Jim
Giving it some more thought while flying today. There is a very high
percentage of wire strikes that occurred when the pilot knew the wires
were there and hit them anyway! Not just talking about ag work either.
I can't recall where I got the stat but it was while researching wire
strikes for an article several years back for Ag Pilot magazine and it
was over 60%!!!!
Now that is food for thought!
Cheers
Rocky
Jim Carriere wrote:
wrote:
Jim
I'm not sure if the warnings will work or not. Non-powered lines for
example? I question who is flying that low and for what purpose? In ag
snip

Hmm, good point. Guy wires too.

If you're flying that low for commercial operations, you should be
familiar with the area as you say. For military training, the same
applies. Military operations, there may be a few more things to
consider. For recreation, flying _that_ low is unnecessary risk.
Nothing new with any of this.

Well, I asked for some thoughts from an experienced person, you
replied, and your thoughts on it are pretty similar to mine. That
is, it might work, might not, keep it simple and be careful. Words
to live by. Thanks