Originally Posted by Rod

Good though Jim the idea is close to happen the warning will be lights and
sound as well light will flash on towers and the cabled in between the
towers and poles its been a long time to get this sort of safety for crop
dusters and flyers
Cheers Rod
"Jim Carriere" am wrote in message
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wrote:
Anyone else besides me here ever hit a wire in a helicopter? I did it

No, not yet anyway Came close one night to some hi tension lines
across a river- the lines were just low enough to not have
obstruction lights, and I was just high enough to miss them.

at night while crop dusting in California. Was a steel cable and all it
did was leave "chatter" marks in the paint and tore the end cap. Very
close call and we had to replace the blades (which were just about
timed out anyway).
I have a healthy respect for wires and fly in that environment quite a
bit so have some opinions and experience if anyone is interested.

You probably have more time below 200' AGL than anybody on here.
What do you think of powerline warning systems? I've heard of one
that picks up the RF and then gives a proximity warning. Good, bad?
False alarms, not enough warning, or maybe a pretty decent idea?