Keeping birds and planes apart

Now, Bend’s Precise Flight - long a leader in aviation lighting technology — is beginning to explore how else to apply its beams — whether it be on the highway or in Drake Park.

By Andrew Moore / The Bulletin
March 22, 2009

When US Airways Flight 1549 landed in New York’s Hudson River in January, some of the resulting press frenzy reached Bend’s Precise Flight, an aviation products company that has spent a decade researching onboard aircraft technology for deterring bird strikes.

The technology....

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