Upcoming bash event

Flying Safety, July, 2004

6TH ANNUAL BIRD STRIKE COMMITTEE-USA/CANADA

13-16 September 2004

The sixth annual combined Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada meeting will be hosted by the Maryland Aviation Administration and Baltimore-Washington International Airport and will be held in Baltimore, Maryland at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore. (To make reservations call 1-800-233-1234 or 1-410-528-1234 by August 10, 2004 and mention the four-letter code BIRD to ensure rate). The early registration deadline has already passed. Contact Betsy Marshall Poggiali of the USDA (betsy.j.poggiali@aphis.usda.gov; phone (419) 625-0242; fax (419) 625-8465) for details.

For more information on the meeting, go to http://www.birdstrike.org/meetings/Bird Strike 2004.htm

While we're talking BASH, the Flying Safety BASH issue will be in September.

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GENERAL JOHN P. JUMPER

Chief of Staff, USAF

CMSGT JEFF MOENING

Maintenance/Technical Editor

DSN 246-0972

MAJ GEN MAURICE L. MCFANN JR.

Chief of Safety, USAF

PATRICIA RIDEOUT

Editorial Assistant

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Chief, Plans and Policy Division

DSN 246-1290

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Electronic Design Director

DSN 246-0932.

JERRY ROOD

Managing Editor

DSN 246-0950

TSGT MICHAEL FEATHERSTON

Photo Editor

DSN 246-0986

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