Crash of Navy Training Jet

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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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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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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Airbus Helicopters, Inc. and Precise Flight, Inc. Announce New Agreement Intended to Reduce Bird Strikes and Make Flying Safer

11 September 2016 News by Gary Searing
Airbus Helicopters, Inc. and Precise Flight, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a supply agreement for the Pulselite® Bird Strike Prevention System which will be offered as an option on all Airbus Helicopters models marketed in the United States. The Pulselite® System is an FAA certified lightweight electrical system controller that alternately pulses
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Turkmenistan Orders DeTect MERLIN™ Bird Strike Avoidance Radars for Three Commercial Airports

11 September 2016 News by Gary Searing
US developed and manufactured technology could have prevented the birdstrike that caused the US Airways Flight 1549 crash DeTect maintains. DeTect today announced that it has received orders to supply its MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radars for three commercial airports in Turkmenistan. According to DeTect's President, Gary W. Andrews, "DeTect's MERLIN bird radar system is
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