Month: February 2017

China’s bird ‘airport’

28 February 2017 News by Gary Searing
Tianjin’s wetland sanctuary will serve as a rest stop for peckish migratory birds traveling along one of the world’s major flyways “Birds” and “airports” are two words that, paired together, don’t normally paint the most harmonious picture. That is, unless your idea of harmonious involves ultra-white-knuckle emergency landings in the Hudson River and the large-scale
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Additional approvals for Pulselite system

3 February 2017 News by Gary Searing
Airbus Helicopters and Precise Flight have received expanded Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration for the Pulselite Bird Strike Prevention System, Precise Flight announced on 31 January. This approval is an amendment to STC SH3319NM, bringing the total number of Airbus Helicopters aircraft models certified for the Pulselite System to 67, including
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Increase in bird strikes in Australia

1 February 2017 News by Gary Searing
BIRD strikes are the number one cause of damage to planes and risk to passengers Australia’s crash investigator has found in its latest report. In its report, Australia Aviation Wildlife Strike Statistics 2006-15 , The Australia Transport Safety Bureau found that strikes have increased significantly over the past two years and continue to pose a
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