The perils of wind turbines to aviation

[Flying Binghi]

Something we may get more of in Oz...

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Paul Hayes Director of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association has a look at wind generator turbines and some possible impacts to aviation...

Paul Hayes; "A matter of increasing concern to our members is the almost uncontrolled spread of wind turbines across many areas of our country with, in many cases, little or no concern for the impacts on aviation. These structures, nominally over 400 feet in height above ground..."

Continues - The perils of wind turbines to aviation Wind Concerns Ontario (http://windconcernsontario.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/the-perils-of-wind-turbines/)





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[OZBUSDRIVER]

Now that IS very cold air!

[DERG]

Off the coast of NE England just outside the harbour town of Blyth there are some whirlygigs.

Sometime around 2001 one of the whirlygig blades was reduced to a stump. Completely blown off..a very violent parting of the ways.

Now some say it was struck by lightening. My view is that it was in the way of the multi national military opps that they were keen on in those days. Who knows?