"Contributing to the accident was the pilot's poor
judgment in continuing to fly with his severe visual deficiency.
Also contributing to the accident was the aviation medical
examiner’s failure to accurately assess and report the
pilot’s visual deficiency."
Source: Excerpt from an NTSB probable cause
report.
Working on a story Friday about FAA and Pentagon objections to a
wind farm in Oregon led us to a some research on the topic.
Today's Aero-Linx is a good, basic primer from DHS on the
issues that exist when a wind farm and radar facility are too close
together.
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