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Airplane Killers: Wind Towers
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Posted: Sunday, December 21, 2014 - 02:09 AM UTC
Flying Low, Dodging Towers
BY Brent McDonald and KC McGinnis | Oct. 2, 2014 | 4:05

Crop-duster pilots working around wind farms are encountering a new and proliferating hazard camouflaged among the fields, one that has already led to several deaths.

http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000003153727/flying-low-dodging-towers.html?smid=fb-share
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Posted: Sunday, December 21, 2014 - 05:24 AM UTC
Never thought of all of the hazards those things have created for the pilots.

Thanks for sharing Fred.

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Posted: Sunday, December 21, 2014 - 05:34 AM UTC
Very thought provoking, thanks for sharing Fred
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