Posted for "George/Shirley Shattuck" <kloop@plantationcable.net>:

Bird strike is bad, but what about a bug strike.  True story.  I was at
10,500 ft. somewhere over southern Illinois enroute to Faribault, Minnesota
when a bug, yes, a bug, smacked into the canopy right in front of my eyes.
Killed the bug, no damage to my canopy.  Scared the heck out of me.  Now
that was some bug.  A bird I can understand soaring to some great height,
but not a bug.

George Shattuck
N320GS