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Bloomberg Tech ^ | April 25, 2017 | Ashlee Vance

[Fitzy_888]

Really....a 250 foot tower, nowhere near any airport requires lighting blinking for aviation lighting.

Welcome the absurd brigade!

[Fitzy_888]

Weather, winds, misdirerect, pilot error, air controller error, aircraft malfunction, etc.

What planet are you on?

[Wonder Warthog]

"Really....a 250 foot tower, nowhere near any airport requires lighting blinking for aviation lighting.

And since the tethered blimp has abundant power, doing the same is impossible??? Likewise for the tether cable...a string of LED lights at intervals should work the same as and as well as any tower lights.

"Welcome the absurd brigade!"

Methinks 'tis you who should join the absurd brigade.

[az_gila]

Shouldn't be a problem, as airspace routes are already known, and the location of the tethered units will be known and not changing.

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Several tethered balloons are already in use near the Southern border, and can reach to 15,000 ft.

One near Deming, NM is shown here -

https://skyvector.com/?ll=32.037028964327384,-107.87979125531093&chart=301&zoom=2&fpl=undefined

[Wonder Warthog]

Good information.....thanks!