well...depending on where your flying field is...either get a plane that rly goes fast that scares the crap outta the bird so they dont mess with you again...i can guarantee that once they hit your prop on your engine they wont mess with your plane again. or if you wanna have some kicks have someone else fly your plane...and you have a gun and shoot the thing down thats what id do personally becuz i rather see a dead bird than my crashed plane. id even go to the extent of removing there nest from the area if at all possible....it sounds harsh but i rather have my plane flying than being shotdown by a bird haha and losing $400 + in a plane ive glided with hawks before and they enjoy flying around my electric sailplane, its kinda like a flying buddy haha, but a bird chasing my plane would bug me :P

david