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As we headed home through Texas, I knew I had to fly with some wind turbines. Obviously, these things are built in areas that have high winds so I was stoked to find a relatively calm morning to fly.
Although the ground winds were dead, I immediately realized that the winds aloft were cooking! There was also a dramatic temperature difference as you climbed into the strong wind.
As soon as I made it to the wind turbines, I encountered some unpredictable turbulence. It wasn't coming from the turbines as I was still upwind of them. My best guess was mixing from wind sheer and/or the huge temperature difference.
The turbulence alone wasn't enough to me feel uncomfortable but multiple things stacking up led me to fly back home. First, the wind turbines are a major obstacle. Hitting one (or getting hit by one) would not be good. Second, the strong winds aloft were going to make it harder for me to get home and were constantly blowing me towards the wind turbines. Third, the turbulence felt big and very unpredictable. All three of these factors made me feel like it was time to head back. I could imagine the worst case scenario being a collapse from the turbulence, reserve throw, I get blown down wind, and swatted out of the sky by a wind turbine. Hopefully in the future I can fly with wind turbines again but with much less wind!
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