Milt said in part.....
"It's incomprehensible that we now await the next cable strike/s without some preventative activity.
Is there a better system than the balls?
Comments will be much appreciated before commencing heavy lobbying."
Aviate 1138 says.....
Remember that most high voltage pylons have a much thinner bracing wire at the top which carries no current but catches 90% of the lighties that only see it when it is too late. How many of these encounters are crop dusters and how many no-brain pilots showing off in their fixed or rotating wing devices? My advice would be, if encountering sudden wires in the mist, pull up more than you first think you need to and that damned little wire will flash by underneath rather than stop you flying. Once experienced - never forgotten!
Aviate 1138