blinded by the light?! [RE-wrenches]
Tom Simko
tom at skylinesolar.com
Fri Mar 7 08:05:16 PST 2003
No other pilots have commented so I will: PV arrays of any size at any
airport at any time of day could not possibly be construed as a "hazard to
aerial navigation" in FAA'ese. Especially at a large commercial airport with
all the modern nav aids available. Glare on landing can be a problem, but
its well within the normal range of minor distractions and is dealt with
dailey in normal ops. In short, claims to the contrary are uninformed fear
mongering, and pretty funny also!
Tom Simko (flying 32 years)
Skyline Solar
on 3/6/03 1:33 PM, Joel Davidson at joeldavidson at earthlink.net wrote:
> Wait a minute! PV modules absorb light? Well, I'll be darned! That explains
> why they do what they do!
>
> On a more serious note, educating customers about PV is an on-going process
> and an opportunity to create a PV advocate if you treat the prospect's
> questions with respect (and a little unhurtful humor). On the other hand, if
> concern about reflected light is one of many objections, then it is
> important to smoke out the real hidden objections to PV. In the case of one
> military airbase, the real objection was one military bigshot with a control
> problem who did not like PV on "his" base because it was not his idea.
>
> Graham Owen wrote:
>
>> Marco,
>>
>> Do pilots wear their aviation sunglasses for a reason or just for style?
>> The polished aluminum American Airlines jets are super shiny and
>> reflective and when sitting on an airport taxi-way are probably
>> physically larger than your PV array. Is the typical landing approach
>> pattern from the south at this airport? Do they know that PV modules
>> are designed to absorb as much light as possible and reflect as little
>> as possible? Do they object to a flat mounted array as a possible
>> option?
>>
>> Graham
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Brooks [mailto:billb at endecon.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:34 PM
>> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>> Subject: RE: blinded by the light?! [RE-wrenches]
>>
>> Marco,
>>
>> How do they deal with the glare of the reflection off the ocean? They
>> really should do something about that. ;-)
>>
>> Bill.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mangelsdorf, Marco [mailto:mmangelsdorf at hei.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:39 AM
>> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>> Cc: Moore, Pat
>> Subject: blinded by the light?! [RE-wrenches]
>>
>> Just when you thought you had heard it all....We're trying to confirm a
>> 25 kW a-Si project at a location which is in close proximity to an
>> airport. The PV system would be architecturally integrated into this
>> new building and would be a real attention grabber. Well, some
>> attention that we didn't necessarily want is from the state agency which
>> has jurisdiction for the land surrounding the airport. They're
>> concerned that the PV array could pose as a reflective light flight
>> hazard for incoming and outgoing commercial and general aviation
>> aircraft. How do you fight that? We've got our friends at BP Solar on
>> board to assist us as we deal with the "bureaucrats" but any additional
>> help from you all would he much appreciated. How can we deal with this?
>> thanks in advance, marco ProVision Technologies, Inc. Hilo, Hawai'i
>>
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