva headache too.

[zumholli]

Poor bird

[usernameavailable152]

did it died?

[Pupixario]

@usernameavailable152 The bird was unharmed

[ImTheSeekr]

one seconds hes flying happily, the next second the bird got fucked and is a shredded piece of flesh and feathers... and he doesnt even realize there's a plane behind him lol

[Capta1nHowdy]

lol there wasn't even anything left to comprehend what happend lolol

[themonillo]

and of course nobody cares the poor bird... this is our fking world

[TeenagePanther511]

@themonillo its a fucking bird 

[bassman2914]

dang birds, always ruining perfectly good planes

[azezrtyuuiopqsdfghjk]

so make they chicken meatballs in the air!!!

[ChrisTechTV]

I was going to participate in the red bull air races... then I took a creature of the avian to my horizontal stabilizer.

[Rijelthelovefool]

@ChrisTechTV sigh...

[nukinfuts1000]

poor pelican -_-

[Nautical1994]

Rofl! The bird disintegrated! That's nasty though, I would hate to be the one to have to clean it up lol

[bigredjew]

Glad the plane is okay.

[spaid95]

bird blew the fuck up

[orangeboy97]

poor bird!

[UtoPluc]

Get out of my way f'kin bird !

[bluemotion1905]

poor pelican :(

[47lionking]

the bird got rip off!

[47lionking]

shit the got rip off!

[TheWitchOvAgnesi]

Did the bird survive??? OMG!!!!

[Etelinia]

poor bird:(

[altgeldrarities]

Maybe it would be better to move the bird feeder to the bottom of the pylons or host the birdwatching clinic on a different day than race day.

[samsaurus123]

wtf the bird turned to mush

[JDO658]

@samsaurus123 Haha, so would most things when hit with a plane wing at that speed.

[XCougar85X]

A shame of the bird. And i am impressed that the horizontal stab did not rip off.

[jomuji1]

Problem pelicano¿?

[MrVolkarPutt]

Peli Cant !

[IAMZPWNZR]

0:30 before 0:34 after.

[azimuth361]

Oh my God! You killed Nigel! you bastard!!!

[Postbus22]

Austria FTW!

[deputy1040]

I hope that bird is ok

[juzzlookin]

@deputy1040 ...phuff ...gulp..chokes on drink.. Yeah , prolly just lost a few feathers....poor 'ole plane suffered though.

[cruisingcody]

effin' hilarious!

[SooperCherry94]

Y u no crash?

[dtiydr]

@CommonRaven Dam bird not to care about any traffic rules, planes go first..

[TheDarkdeoxys]

T_T pelliper

[operarter]

yeah, the bird is guilty for you bad drive! Killing drive! You kill the bird, ok that is happening, but just be sorry and go home. Who care here why you lose ???

[sterby1]

@operarter Booo! Airplane pilot murders poor birdie and doesn't even say sorry! Go home bird lover, he's lucky to be alive!

[radenvi]

Angry Bird :P

[zaromit]

low quality body, china made

[geover330]

@zaromit carbon nanotubes made. it's made out of this material so that it is lighter, more agile and faster

[white25rs]

@geover330 no.... not nanotubes. That plane would cost about a billion dollars. Carbon fiber maybe, but it almost looks more like fiber glass.....

[geover330]

@white25rs actually, it is carbon nanotubes.... i did a university project on these things ;)

[scrfce123]

@geover330 Limited lengths of CN yarns have been recently developed, but proper CN composites are still a long way off from being a commercial product. The current manufacturing process is an area of research... Only very limited quantities can be produced at this stage.

This Edge 540 is actually made from steel tubing, carbon fiber and nomex. If it was made from CN composite, each aircraft would be worth billions instead of 2/5ths of a million!

[geover330]

@scrfce123 i thought CN was cheaper than that. But, you got to give it to the manufacturers, i've seen bird strikes that actually riped of parts of the plane, that one just knocked a hole in it. The A340 is made out of CN now, so is the Boeing 787

[scrfce123]

@geover330 Nope... Both are made from CF and aircraft grade Aluminum. Maybe some other less exotic composites thrown in too. Woven CN isn't in commercial use yet.

Very true on your point about strength though.

[THETICK36]

nutting a little duck-tape cant fix :)

[dtiydr]

OMG was the bird ok?

[ChillyCoolTiger]

I like how the guys says the bird was the one who went through the plane... I think its the other way around :P

[0514e]

that bird got fuckin obliterated

[Dominoes282]

Hannes is such a good pilot. Poor Edge!

