Powerlander!

[Skybird]

http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/arti2...l?nr=3&pbpnr=0

Click onto the pics to see the series of nine.

In Bavaria, in final phase of approach, a sportplane got caught by overland powerlines. Hanging in there for several hours, the pilot and his wife, trapped in their seatbelts 20m above the grround, finally got freed by rescue troops.

That are powerlines made in Germany!

The pilot hereby is licensed for carrier landings.

[Rhodes]

[SUBMAN1]

That has happened quite frequently in the US. They hang forever till someone gets them down. I can recall that happening about 3 times in the PNW in the last 10 years.

I never quite understood it, but after all my years of flying, I have come to relize that powerlines and airports attract one another. For some reason, powerlines always end up on one of both sides of a field. SOmeone explain this to me?

-S

PS. In Germany they need the full fledged steel frame powerlines to suspend their aircraft. In America, even are small ones are strong enough to do the job. It took 3 hours to rescue this guy:

[SUBMAN1]

If anyone wants the above story, here is the link - http://www.ladder54.com/Photosplane.htm

Basically, that guy cummuted to work every day in his aircraft. I like his thinking - not much traffic! Guess this day wasn't so kind for him though, but then again, maybe it was!

-S

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I never quite understood it, but after all my years of flying, I have come to relize that powerlines and airports attract one another. For some reason, powerlines always end up on one of both sides of a field. SOmeone explain this to me?

Oddly enough I was just having a talk about this with a friend who works at TXU electric just a couple of weeks ago.
He said that, here in Texas, powerlines often end up in odd places (by airports or schools) because our power grid was state-regulated at one time. It was cheaper to put the lines on government property, and avoided costly delays from citizens who might litigate to prevent them from being installed in their area.

Just a theory, I don't really know much about it. However, if government is involved at any time with something that seems stupid, I'm not surprised.
On the other hand, if private industry were involved with the placement of said power lines, I have no idea what their motivation is, except that it probably saves or makes money somehow.