Industrial wind turbines create at least 2 critical dangers for flyers: 1) wake turbulence; 2) collision with blades and towers. The air turbulence generated by hundreds of 50-60m blades with their outer tips travelling at around 350km/h (wake turbulence) messes with the pilot's ability to control their aircraft (see our post here). Slamming into them, often … Continue reading Crash Course: Industrial Wind Turbines Pose Deadly Threat to Light Aircraft
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Turbine Trouble: US Military Declares War on Wind Power
Raising a raft of unnecessary danger, the wind industry’s body count currently stands at 192. Flying blades, collapsing and/or self-immolating towers account for their fair share of corpses. But those that take to the air, shouldn’t overlook the number of pilots and their passengers who’ve come to grief, thanks to a wind turbine or their … Continue reading Turbine Trouble: US Military Declares War on Wind Power
Pilots Flying United: Court Rejects Wind Power Project as Just ‘Plane’ Stupid
All power generation comes with risk, which get traded off against the enormous societal benefits, when it's reliable and affordable. Where the power source is wholly weather dependent – and the industry that profits from it wholly dependent upon massive and endless subsidies and, therefore, wholly unsustainable – there is nothing to trade off … Continue reading Pilots Flying United: Court Rejects Wind Power Project as Just ‘Plane’ Stupid
Wind Industry Meltdown: North Carolina Set to Slap Total Ban On All New Wind Projects
Wind power projects are at a standstill in North Carolina, following an 18-month moratorium on new wind projects. That ban practically crushed one project that an outfit called Apex Clean Energy had planned for Chowan County. Now, legislation is working its way through North Carolina’s legislature that would result in a total ban on new … Continue reading Wind Industry Meltdown: North Carolina Set to Slap Total Ban On All New Wind Projects
Fighting for Air: Communities Rally to Stop Wind Projects Wrecking Local Airports
All power generation comes with risk. However, those risks are traded off against the immeasurable societal benefits provided by reliable and affordable electricity. Where the power source is wholly weather dependent – and the industry that profits from it wholly dependent upon massive and endless subsidies and, therefore, wholly unsustainable – there is nothing to … Continue reading Fighting for Air: Communities Rally to Stop Wind Projects Wrecking Local Airports
Wind Turbines Present Mortal Threat to Flyers: Project Canned as Unacceptable Threat to Human Life
All power generation comes with risk. However, those risks are traded off against the immeasurable societal benefits provided by reliable and affordable electricity. Where the power source is wholly weather dependent – and the industry that profits from it wholly dependent upon massive and endless subsidies and, therefore, wholly unsustainable – there is nothing … Continue reading Wind Turbines Present Mortal Threat to Flyers: Project Canned as Unacceptable Threat to Human Life
Pilot’s Nightmare: Wind Turbines Present Clear & Present Danger For Light Aircraft
All power generation comes with risk. However, those risks are traded off against the immeasurable societal benefits provided by reliable and affordable electricity. Where the power source is wholly weather dependent - and the industry that profits from it wholly dependent upon massive and endless subsidies and, therefore, wholly unsustainable - there is nothing to … Continue reading Pilot’s Nightmare: Wind Turbines Present Clear & Present Danger For Light Aircraft
Wind Industry Claims Another Ag-Pilot: Minnesota Crop-Duster Killed in Action
Is there anything to say in favour of these things? Not only insanely expensive and utterly pointless at every level, they pose a mortal danger to both man and beast. In the 20 years or so since they’ve spun into heavily subsidised ‘action’, the wind industry’s has managed to clock up a fairly sizeable death … Continue reading Wind Industry Claims Another Ag-Pilot: Minnesota Crop-Duster Killed in Action
Ontario’s Wind Power Insanity Delivers Death Wish to Pilots
Is there anything to say in favour of these things? Not only insanely expensive and utterly pointless at every level, they pose a mortal danger to both man and beast. In the 20 years or so since they've spun into heavily subsidised 'action', the wind industry's has managed to clock up a fairly sizeable death … Continue reading Ontario’s Wind Power Insanity Delivers Death Wish to Pilots
Texan Senate to Curb Wind Farms Threatening America’s Naval Aviators
Back in October last year, we looked at a report on how the RAF’s best of the best have been involved in dozens of near misses with these things in the UK, unnecessarily risking their lives every time they hit the skies: RAF’s Top Guns Call Wind Farms a ‘Disaster in the Making’ for Flyers … Continue reading Texan Senate to Curb Wind Farms Threatening America’s Naval Aviators
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