[MetalDominican]

is the pelican ok?

[TAJIKROCKS]

Glad that you have beat the shit out of that f*** bird! Hate them!

[blueson7227]

poor bird

[ginofrater]

What a senseless ::SPORT::::: (sic)

[purplehayabusa]

That pelican turned to bits!

[agustisbjorn]

poor plane

[robernet]

I'm not an expert on aircraft accidents, but I'm pretty sure that the wings of the plane will get ripped apart after hitting 5 light poles, and without the wings, the plane will smash to the ground even before reaching the lawn of the pentagon, just as it would happened if something stronger than a bird had hit the wings of that small plane.

[Mickr4]

Will it blend ?

Yes..

[liquidworldvideo]

Incredible video,nice flying

[Dallasmavs92]

that'll buff out

[Simona050]

So anyway, back to the Bird Strike.....

[robernet]

If a bird can cause this kind of damage on an airplane, how can I believe that the plane that crashed into the pentagon hit not one or two, but five light poles and kept flying straight. Sorry for bring this up here, it just STILL does not make any sense to me.

[fixajob1]

@robernet There's a difference between a little plane and a fucking 747

[robernet]

@fixajob1 And there's a bigger difference between a bird and a light pole. It's hard for me to believe that a wing will be intact after hitting a solid, standing, steel light pole.

[TheCaferocker]

@robernet The light poles will not change the direction of the plain or stop it in its tracks it'll just bust the plain up but the plain will still head in the direction it was going like have you ever seen a car wreck at very high speed even after hitting a wall the car will still slide for a while before coming to a complete stop.

[SeRgA123456789]

R.I.P. Poor bird xD

[reilem]

I wonder how this turned into yet another argument about Jews, Nazis and politics.

I really am not seeing the link.

[noobie1890]

@reilem I think the Nazi's part came from Indiana Jones lol

[cologist]

@reilem

lol youtube has the uncanny ability to bring out the worst in people ^_^"

[07blackhawk07]

@reilem ...because something died? Then someone made a joke about one of those 3 things and it started a flame war? That's just my guess though.

[ArhkXi]

@reilem The victim was part jew, The birds is a nazi, the government gave it clearance to fly into the air space.

~

[DarkDiDi]

birdy :( R.I.P

[Camster3]

instant deboning

[chrismaierle]

Österreicher ^^

[AJAnewage]

poor bird :(

[Pagweb]

Everyone is saying "poor bird"; but if the bird had cause the plane to lose control and crash, killing the pilot, then you all would be like: God damned fucking bird. Think about it.

[Antimoron2]

@Pagweb yes, but nobody died, but the bird. So, poor bird.

[jetmaniacgripen123]

No animal were harmed in the making of this video!

[leviterande]

Poor kid

[fabbeian]

Is the plane okay?

[therappersoulkiller]

Was the bird harmed?

[xXSup399Xx]

@therappersoulkiller pause at 0:33 does it look ok to you? :P

[XdarkmischiefX]

AHHHH!!! >.<

[psychozeros]

be careful or else the birds will be ANGRY BIRDS!

[alexangirraff]

this lil fucker is worrying about his plane! BITCH U KILLED MOTHER EARTHS SPECEIES!

[leviterande]

@alexangirraff No Birdies were harmed in this Video

[TheCaferocker]

@alexangirraff Who cares about mother earth... she's a bitch anyways.

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker You talk like an ignorant American. I'm going to check your profile to check that right now.

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker Oh, I wasn't wrong. So typical.

[TheCaferocker]

@Antimoron2 No maybe not or maybe so, but who cares I gotta go kill some birds now right after I cut some tree's down for no reason and change my motor oil and dump the old shit into a fresh water lake somewhere.... see ya got things to do.

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker Yes, you're the Americunt everyone hates. Always with guns and explosions, fat ass. Glad the world is not like you morons.

[TheCaferocker]

@Antimoron2 HAHAHA Your so awesome my internet friend, what I think is we should have a world wide holiday called "thank an American day" and on this day every other pathetic ass country can go down on their knee's and kiss our ass for all the radical things we American's created that you assholes always forget about like inventing this cool web site that people from country's not as awesome as the USA can spend their whole life doing nothing but crying like a faggots about trees & birds on.

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker An awesome country... America? America is loaded with very big fatsos, nuts who kill tens of students very often, people who are worldwide known as ignorant who spend and consume all their resources. America is down, most of the external debt in hands of Chinese, you got closed to default, just like a banana country and lost the AAA status. We have less unemployment here than in America! Each Chinese is owed 1,200 dollars by America. Fuck you Americunt!

