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Description: |
xviii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Airliner in the Hudson -- Ditching an airliner -- FAA aircraft bird strike database -- Bird-proofing airliners -- Organizations working on the bird strike problem -- Controlling birds at airports -- Recent advances in bird radar technology -- BAM, BASH, AHAS and advanced concepts -- Control tower implementation for bird radars -- Teamwork in aviation -- Pilot workload and the requirement for automated bird warnings -- Cockpit data ink implications for bird warnings -- Aircraft collision Avoidance systems for bird warnings -- Recommendations. |