Know your seasons and reasons
Autumn – March, April and May – in northern parts of Australia is often marked by increasing flying- fox activity, as they fly to feed on the nectar of flowering melaleuca and eucalypts.
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Microlight Milly at Ballina
Milly Formby flew into Ballina just before Easter, on her epic ‘migration’ around Australia. Avisure, having strong connections to the area through ongoing work with Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BBGA), was proud to sponsor the Ballina leg of her journey. Jill Brix, Avisure general manager, and Julie Stewart, BBGA manager, caught up with Milly after her arrival.
Introducing … Milly Formby
Milly Formby is a multi-talented zoologist and self-confessed bird nerd, who is flying an Airborne M4 Sport microlight 20,000 km around the coast of Australia to highlight the importance of shorebirds, sharing her passion and adventures with primary schools on the way.
Phil Shaw presenting at ALAANZ webinar 14 March 2023
Phil Shaw, the founding director of Avisure and sister company Ecosure will be presenting on ‘Wildlife strike statistics and legal cases’ held by the NSW branch of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand.
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Avicast – of ducks, fluffy or otherwise
Avicast is Avisure’s very own podcast, focusing on news and trends in aviation wildlife hazard management. The podcast celebrates two years of production in February 2023, with 23 monthly episodes produced to date.
Cracking the code
February 28 marks the 70th anniversary of Francis Crick and James Watson’s discovery of the double helix model of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.
Bird Strike Committees
Avisure CEO, Jeff Follett, is proud to serve as the new volunteer Communications Chair on the Bird Strike Committee USA (BSC USA).
Making sense of data
Dr Richard Dolbeer feels vindicated by the January 2023 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) finding regarding the cause of a sensor malfunction which happened before the Boeing 737 Max crash shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in March 2019.
Introducing… Jeff Follett
Jeff Follett has had a different career path to the average wildlife biologist. ‘It’s certainly not been a direct line,’ he says. Born and bred in the US state of Minnesota, he completed a bachelor of science degree there majoring in fisheries and wildlife management. When he graduated, ‘everyone in my course had a hard science degree and wanted to go out and work with wildlife’, but Jeff and his wife took a different path. They joined the Peace Corps, (the American equivalent to Australia’s Volunteers Abroad program) and had a long stretch working overseas on humanitarian programs. They had two years in South America, where Jeff worked with an agricultural organisation, and worked in agroforestry.
‘Another black box recorder’
January 15 will mark the fourteenth anniversary of the ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in New York following multiple Canada geese strikes. The story of the 2009 ‘miracle on the Hudson’ is well known. Captain Sullenberger and the flight crew’s measured actions in landing the A320 and the 155 people aboard safely with no fatalities have been widely publicised and rightly acclaimed.