Loud cannons and cracking stockwhips keep birds away

By Rebecca Belt
November 1 2014 - 4:00am
STRIKING BACK: Tamworth Regional Council airport reporting officer Len Klumpp with his stockwhip and bird cannon. Photo: Gareth Gardner 301014GGG01
STRIKING BACK: Tamworth Regional Council airport reporting officer Len Klumpp with his stockwhip and bird cannon. Photo: Gareth Gardner 301014GGG01

BIRD strike can bring an aircraft down, so Tamworth Regional Airport is taking some explosive and cracking action to avoid disaster.

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