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The Use Of An Integrated Geographical Information System At South African Airports, Claire Patterson-Abrolat
The Use Of An Integrated Geographical Information System At South African Airports, Claire Patterson-Abrolat
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has, over the past few years, become an integral component of the operations at all airports owned and/or operated by the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). What has however been lacking, is the application of this technology to practically manage and reduce risks out on the airfield. ACSA Bird and Wildlife Management has recently initiated a programme to utilize GIS and global positioning systems (GPS) on their airfields and all ACSA Wildlife Control Officers (WCOs) are now using handheld mobile computers with integrated GPS to record information and track their patrols out on …
Safety Management Systems: How Useful Will The Faa National Wildlife Strike Database Be?, Sandra Wright, Richard Dolbeer
Safety Management Systems: How Useful Will The Faa National Wildlife Strike Database Be?, Sandra Wright, Richard Dolbeer
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
The National Wildlife Strike Database for Civil Aviation in the USA became operational in 1995 with the initiation of data entry of all strike reports beginning in 1990. The database contains 82,057 reported strikes from 1990-2007 involving civil aircraft in the USA or USA carriers in foreign countries. About 9,800 of these strike reports have noted damage to the aircraft of which 2,700 indicated the damage was substantial. The database has proven to be a useful source of objective information on the extent and nature of wildlife strikes for personnel at individual airports and for researchers and regulatory agencies at …
Managing Red-Tailed Hawk Perching Sites On Federal Aviation Administration (Faa) Equipment At General Mitchell International Airport (Mke), Milwaukee, Wi, Henri Woods
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) located in Milwaukee, WI, has many man-made perching sites used by hawks. Several of these sites need to be addressed to improve air operations safety because of the preference by redtailed hawks. The first perching sites addressed at MKE were six lamp posts at the base of the 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, which were used daily by red-tailed hawks. In order to mitigate the perching, umbrella skeletons (Daddi Long Legs™ or Bird Spider™) were recommended to be attached to the top of each lamp post. After installation of the …
Training Airport Personnel For Wildlife Hazards: Organization, Obligation And Expectation, John Weller
Training Airport Personnel For Wildlife Hazards: Organization, Obligation And Expectation, John Weller
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
It is estimated that the recorded civil wildlife/ aircraft strikes (73,526) from 1990- 2006 represent <20% of their true occurrence and that the cost incurred by the US civil aviation industry exceeds $600 million annually. Twenty-eight percent (16,142) of identifiable strikes that occurred during this time (58,060) were documented by airport personnel and 73% of all reported strikes occurred at or below 500 feet (i.e., typically within the airport environment). It should follow that properly trained airport personnel could make a difference. To reduce aviation/ wildlife conflicts, these personnel attend training seminars to better understand a diversity of subjects such as wildlife threats, mitigation techniques, documentation procedures and regulations. Although the FAA has standardized the basic information to be provided within this training (Advisory Circular No: 150/ 5200-36), its content should be considered malleable from region to region and year to year. In FY-2006, USDA Wildlife Services personnel assisted 674 civilian and military facilities (civilian = 502; military/ civilian joint = 101; military = 71). Wildlife Services provided both operational and technical assistance to 271 and 403 airports respectively; resulting in 1,739 trained personnel from 217 civilian and military airports. During 2006 the WS North Carolina Program implemented an extensive, hands-on training program to assist military, General Aviation and 139 certificated airports to better understand wildlife hazards to aviation and meet FAA Advisory Circular 150/ 5200-36 requirements. Two hundred airport personnel were trained in North Carolina using nationally developed training modules. Because an airports personnel and wildlife concerns are dynamic, training techniques and content should be constantly evaluated and modified. Updated training seminars and modules should be made readily available to all instructors while techniques to quantify the impact of this training should be considered.
