There are no turbines on the Lochiel ridge yet, i flew from there about 6 weeks ago in a hang glider. The ridge is still the same as it was.
Tust Power have a development application in for it, work expected to start sometime next year. Happy Christmas, Dave ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: stephenk <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:10:09 +1030 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Ridge Flying Last time I went along the ridge was a couple of years ago coming back from Pt Pirie in the AAFC Falke. last 6 pix on: http://picasaweb.google.com/swkswk62/2008_06PortPirie# Regards SWK On 21/12/2010 3:52 PM, Texler, Michael wrote: > Dons a biege hat, > > The old AUGC site (started up by Emilis) at Lochiel had a reliable > resident ridge that ran North South for about 8km. Mostly cleared, 45 > deg upslope. Had sheep, kangaroos and occasional AUGC members (with > cameras) on it. Was easily reachable by winch. Worked well in a SW to NW > breeze (i.e. useful for wintertime flying). > > Great for training students in upper airwork. > > Haven't been past there for years, but it is now most probably covered > in wind turbines now (Snowtown Stage II: > http://www.trustpower.co.nz/index.php?section=162). > > Season's greetings all > > Michael > >
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