Austrian pilot Hannes Arch’s plane damaged by a bird strike on the leading edge of the right hand side horizontal stabiliser on race day in the the second round of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in San Diego, USA, May 10, 2009. In the Red Bull Air Race World Championship the world?s best race pilots fly through a low level track made up of 20 metre (65 feet) high inflatable pylons known as ?Air Gates?, at speeds reaching 370 km/h (230 mph) and pulling up to 12G. ( Russell Cheyne/Red Bull Air Race via AP Images)
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