Topic: Richard Dolbeer
Bird-plane strikes may exceed 10,000 for first time in 2009; planes damaged, destroyedReports of airplanes hitting birds and other wildlife surged last year, including serious accidents such as birds crashing through cockpits and crippling engines in flight, according to an Associated ...
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the US Airways' miracle landing in New York on the Hudson River. Veteran pilot Captain Sully is a full-fledged national hero, and the incident in which all 155 passengers survived is a now fuzzy memory ...
From Shakespeare's pen to national nuisance, pesky European starlings stubbornly hang onThe next time the sky darkens with a flock of noisy unwelcome starlings, blame Shakespeare or, better yet, a few of his strangest fans.Had the Bard not mentioned the ...
Safety board says aircraft not designed to withstand collisions with large birdsThe risk of commercial airplanes crashing because they've struck large birds is increasing and design standards should be strengthened so that aircraft can withstand the collisions, federal safety officials said ...
