July 2018 – Bird Strike Association of Canada – Comité canadien sur le péril aviaire

Compost plan and bird-strike risk at Trudeau Airport

31 July 2018 News by Gary Searing

A Gazette investigation reveals the city hasn’t addressed some safety precautions Aéroports de Montréal recommended to reduce risk of bird-plane collisions. The city isn’t heeding some of the safety precautions that Aéroports de Montréal recommended to reduce the risk of bird-plane collisions around a municipal organic waste treatment centre that Montreal is planning to build
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FAA proposes new test for engine bird strikes

7 July 2018 News by Gary Searing

Nine years after the “Miracle on the Hudson” landing, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a test that would require engine makers prove that their engines can sustain strikes from medium-sized birds while climbing or descending, according to a draft notice of the proposed rule. Engines are currently tested at 100 percent takeoff power
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Month: July 2018

Compost plan and bird-strike risk at Trudeau Airport

FAA proposes new test for engine bird strikes