British pilot hits cow during emergency landing

[Tiger]

LONDON – A British pilot said he ran into an unusual hazard while making an emergency landing — a cow. Rob Wotton said he was trying to land his World War II-era Tiger Moth after the engine stalled just after takeoff southwest of London on Sept. 14. He was about to touch down in a field when the animal wandered into his way.

Video of the event on YouTube shows the brown-and-white cow being knocked to the ground by the plane's lower left wing. The two-seater was damaged but landed safely.

An accident report said the cow was "apparently uninjured."

Wotton said he might paint a cow on the plane to mark the event.

He says: "I have to say it is the first cow I have ever hit in 22 years' flying."

[Colslaw]

I'll have to see if I still have the manuscript for an artilce I wrote on No.3 Wing RNAS for OTF 12 years ago. In their first big mission one of the pilots got lost and came down in a field and ran into a horse, killing it. The farmer later put in a claim for the value of the horse and there was a bit of correspondence over it before it was settled. ..

This same pilot was later involved in another accident where he ran into a cow

[Space]

There is a new multi-genre sim coming out soon that has cows walking through the fields, flocks of birds to hit, etc. I don't remember the name right off, but I bet Python does. I'm eager for the WW1 portion myself.

[Python]

Salute

No name yet Space it is just into Beta 2.0 testing Name will be out soon