When asked in Q and A, never tell a bunch of boy scouts that you haven't ever seen a plane hit a bird! We had a troop at our field one day for a visit and some buddy box training. One of the scouts asked if any of us had hit a bird before. We said no, and went on with the day. On my last buddy box flight the student got too far behind the flight line and I took over. Within 10 seconds, boom/crack, the wing was literally torn in half and the Avistar trainer plummeted to the ground. Yep a bird had hit the right leading edge and we found some blood and small feathers plastered to the wing. Even I got a laugh out of that one.