The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) is hosting a bird strike webinar on 7 June, beginning at 13:00 EDT (UTC-4).
The webinar, which is free to attend, is designed to provide the helicopter community with strategies to avoid bird strikes. The event will open with a 10-minute overview of helicopter accident statistics.
Pat Niven of Chevron and Mark Colburn, a retired Dallas police officer, will follow with a 20-minute overview of USHST helicopter safety enhancement in high-risk environments.
This will be followed by a review of the US FAA’s Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) published in September of 2021, which offers strategies for avoiding bird strikes by FAA Rotorcraft Section Manager Jorge Castillo, who will be joined by Richard Dolbeer, a wildlife consultant to the US Department of Agriculture, who will discuss bird migration.
The webinar will conclude with a review of bird strike accidents.
To register for the webinar, click HERE.