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker America has Bill O'Reilly who thinks the Moon was put up there by God, who thinks earthquakes are the punishment to gays... America is the country of the Tea Party, hip-hop and fake tits. The most disgusting women in the world, where are they? In America, of course. Keep on shooting, killing and chewing fat, chubby boy!

[TheCaferocker]

@Antimoron2 You need to change your name by just taking the Anti out of it buddy. Bill O'Reilly? Is that the only station your 3rd world country gets or something? I mean who the fuck watches that crap but butt fucking queers from Argentina. BTW what did Argentina do to change the world? America here we invented the light bulb, the way we use electricity, we've been on the moon have you guys? We created phones & cell phones, Yeah we were the first to fly also, the first integrated circuit boards

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker Thomas Edison, big American burglar. Learn some history! Also, who cares about Argentina! You because now you live in a banana country. Of course, Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are no the only ones from America... but I just watched "Transformers 3" and that's America. A peace of shit, loaded with explosions and bad acting. About going to the Moon, yes, but remember that in your country more than 50% of the Americunts believe it was a hoax. I mean, look at your people!

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker In America you had Michael Jackson, man. I mean, that's the nest of all the world's freaks. With less inhabitants Germany is a better society, has an important amount of Nobel prizes and they don't show off like you. Because when you have money and prestige you don't need to brag about it. You just live happily with it. But you Americunt, you need to make explosions everywhere, kill animals as sports (clever you've got weapons!)... your society is a joke, give up man!

[TheCaferocker]

@Antimoron2 Germany killed 6 million jews for no reason and your complaining about birds and looking up to Germany your a fucking idiot, your scared of us having weapons why? Look at what your little gremans did with their weapons. You live in Argentina and your braging about Germany... why is that do you have anything to be proud of from your shit hole country I guess not.

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker You live in the past, if I had to think of the past, Americans made experiments killing thousands of people in Guatemala, killed millions all over the world with stupid wars. Don't make me laugh. I knew you would relate Germany to the Nazis, because you're brain is too small.

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker I'm not proud of my country because I don't belong to this country! Moron! Guess where I'm from? Anyway, I'm not patriot either. I don't stand up for a piece of land like a sports fan. I live well and satisfied I'm not American. What's against weapons? What are they used to? "To protect my family" you will say, because you Americunts live in constant war, like in a movie. You're not Clint Eastwood, you're a walking ball of fat. That's all there is.

[TheCaferocker]

@Antimoron2 We made the first motorcycle, the zipper, And I know you like the internet well you can thank us for that also, and computers, Television, evaporated milk in the process killing all the bad little bugs in it which in turn helped out 3rd world countries like yours, the toothbrush... oh wait you dont know what a toothbrush is I'm sorry, and to end your little anti american thankful for nothing rant we are by far the biggest contributor's to human aid in the world so take that bitch.

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker Please, don't be pathetic. Should I thank you because of my zipper, because of a toothbrush. For crying out loud! Biggest contributor to human aid!!!! You mean you're the biggest criminal in the world. Fiat rules, German cars rule. American car companies went down man. Get it. Scandal after scandal your country is run by white collars at Wall Street and you think you live in freedom!

[Antimoron2]

@TheCaferocker btw, I'm not "anti American", I'm "anti Americunt". That is, those big fat ass who go around eating like monkeys, with a gun killing everything alive (sports, they call it!) and then a screw is loose, I don't know, but go to the supermarket and end up killing tens of people. That ONLY happens in a retarded society. Oh, I wonder what have you invented, jack ass!

[alexangirraff]

@TheCaferocker it was funny for about acouple mins haha aslo show my friends haha

[planelander]

Blood and GUTS!

[StephanSteijger]

=( for the bird

[7norton4]

81 Birds have seen this

[castingcouchvienna]

@justcantstopfarting

And why do you hate Red Bull?

[justcantstopfarting]

@castingcouchvienna cause it's stupid, noisy, repetetive and annoying. Besides, the only reason people go to watch these events is cause they hope to watch the one of the planes crash. One day one of them will spiral out of control and plough into the crowd and everyone will get their wish. As for the drink, it's the biggest marketing scam of any product ever. A cup of coffee with 20 spoonfuls of sugar will give you the same effect....which isn't really very much.

[AllisterCaine]

@justcantstopfarting

yeah well, youre right on red bull, it simply stinks....

but air races and aerobatics are very cool. well, at least for ppl who like airplanes and stuff.

