Building Wind Turbines on an Airport such as the ones at East Midlands are stupidity in the extreme, If they were so "Green" then they could just as easily be built out at sea where they pose no potential hazard to any aircraft..... The use of them to ofset the energy bill for the airport means they could be built anywhere and the revenue earned in the production of energy onto the national grid would be ofset against the airports energy bill....... fair enough they are to be placed near the headquarters building, but the still could pose a hazard in any unusual aircraft emergency, you just cannot rule that out........ I am afraid it is just commecially driven, putting them on the Airfield is just East Midlands Airports way of saying "look at what we are doing...we are green" when indeed they could be placed away from the airport, but of course would not generate the same publicity......
East Midlands used to or possibly still do make use on their own website that they have the rare and endangered Bee Orchids growing on the airfield........ what they don't mention is for the last 5 years just as they were starting to flower the Airport mowed them down.......... perhaps this is why the claim they are endangered and rare, as less and less have appeared this year. Even pointing this out to them over the years they appear to be suffering from the shrugged shoulder syndrome..
The latest venture appears to be placing "picnic Tables" on the sound protection berm at the racetrack end of the Airport, you now can sit up on this lightly wooded banking, (or it was till they chopped most of them down to put the path in) and look down on glorious views of the Airport Car parks, the Main Road Junction and the entrance road into the race track......whoever thought that one up must be on crack cocaine.........
Last edited by NutLoose; 26th Oct 2007 at 23:12.