Airport Bird Hazard Risk Assessment Process
Airport Bird Hazard Risk Assessment Process
Richard Sowden, Avian Aviation Consultants
Terry Kelly, SMS Aviation Safety Inc. Stewart Dudley, Stiff Sentences Inc.
19 July 2007
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