Green Roofs In The Airport Environment: Pleasant Dreams Or Nightmares?, Ryan M. Swearingin, Craig Pullins, Travis Guerrant, Brian E. Washburn
Green Roofs In The Airport Environment: Pleasant Dreams Or Nightmares?, Ryan M. Swearingin, Craig Pullins, Travis Guerrant, Brian E. Washburn
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Green roofs on buildings are becoming very popular in urban areas of the United States. Public benefits of green roof projects include stormwater runoff reduction, improved water quality, reduced urban heat island effects, and aesthetic values. Several green roofs have been constructed in downtown Chicago and large-scale green roofs are currently being planned and implemented at O’Hare International Airport (ORD). Similar to any airport landscaping, green roofs on buildings in the airport environment might attract wildlife hazardous to aviation and could increase the risk of bird-aircraft collisions. No information currently exists in regard to this potential problem. During 2007–2008, we …
Parameters Affecting Bird Use Of Stormwater Detention Ponds In The Southeastern United States: Implications For Bird-Aircraft Collisions, Brian J. Fox, James B. Armstrong, Bradley F. Blackwell, James B. Grand, Wesley B. Holland
Parameters Affecting Bird Use Of Stormwater Detention Ponds In The Southeastern United States: Implications For Bird-Aircraft Collisions, Brian J. Fox, James B. Armstrong, Bradley F. Blackwell, James B. Grand, Wesley B. Holland
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Stormwater impoundments within Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sighting criteria (10,000 foot line of sight around airport perimeter) increase the risk of bird-aircraft collisions by providing bird habitat, but the factors which influence this risk have only recently been investigated. Managers must find ways to reduce this risk, while still managing stormwater for environmental quality compliance. The FAA provides guidelines for stormwater management to reduce hazardous wildlife attraction (AC150/5200-33B). However, these guidelines do not quantify the role of pond and landscape characteristics in attracting birds to stormwater ponds. In a collaborative effort with the FAA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s …
A Population Of Wild Turkeys (Meleagris Gallapavo Sylvestris) In Relation To Air Traffic Hazards At Pease International Airport, Angelic Debutts, Marsha Barden, Peter Pekins, Mark Ellingwood
A Population Of Wild Turkeys (Meleagris Gallapavo Sylvestris) In Relation To Air Traffic Hazards At Pease International Airport, Angelic Debutts, Marsha Barden, Peter Pekins, Mark Ellingwood
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
In 2003 a wild turkey (Meleagris gallapavo sylvestris) was ingested into the engine of a KC-135E military refueling tanker at Pease International Airport causing more than $3M in damages. USDA Wildlife Services initiated emergency harassment and removal of wild turkeys inside the airport fence. This incident prompted a 2-year research project to better understand the local wild turkey population, concentrating on size and status as well as seasonal use of the airport. A total of 72 turkeys was radio-collared and tracked from 2006 to 2008. Results suggest that there are between 125-185 birds using the study area, which …
Improving The Dna Identification Success Rate Of Birdstrike Remains Through Better Field Collecting Methods, Faridah Dahlan, Carla J. Dove, Marcy Heacker
Improving The Dna Identification Success Rate Of Birdstrike Remains Through Better Field Collecting Methods, Faridah Dahlan, Carla J. Dove, Marcy Heacker
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
DNA barcoding is one of the ‘tools’ used by the Smithsonian Feather Lab to identify birdstrike remains. In a study conducted during fall migration 2006, 48% of the birdstrike cases received for identification from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) were submitted for DNA analysis. Using DNA ‘barcoding’ techniques, we identified nearly 68% of those cases to species-level which included 128 species of birds from 14 different Orders, and 12 bats. In the cases where we failed to obtain DNA (approx. 32%), the primary cause was due to fungi growing on the collected samples. Therefore, …
Bird Strike Prevention: Bottom-Up, Top-Down And The Canadian Connection Between The Old And The New World, Luit Buurma
Bird Strike Prevention: Bottom-Up, Top-Down And The Canadian Connection Between The Old And The New World, Luit Buurma
