In the NYT yesterday, in “Those Hazardous Flying Birds” by Eric Uhlfelder: Planes hit birds all the time. That doesn’t typically mean captains have to glide crippled jets onto a river as Capt. Chesley Sullenberger III famously did in January 2009. But a number of collisions have led to crashes, with some deaths. … Over the … Continue reading Briefly noted: bird strikes and avian radar