[SupernalOne]

@justcantstopfarting

those two statements logically have nothing to do with each other. One is a taste preference, the other is a misanthropic anger-transferral. Just noting -

[Stoory]

What a way to die

[romrom306]

poor bird

[baseballplayer1251]

sudden evolution

[robroseless]

I waz aving a gud run until z chicken hit me plane.. Den I say fuk..

[GenerationKill001]

I wonder if the bird was uninsured....

[GranCoyote]

poor birdie...

[MrSchpankme]

Here's man using 200K airplanes to kill birds who live in the area.

[crow6145k]

I wonder if his insurance covered the repairs.

[MrSBChevy]

lol that shit was funny, the bird like exploded or something

[RCllamadude]

@MrSBChevy bird hater.

[Maxim499]

poor bird

[videoclipits]

@Maxim499 I will be putting up a facebook page to take donations for this poor unfortunate bird . I let everyone know. Paypal, credit card and cash will be accepted. Please be generous.

[makarthamin]

@Maxim499 You're right. that Edge 540 didn't deserve an animal getting in its way.

[wangyoutian]

is the pelican dead or sth?

[noelsoong777]

HOLY SHIT...is that an Austrian.

[checkoutdude]

Poor bird.

[KevinRuzHerrera]

IT'S AMAZING FUCKING A M A Z I N G THAT HE CAN STILL FLY THE PLANE omg

[NeoLeaver]

his plane's built out of the same shit as my sideboard, and I was chopping chicken on it just today....coincidence???

[ashacrasha]

PELICAN!...Nope...peli-can't :(

[SqwishSqwash]

tha fuk was that... 0.0

[BAXFAXTER]

Птичку... жалко ;)

[meetsouder]

in the beginning when it was all fast forwarded i was like HOLY SH-- nvm >.>

[om3gadagg3r]

@meetsouder it wasnt fast forwarded, thats how fast the go, the rest of the vid is in slo mo.

[TheBlondi01]

den hatts zerbröselt ;oD

[Damowhite123]

Screw the plane think about the non replaceable bird!

[jljordann922]

Bye Bye Birdie

[hoekstrader]

There's a new way to stuff a turkey

[fsant653]

Is the bird okay? No, I don't think so!

[Zyworski]

The fact that there was so little damage says a lot for the composite materials the plane was constructed from.

[blastforyou]

That was the good thing about big props as opposed to fan jet engines the props can just chop them up and keep going and a fan jet engine would have been destroyed by bird this big.

[Tomahawk2Head]

OMG that's really harsh all they care about is the plane

[SittingMooseShaman]

...a pelisplat.

[PlayerHater117]

...I'm a little pissed at the lack of consideration for the bird. I would feel horrible if I hit a bird. He's all "Well, that bird kind of messed up my time, and the repairs will be expensive, but other than that I'M okay."

[MTHKITEBOARDS]

Is the bird ok?

[vetitoe362]

@MTHKITEBOARDS Lets just say he isnt in pain!

[klingonradar]

pilot had good aim

[marbrasil67]

Rest in peace ...

[dembkomj]

of course, the good old knock test makes sure the structure is safe

[flyurway]

Great freeze frame!

[CadillacWack]

so i take it the bird died...

[TVDUDE33]

ok that was... fuckin awesome XD

[freddiehouthuyzen]

hannes arch used wing attack on wild pelipper, it's super effective!

wild pelipper fainted.

[d0nk3yb0i]

LOL WOW THATS HOW IT LOOKED WHEN THE BIRD FLEW INTO MY WINDSHIELD

[TheAnamies]

sooo smurfs play mw2 and i guess somebody lost his ac 130 xD but good that he survived to ´fly the plane

[cesarclaros]

0:52 these planes are made of wood?

[cobrala]

@cesarclaros They are made of composite material like carbon fiber with kevlar or Honeycomb cores.

[aridanielsen1]

poor bird :(

[ikkeennigij121]

now you see it..now you don't

[Tapajara]

It wasn't long ago that Brown Pelicans were threatened with extinction. A $100,000 fine to the operation should go toward improving wildlife sanctuaries.

[Paintballboy549]

@Tapajara how about you pay the 100k dumbass, I dont usually do this over the internet, but the 100,000 would be better spent treated nutjobs like you who think every animal death is the end of the world. Grow up. Sure a bird died, but to charge ANYONE INVOLVED that money because a bird died is ridiculous. It wassnt even intentional.