Here's one you don't see every day; it's the result of a bird strike on an F-16. Read the text below first, then watch the video.  It's an amazing 45 second sequence...

This footage from the cockpit of an F-16 shows the cool reaction and professionalism of the two pilots, including cockpit transmission. An instructor pilot is in the rear and a student is in the front seat.  The F-16 engine ingests the bird after takeoff @ Tyndall AFB Panama City, FL.  You may have to re-play to see the bird that entered the engine.

You can see the bird flash by just prior to impacting the engine. You can hear the aircraft voice warning system telling them they have a problem and referring to the 'D-6 NL' which means there is no engine RPM. They made 2 attempts to relight the jet engine, but evidently there was too much damage from the bird strike and they had to eject.

These guys were very cool; note the heavy breathing. They certainly flew longer than anyone would expect before ejecting.

Airspeed can be observed in the upper left corner. It goes down to the low 120's as they struggle to get the engine going again, but as the plane noses over and dives to earth it increases to at least 175 just before impact. It just goes to show how quickly your day can go to pieces - just 45 seconds from strike to ejection.

They ran the Emergency Checklist, made two relight attempts, and picked out a plowed field for impact before ejecting. You can follow the audio attached to it and hear the conversation between the pilot and instructor pilot and then the tower. Including the pilot saying they were punching out.

The tower didn't seem to completely understand it all, and missed the significance of the last transmission. The towers last radio call is talking to an empty aircraft. The video continues until impact, even after they both eject.

A classic 'buying the farm' as you can see the plow rows get bigger. A real nice job from the aircrew by keeping their cool and turning the aircraft away from populated areas. No one hurt and no one killed, but the bird did cost taxpayers a 'few' million dollars!

If it wasn't for that damned surveillance camera, I might still have a job!

That shooting star might not be what you think it is.

Ted Nugent talks about the second amendment.  I can't add anything to this because he says it much better than I can.