Bird With A Fifty Ton Punch

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1969

Length of issue (in feet)

448

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Bird strikes cause an estimated one million pounds worth of damage to British military aircraft. Now scientists working on an early warning system can not only track the birds by radar but even identify the species.

Keywords

Aircraft; Communications; Science and technology; Military

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/8

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Howard Williams
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Presenter: Marion Foster

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