Gary Searing – Page 16 – Bird Strike Association of Canada

The Challenge to Reduce Bird Strikes

26 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

Why doesn’t the FAA adopt avian radar tracking to help pilots avoid colliding with birds? Nearly five years after Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger miraculously landed his crippled US Airways A320 jet on the Hudson River after flying into a flock of Canada geese, he says that the risk of airplanes striking birds is as
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Reduction in Bird Strikes at Vancouver International

26 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

Bird collisions with aircraft are on the decline at Vancouver International Airport on Sea Island, along with the number of birds being killed both in accidents and by grounds personnel. YVR officials are crediting a number of initiatives, including the installation of box culverts to reduce habitat for waterfowl next to the cross runway, along
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Using Drones To Reduce Bird Strikes At A Local Airport

26 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

Humane, cost-effective ways to reduce bird strikes near Westchester County Airport — including the use of “Geesebuster” gliders and drones — will be discussed by public officials and wildlife advocates Wednesday night, Jan. 25. Members of several organizations will appear before the Westchester County Airport Advisory Board meeting which begins at 7 p.m. on Wednesday
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Crash of Navy Training Jet

20 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

ARLINGTON, Va. — A bird strike may have contributed to the crash of a Navy T-45C Goshawk training jet aircraft Jan. 17 near Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Miss., during a training flight. The Naval Safety Center’s website said the T-45C “experienced bird strike during takeoff” and “impacted ground just short of runway during RTB
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Landfill a threat to aviation in Lebanon

17 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

he threat of bird strikes in and around Beirut International Airport, Lebanon’s only international airport, is not recent. It’s an issue that has been raised time and time again by the media, environmentalists, and concerned citizens since the Costa Brava landfill was built next to the airport as one of two landfills serving the nation’s seemingly incessant waste
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Massive bird cull after “miracle on the Hudson”

15 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

New York authorities defend themselves over accusations birds don’t need killing. Authorities in New York have been accused of the massacre of thousands of wild birds in a vain bid to prevent another incident like the downing of flight 1549 in 2009. That incident, known as the “Miracle on the Hudson”, saw pilot Chesley “Sully”
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Vulture strike in Texas

28 December 2016 News by Gary Searing

JOINT BASE SAN ANTION-RANDOLPH, Texas — An unprecedented action, quick thinking, and Texas high school football saved the lives of an instructor pilot and his student, Jan. 25, 2016. Thirty minutes into an hour-long training flight Maj. Tim Menges, then an instructor pilot with the 560th Flying Training Squadron, saw an ominous black object to
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Bird strike in Scotland strands Canadian crew

8 December 2016 News by Gary Searing

A CC-177 Globemaster and its crew have been stuck in Scotland since last week. The crew, based out of CFB Trenton, was on a sustainment flight when it experienced a bird strike near Prestwick, Scotland, United Kingdom, said David Lavallee Public affairs officer, 1 Canadian Air Division, in an e-mail to The Intelligencer Monday evening.
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Stork strike in Gambia

17 November 2016 News by Gary Searing

Last week, a Thomas Cook Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing after the aircraft struck a flock of “50 storks” shortly after takeoff. According to Metro, the Thomas Cook Airlines flight had just taken off from Banjul International Airport in Gambia when the Airbus A321 flew right into the path of a
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Canadian Firm to Provide Avian Radar for New Istanbul Airport

26 October 2016 News by Gary Searing

Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc. has been awarded the contract to supply and deliver their state-of-the-art, patented 3D Total Coverage® avian radar system for Turkey’s prestigious New Istanbul Airport by developer and operators, İGA Havalimanı İşletmesi A.Ş. Located in Arnavutköy district on the European side of Istanbul and considered the most significant new airport development in
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Author: Gary Searing