I recall flying into many regional strips in the past and having to
make a
low pass over the field to clear the kangaroos before coming back to
land. I
never hit any kangaroos, and I don't recall any friends of mine
hitting
kangaroos, but they're certainly a hazard. Most public airfields
these days
have invested in fences - but that has more to do with anti-terrorism
measures than keeping stock and wildlife off the runway. By far the
majority
of regional airstrips are privately owned and have no requirement to
provide
fencing, so wildlife remains a hazard.
To be honest though I'm surprised that there aren't more bird
strikes in
Australia - I can only recall reading the occasional incident report.
There's about 500 reported bird strikes in Australia each year (all
bird
strikes are supposed to be reported, but I bet they're not). Of
these, 5-10%
result in minor damage to the aircraft (dents, etc) and 2-6% result in
serious damage (cracked windshields, dented leading edges, damage to
propellers, damage to engines).
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Stephen
Ambrose
Sent: Saturday, 20 June 2009 3:20 PM
To: 'Carl Clifford'; 'storm'
Cc: 'Birding-Aus (Forum)'
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Canada Goose Cull
Kangaroos, wallabies and domesticated livestock (e.g. cattle &
sheep) pose a
significant risk to aircraft taxiing along runways at many Australian
airports, particularly at regional airports.
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
Sent: Saturday, 20 June 2009 2:32 PM
To: storm
Cc: Birding-Aus (Forum)
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Canada Goose Cull
Storm,
Between 1990 and 2005 in the USA, aircraft struck 58 turtles, 14
Alligators and 17 Green Iguanas. There was no record of any of them
being airborne. I would imagine that the numbers of turtles and
Iguanas might be a bit higher though, as I don't think you would
notice much of an impact if you ran over one with something like a
747. An Alligator could be a bit bumpy though.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 20/06/2009, at 1:50 PM, storm wrote:
The only sensible move that appears to be coming out of this is
discouraging
people in NY from feeding the geese in the suburbs around the airport.
Reducing the supply of food could have a significant impact on the
number of
birds in the vicinity.
However, knowing how people love to feed birds I suspect this is a
doomed
method of control.
There are interesting figures around for bat (flying-fox) strike which
have
recently been produced in Australia - Townsville tops the list. Some
American states record 'reptile' strikes too. Sadly not specific as to
species.
storm
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