It was really, really hard.

It was just a, a normal takeoff.

I was number two, so, uh, you know, so number 10 is leading, so you know, I'm not looking ahead.

Um, your eyes are glued to the right for me to the lead aircraft.

So takeoff, roll to takeoff, we clean up the aircraft, and it's pretty much at the gear up, flaps up conformation literally at the end of the runway in around 160 knots and 100 feet off the ground, which is not very fast for our aircraft, you know? That, uh, I just kind of felt...

It almost kind of felt like an explosion in a way, like it was a, a very large bang and rumbling sound.

It was a very small bird.

And I know that really gave them a lot of feeling of peace, you know, really helped them kind of be at peace with what happened.