An ages old,two headed dilemma.
Throughout the eons, whenever two opposing forces 'faced off' both had 'problems' to solve. Those defending and those attacking needed to find away of 'winning' the argument. Engineering projects face a similar quandary, dams for example where the opposition is the water and the dam must retain, - the water has other ideas. But should the dam wall crack open, just a little, then a serious amount of destruction is highly on the cards. Diametrically opposed forces in absolute conflict. Enter Buckley and his assault on the CASA dam. The pubic foray signaling a heavy weight rematch is posted – HERE -on Pprune. This iteration 'feels' as though it has the potential to develop into a no holds barred, drawn out battle, and both protagonists have much to loose. The CASA defence will be both ruthless and ferocious, for there is much to loose. A loss to CASA will literally open the flood gates to some much delayed, much needed litigation. Make no mistake about it, if Buckley kicks a goal, the battles which will assuredly follow have the potential to ring in a Royal Commission. So the defenses against Buckley mounted will be on the other side of ferocious, bitter and ruthless; although ultimately, endlessly self destructive. They must be: should the research, investigation and analysis of many, many past 'events', be given even a small ray of light, given a chance to shine, the house of cards which CASA has become must tumble. This all will depend on how good a case Buckley has built and his legal team – they will need to be top drawer and prepared to battle a dragon. A knife to a shootout against big guns is not only dangerous, but futile. Good luck Glen.
CASA AC139.E-05v1.1
CASA - “2.2.6.3 Turbulence is a risk to aircraft and aerodrome operations. Studies have proven that for wind turbines of less than 30m Rotor Diameter (RD) the wake vortices will impact aircraft located up to 5 RDs downwind and 2 RDs vertically”….
Last week, I was banging on about wind turbines in the vicinity of aerodromes. The folk on the Pprune site have a fairly sedate thread running with some sensible discussion related to the 'operational' side. My initial concerns related to the location of these 'farms' as information on instrument approach and en route charts and upgrade of GPS units, for 'see and avoid'. The presence of tall structures close to aerodromes and the wind shear/ turbulence associated with same. Wake vortices from aircraft are another well known hazard, albeit dealt with quite well, analysed and published. The wind towers and their blades present two potential hazards. Runways are 'traditionally' located to take advantage of the local prevailing winds (give or take) but so are the windmills. This aligns their wake turbulence with the take off and landing paths (+/) with the wake 'spreading'. I can see an occasional alignment of Reasons famous cheese slices; particularly for IFR and VFR alike. Nothing to do with CASA they claim. I wonder..
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SEE HERE - better idea of wake effects. a must see.
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That's it, 7 more sleeps and I can be shed of the plaster shackles; it's not their fault but can't wait. The urge to grab the sheers and set 'em free is resisted (*just). Extra Ale tonight, two hand typing with a plaster that insists on hitting the caps lock is a wretched business. E&OE.
Selah..
Throughout the eons, whenever two opposing forces 'faced off' both had 'problems' to solve. Those defending and those attacking needed to find away of 'winning' the argument. Engineering projects face a similar quandary, dams for example where the opposition is the water and the dam must retain, - the water has other ideas. But should the dam wall crack open, just a little, then a serious amount of destruction is highly on the cards. Diametrically opposed forces in absolute conflict. Enter Buckley and his assault on the CASA dam. The pubic foray signaling a heavy weight rematch is posted – HERE -on Pprune. This iteration 'feels' as though it has the potential to develop into a no holds barred, drawn out battle, and both protagonists have much to loose. The CASA defence will be both ruthless and ferocious, for there is much to loose. A loss to CASA will literally open the flood gates to some much delayed, much needed litigation. Make no mistake about it, if Buckley kicks a goal, the battles which will assuredly follow have the potential to ring in a Royal Commission. So the defenses against Buckley mounted will be on the other side of ferocious, bitter and ruthless; although ultimately, endlessly self destructive. They must be: should the research, investigation and analysis of many, many past 'events', be given even a small ray of light, given a chance to shine, the house of cards which CASA has become must tumble. This all will depend on how good a case Buckley has built and his legal team – they will need to be top drawer and prepared to battle a dragon. A knife to a shootout against big guns is not only dangerous, but futile. Good luck Glen.
CASA AC139.E-05v1.1
CASA - “2.2.6.3 Turbulence is a risk to aircraft and aerodrome operations. Studies have proven that for wind turbines of less than 30m Rotor Diameter (RD) the wake vortices will impact aircraft located up to 5 RDs downwind and 2 RDs vertically”….
Last week, I was banging on about wind turbines in the vicinity of aerodromes. The folk on the Pprune site have a fairly sedate thread running with some sensible discussion related to the 'operational' side. My initial concerns related to the location of these 'farms' as information on instrument approach and en route charts and upgrade of GPS units, for 'see and avoid'. The presence of tall structures close to aerodromes and the wind shear/ turbulence associated with same. Wake vortices from aircraft are another well known hazard, albeit dealt with quite well, analysed and published. The wind towers and their blades present two potential hazards. Runways are 'traditionally' located to take advantage of the local prevailing winds (give or take) but so are the windmills. This aligns their wake turbulence with the take off and landing paths (+/) with the wake 'spreading'. I can see an occasional alignment of Reasons famous cheese slices; particularly for IFR and VFR alike. Nothing to do with CASA they claim. I wonder..
SEE HERE - better idea of wake effects. a must see.
That's it, 7 more sleeps and I can be shed of the plaster shackles; it's not their fault but can't wait. The urge to grab the sheers and set 'em free is resisted (*just). Extra Ale tonight, two hand typing with a plaster that insists on hitting the caps lock is a wretched business. E&OE.
Selah..