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Bird strike prevention has always shifted between a scientific and a practical approach. Bridging these two states of mind was often difficult but also fruitful. Even within science a hidden philosophical battle between curiosity-driven research and problem oriented work can be recognized. The way states and market parties deal with respect to the bird strike problem reflects cultural differences and emphasizes the need of international cooperation. Canada has played a decisive role in this respect. It is intriguing to follow the foot steps of Solman, Gunn, Kuhring, Blokpoel, Richardson and MacKinnon right from the end of World War II. This …
Bird Hazard Management On Wetlands At Uk Aerodromes, Andy Baxter
Bird Hazard Management On Wetlands At Uk Aerodromes, Andy Baxter
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
UK aerodromes suffer consistently wet conditions that often result in standing water on airfield grassland or a requirement for water run-off and containment facilities. Such areas routinely present an attraction to hazardous birds including ducks, geese, waders and swans. Where possible, such features are eliminated from the aerodrome environment at the design stage or through the implementation of additional drainage. Practicalities and expense, however, can limit these options. This paper discusses the types of design features that are used to reduce the attraction of a wetland site to birds, and reports on the effectiveness of wiring, netting and bird balls …
The Use Of Endophytic Turf Grass To Reduce Bird And Small Mammal Presence At Airports, Theresa Kissane, Jeff Brawn, Bruce Branham
The Use Of Endophytic Turf Grass To Reduce Bird And Small Mammal Presence At Airports, Theresa Kissane, Jeff Brawn, Bruce Branham
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Opportunities exist to develop airport environments that are unsuitable for wildlife and assist in long-term management of aircraft strike hazards. As part of a multiple year cooperative effort between the University of Illinois Center of Excellence in Airport Technology and the O’Hare Modernization Program, efforts are underway to design a wildlife unfriendly airport. One of the project elements is to consider vegetation selection. Some grasses contain endophytic fungi that produce toxic alkaloids. These alkaloids make the grass less palatable to both birds and mammals. To assess the utility of several grasses for wildlife control, fifteen field plots were established at …
Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar Systems – Looking Forward: Next Generation Advancements In The Technology, T. Adam Kelly
Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar Systems – Looking Forward: Next Generation Advancements In The Technology, T. Adam Kelly
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Over the past decade development of specialized avian radar systems for use as real-time aircraft birdstrike avoidance systems has moved from research and development into active deployment of the technology as an operational tool by airfield managers, bird control units and air traffic controllers. Today there are some 50+ known avian radar systems in operation worldwide supporting aviation safety and environmental applications with a number of systems being used daily by air traffic controllers for airfield flight safety. When manufacturers such as Geo-Marine and DeTect initially committed to developing production model systems for real-time operational use, market studies indicated that, …
The Florida Statewide Airport Stormwater Study, Abdul Hatim, John J. Sansalone, Scott T. Brady
The Florida Statewide Airport Stormwater Study, Abdul Hatim, John J. Sansalone, Scott T. Brady
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Florida is one of twelve or fewer states that regulate storm water quality on a statewide basis. The most commonly used design for water quality management is a vegetated, permanently wet pond that is presumed to meet water quality standards. Also, typical designs fully convey extreme rainfall events to the same wet ponds, which must then be sized for flood attenuation. These design features can and do attract birds and other wildlife that can be hazardous to flight. The Florida Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration fund the Florida Statewide Airport Stormwater Study to develop data and approaches …
Strategies For Mitigating Bird Strike Risk From Vulture Populations At Macdill Afb, John Gilbert, Karen Voltura
Strategies For Mitigating Bird Strike Risk From Vulture Populations At Macdill Afb, John Gilbert, Karen Voltura
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Over the last 20 years, strikes with vultures have accounted for 1/3 of the total damage to aircraft at MacDill AFB in Tampa, FL. Locally, vulture populations increase in the fall as flocks migrate south and winter in the Tampa Bay area. Aerial surveys as well as ground surveys were used to identify vulture roost locations and data on daily movement patterns were collected. Black and Turkey vultures were roosting within one-half mile of the runway in adjacent mangroves and on nearby large fuel tanks for two oil distributors for the Port of Tampa. The vultures caused frequent increases in …
