WILD LIFE AND MANAGEMENT

Question 1

The first human-powered flight took place in ______.

Answer 1

December 1903

Question 2

successfully flew their experimental aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Answer 2

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Question 3

when is the first reported bird strike, as recorded by Orville Wright in his diary

Answer 3

September 7, 1905

Question 4

where is the first reported bird strike, as recorded by Orville Wright in his diary

Answer 4

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Question 5

when is the first reported mammal strike occurred on?

Answer 5

July 25, 1909

Question 6

where is the first reported mammal strike occurred on?

Answer 6

Les Baraques, France

Question 7

the first person to fly across the continental USA

Answer 7

Calbraith Rodgers

Question 8

On _______, Calbraith Rodgers, the first person to fly across the continental USA, was killed in the first fatal crash resulting from a wildlife strike when his air~ craft struck a gull

Answer 8

April 3, 1912

Question 9

TYPES OF WILDLIFE INVOLVED

Answer 9

-Gulls (25%)
-doves (14%)
-raptors (12%)
-waterfowl (10%)

Question 10

involved in more than twice as many strikes as waterfowl

Answer 10

Gulls

Question 11

involved in more damaging strikes

Answer 11

Waterfowl

Question 12

responsible for the greatest number of bird strikes

Answer 12

Gulls

Question 13

The most frequently struck mammals were :

Answer 13

-Artiodactyls
primarily deer (51%)

-Carnivores
primarily coyotes.

Question 14

responsible for 94% of the mammal strikes that resulted in damage and 85% of the mammal strikes that had a negative effect-on-flight

Answer 14

Artiodactyls

Question 15

Most bird strikes (51%) occurred between ____ and ____.

Answer 15

July and October.

Question 16

Most mammal strikes (50%) occurred between _____ and ______.

Answer 16

August and November

Question 17

Most mammal strikes (64%) occurred at ____.

Answer 17

-night

Question 18

What is the name of Calbraith Rogers aircraft?

Answer 18

Vin Fizz

Question 19

On departure roll from John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York), the pilot of a DC-10 aborted takeoff after ingesting gulls into one engine. The plane ran off runway and caught fire as a result of engine fire and overheated brakes.
when did ithappen?

Answer 19

November 12, 1975.

Question 20

This was the first crash of an AWACS plane since the Air Force began using them in 1977.

Answer 20

September 22, 1995

Question 21

A Canadair RJ 200 at Dulles International Airport (Virginia) struck two wild turkeys during the takeoff roll.

Answer 21

09 March 2002

Question 22

__________, A Fokker 100 struck a flock of at least five Canada geese over the runway shortly after takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York), ingesting one or two geese into the #2 engine. Engine vibration occurred

Answer 22

4 September 2003

Question 23

have legal responsibility for enforcement of safety programs at airports and airbases, including programs to manage wildlife hazards. (2).

Answer 23

-The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
-Department of Defense (DoD)

Question 24

What is the Department of Agriculture’s Services offer in the program of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHlS) to be able to provide technical and operational assistance.

Answer 24

Wildlife Services (WS)

Question 25

WHAT IS THE GOAL OF National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC)

Answer 25

-to evaluate and develop new methods to reduce wildlife strikes.

-To develop a National Wildlife Strike Database to obtain more objective estimates of the magnitude and nature of the wildlife strike hazards for aviation.

Question 26

What is NWRC stands for?

Answer 26

National Wildlife Research Center

Question 27

The FAA began collecting bird strike data in _____.

Answer 27

1965 to 1995

Question 28

What is the Wildlife strikes cost in civil and military aviation

Answer 28

S490 million annually

Question 29

WHAT IS THE USE OF MANAGING THE HEIGHT OF AIRFIELD VEGETATION?

Answer 29

reduce bird numbers on airports.

Question 30

How many centimeter to interfere tall vegetation with visibility and ground movements of flocking birds, such as European starlings and gulls.

Answer 30

15-25 cm

Question 31

Vegetation used on airfields should be aesthetically:

Answer 31

-pleasing to the public.
-relatively inflammable.
-tolerant to vehicle traffic.
-drought tolerant.

Question 32

This plants should not be planted in dense stands as they provide desired roosting habitat for many flocking species of birds.

Answer 32

-trees and shrubs - that produce fruits and berries
-evergreen trees
-junipers