The aircraft structure is corrosion-protected and the side-hinged canopy has a windshield able to withstand any bird strike impact at 270 kts.
Most parts of an aircraft are strong enough to resist such a bird strike.
Let me deal briefly with bird strike.
We are taking into account the whole question of bird strike.
I speak as one who has been involved in bird strike in an aircraft during the war.
We in the midlands, too, have a significant problem with bird strike.
This would be one means of protecting our aircraft from the hazard of bird strike.
Another matter which must be considered is bird strike.