Storm-Water Retention, Grain Production, And Aviation In The Southern Great Plains, Philip Robinson, Alicia Bernard, Bradley F. Blackwell
Storm-Water Retention, Grain Production, And Aviation In The Southern Great Plains, Philip Robinson, Alicia Bernard, Bradley F. Blackwell
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
How might grain-crop agriculture and stormwater-retention structures within FAA airport sighting criteria affect bird strike risk? We summarize over seven months of data (20 August 2007–31 March 2008) from an on-going wildlife hazard assessment at a General Aviation airport in north central Oklahoma, including concurrent observations at 10 stormwater-retention structures within the two-mile sighting criteria. The landscape within the 5-mile FAA sighting criteria is a mix of rural and suburban areas, but includes approximately 75% agriculture, 1,339 water bodies (315 km of shoreline) composing 617 ha of water held predominantly in private and municipal stormwater-retention structures. We conducted weekly, systematic …
A Decade Of United States Air Force Bat Strikes, Suzanne Peurach, Carla Dove, Laura Stepko
A Decade Of United States Air Force Bat Strikes, Suzanne Peurach, Carla Dove, Laura Stepko
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
From 1997 to 2007, 821 bat strikes were reported to the United States Air Force (USAF). Many samples were identified by macroscopic and/or microscopic comparisons with bat specimens housed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and in recent years by using molecular techniques. We received bat strike reports from 20 countries and 40 of the United States during this time frame. Forty-six percent of the strikes were identified to order; 5% were identified to family or genus; and 49% were identified to the species level. Fiftyfive of the 101 bat strikes submitted for DNA analysis since 2006 resulted …
Teamwork By Regions In Large Countries Like Brazil — A Good Solution For Bird Strikes, Major Raul Moreira Neto
Teamwork By Regions In Large Countries Like Brazil — A Good Solution For Bird Strikes, Major Raul Moreira Neto
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Since Brazil is a large country, associated to a small number of people working in bird strikes prevention, it was decided to create regional groups, composed by public administrators, Air Force Officers, teachers from universities, professionals from Civil Aviation Agency, airport managers, Justice representatives (prosecutors), and any one that could help us in our tasks. After establishing the group, some researches were made to determine the factors that were attracting birds in the chose airport area, and a schedule of tasks that should be done by each member of the group was created, with deadlines that could be in short, …
Rapid Dispersal And Long Term Effect On Resident Canada Geese By On-Demand Use Alarm And Alert Call Playback Reinforced With Cracker/Banger Shells, Philip Whitford
Rapid Dispersal And Long Term Effect On Resident Canada Geese By On-Demand Use Alarm And Alert Call Playback Reinforced With Cracker/Banger Shells, Philip Whitford
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Increasing resident Canada geese create major crop loss problems, and increased air strike potential. There is a growing need for effective, non-lethal means to disperse resident Canada geese. Success in removing geese rapidly from any of the above situations should produce results that can be applied to all. From 16 May – 28 August, 2007, alarm/alert call playback from GOOSEBUSTER™ call units, Bird–X Inc., Chicago IL, was used with a one minute delayed reinforcement by firing cracker shells to assess efficacy at reducing goose numbers at a sewage treatment plant and several farms with past records of heavy summer crop …
Bird Strike Risk Management – A Uk Caa Perspective, Nick Yearwood
Bird Strike Risk Management – A Uk Caa Perspective, Nick Yearwood
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
Mandatory bird strike reporting was introduced in the UK in January 2004, resulting in a 60% increase in reporting. Although reporting is mandated for aircrew only, currently the CAA has no procedure for ensuring compliance. Approximately 2,000 bird strikes are reported annually to the UK CAA (a 3 fold increase since 1990), of which approximately 1,400 are considered ‘confirmed’ strikes. Serious strike events, i.e. those causing damage or having an effect on flight, account for 55-60 occurrences per annum; this number has not increased in line with the increase in traffic levels, 2000-2007. The CAA, working with aviation stakeholders, published …
2008 Bird Strike Committee–Usa/Canada Meeting Program
2008 Bird Strike Committee–Usa/Canada Meeting Program
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)
No abstract provided.