On Friday, January 11, 2013 10:22:35 AM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
On Friday, January 11, 2013 9:21:35 AM UTC-6, son_of_flubber wrote:

So what should I do if I find myself low and needing to fly over a power plant? The cooling tower might trigger a good thermal.



turn off your radio

No, that's the scary part. DHS was intending to use deadly force in this
instance. Robin was fortunate that he managed to catch their call on the
unicom frequency. (Personally speaking, I like to switch to the nearby
unicom/multicom frequency if I'm down digging near an airport, in case
there's traffic around. But, there have been times I haven't done that,
or turned the radio down in order to concentrate, or even had an inop
radio!)

We have a nuke plant near where we fly, and near to where I often get
up to final glide at the end of the day. Fortunately, it's surrounded
by forest and lake, and there's a coal plant nearer to the adjoining
airport that all-in-all is a better choice for a thermal (except for
the smell).

Matt