That was my first thought after hearing about the American Airlines jet that had to make an emergency landing after striking a deer.
Rudolph?
–bolding mine
This made me giggle.
Could have been no eye deer.
Blink your nose if you can hear me!!!
you really don’t want to be the mechanic that services the landing gear after a deer strike.
I was that mechanic once. Aircraft hit a deer while landing. Took out two brake lines and a small landing gear door. Fortunately the braking system is redundant so having half the brake lines leaking badly on one side didn’t cause any problems. Deer guts inside the hot brakes was another matter.
We removed most of the broken landing gear door and linkage. Put on two new brake lines. Replaced the two tires on that side for good measure. Washed down the landing gear. With a minimal crew, they flew the aircraft back to it’s home station about 300 miles away with the gear pinned in the down position and stayed at a low altitude and speed. The aircraft received a more thorough inspection when it got back home.
This is what I love about the Dope. You need a guy with first-hand knowledge of deer guts inside hot airplane brakes – there he is!
Yes, indeed. Quite staggering, really.
He is history now…
I think what they hit was a polar bear. A puffin told me.
Well, if reindeer can fly, why not polar bears? It stands to reason!
It took me a bit, but d’oh!
I mentioned this to a co-worker. She asked “Was it on the runway?” I so wanted to say NO!
“Would anyone like to trade for the Venison Meal?”
“I’ll take a wing…”
As in d’oh, a deer, a female deer, ray, a drop of golden sun …?
Heh. 
Like that dish “Buffalo Wings”, the name of which causes strange mental images. Yep, I get that it comes from Buffalo, the place, but that wasn’t what first occurred to me. :smack: