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Tethered to the ground from almost 2 miles up? I'd imagine this would require a decent sized exclusion zone for air traffic. Also, there's always going to be
by ilikepi 12y ago
Tethered to the ground from almost 2 miles up? I'd imagine this would require a decent sized exclusion zone for air traffic.
Also, there's always going to be some wind aloft pulling the blimp away from its anchor. It would be interesting to see a risk assessment for the land immediately surrounding the anchor point given the worst case of the cable separating from its attachment point on the blimp.
- spacefight 12y agoYes, it's within a restricted area ('R'): http://skyvector.com/?ll=39.34010380401439,-76.18002318690418&chart=301&zoom=2 http://skyvector.com/?ll=39.34010380401439,-76.1800231869041...
- ilikepi 12y agoAh, the sectional I was viewing on flightaware.net didn't show that note. I was just reading[1] how a similar aerostat is flown from Cudjoe Key, Florida by the DEA. That one appears to be marked in its own 4 mile wide zone.[2] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cudjoe_Key,_Florida http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cudjoe_Key,_Florida [2]: http://skyvector.com/?ll=24.664298,-81.482339&chart=301&zoom=2 http://skyvector.com/?ll=24.664298,-81.482339&chart=301&zoom...