April 2015 – Bird Strike Association of Canada – Comité canadien sur le péril aviaire

No fly zone at helicopter crash bird reserve

2 April 2015 News by Gary Searing

The nature reserve where the crew of an RAF Lakenheath helicopter died after a bird strike last year becomes a ‘no fly zone’ from today. The crash in January 2014 killed four air crew in a Pave Hawk helicopter of the 56th Rescue Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing and a USAF investigation concluded last July it
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Bird Controllers

1 April 2015 News by Gary Searing

CFB TRENTON — Jason Botting and his colleagues provide an unusual type of security force that took wing here more than 15 years ago. Like dogs that sniff out contraband in customs halls at international airports, falcons scare off gulls and other birds that can be hazardous for military aircraft in the critical moments of
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Month: April 2015

No fly zone at helicopter crash bird reserve

Bird Controllers