The first reported bird strike of an aircraft happened in this year.
- 1903
- 1905
- 1910
- 1912
1905. Orville Wright was flying circles near Dayton, Ohio, and chasing flocks of birds when he hit one. The dead bird lay on the wing until Orville turned and dumped it off.
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