Plane Wild is the AAWHG’s quarterly e-newsletter, distributed to members, and via channels such as the AAA’s e-newsletter, Airport Alert. Plane Wild is published at the beginning of February, May, August and November each year.
If you have a wildlife management event coming up, or a story you would like to contribute, please email Margo Marchbank, Plane Wild editor via wordflyer@outlook.com
Wildlife hazard management in pictures
‘A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it—it is in one word, effective.’ Irving Penn
To celebrate the positive and proactive management of aviation wildlife hazards, the Australian Aviation Wildlife Hazard Group is holding a photographic competition. It is open to all Australian and New Zealand citizens, except for AAWHG committee members.
Industry members are invited to submit digital photographs which depict the many facets of effective wildlife hazard management: wildlife ID, monitoring, habitat management, dispersal etc. in the aviation context.
Each forum year (biennially), the Australian Aviation Wildlife Hazard Group recognises those individuals or organisations that are implementing innovative and effective aviation wildlife management strategies through an Avisure-sponsored award.
Commendations are given to representatives from the industry for their outstanding contribution to reducing wildlife strike risk.
Selection criteria
Individuals receiving a commendation will:
Media release 13 August 2019 New website for www.aawhg.org This week, the Australian Aviation Wildlife Hazard Group (AAWHG) launched its new website. New features include a graphic overview of bird strikes over the past 25 years, statistics on the parts of an aircraft most commonly struck, and at what altitudes and locations these occur. The
