NZFF

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/19260897...ping-power-line

Say what you want, I say what a stupid place to have a powerline !!!

I agree - that's got to rank up near the top of the list of "Stupid places to place power poles / lines"...

Was the power line place in before the field or the other way around , was an example of a house in a new development era in the US just recent , the house had not been moved into and the grounds were being completed around the existing driveway , now comes the street lighting or this again could have been the other way around .. they place had the street lamp directly in front , the middle of access to the garage

Dumb place for an airfield

MAUW take off could get a bit hairy/ grassy

Whichever way that works, one might be forgiven for thinking that a little thought would be given to obstacles at either end of the runway. If the runway went in after the powerlines, how hard would it be for someone to go "Gee, having powerlines that close to the end of a runway is a stupid idea - perhaps we should arrange to have them underground at that point". I know - costs and all. How much did it cost to replace the aircraft that just face-planted? More than putting the lines underground for a couple of hundred metres I'd wager. But maybe the problem is the rampant red tape in the US - I've heard that it's as least as bad as here, worse in some places. Perhaps there is a small den of gophers living where the lines would go underground, and the EPA said "Nein!". Because as well all know, animals are far more important than people, right?

Haha yep, In the USA paperwork means more than life. Joke aye.

Let's hope NZ never gets this bad.

Tui ad comin on

spongebob206 wrote:

QUOTE (spongebob206 @ Aug 16 2012,6:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Haha yep, In the USA paperwork means more than life. Joke aye.

Let's hope NZ never gets this bad.

Tui ad comin on

What do you mean by that and how did you reach that conclusion?

I spent 25 years in the USA and never came across paperwork meaning more than life.

Troy

Thats a mighty unfortunate place to have an airstrip / lines. Should have been flying a helicopter, wouldnt have needed to go into the strip like that at all.

chopper_nut wrote:

QUOTE (chopper_nut @ Aug 17 2012,9:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thats a mighty unfortunate place to have an airstrip / lines. Should have been flying a helicopter, wouldnt have needed to go into the strip like that at all.

haha true....but a Helicopters relationship to powerlines isn't the most congenial either

At least you can stop though....

That power pole was the real world equivalent of badly placed autogen

If you want some real world badly placed autogen check this article out !

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/avi...u-wont-get-hurt