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Bird Hazards to Aircraft

Accession number: 
1970.0013

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Production Years: 
1970

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Length (minutes): 
20
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Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia: 16mm.
"A film on the hazards that birds pose to aircraft and what is being done at several Canadian Airports to manage this problem. Filmed at Vancouver International Airport, Ottawa Airport and Winnipeg Airport, it covers solutions such as control of ground cover, feasibility study for new airports, removal of birds' food sources, redesigning airplanes to be able to withstand collision with birds, use of altitude radar detectors, and improving bird scaring devices."