“…Therefore, due to lack of certification requirements for the category of normal, utility, acrobatic aeroplanes and small helicopters and a high degree of damage, especially to the cockpit canopy, it seems justified to conduct simulation of the strike impact by means of proper software. In order to perform the modelling in question, it is necessary to select a proper bird model and a suitable simulation method, including appropriate software [4,7,9]. On the basis of the available literature devoted to the subject, there are several methods of modelling a bird shape.…”