Flying machines for the dirty, dull and dangerous
Posted 19 June 2012 by Liz O'Connell
by Ned Rozell Some places in this world are just too dirty, dull or dangerous for human pilots to fly. An airspace in the latter category is anywhere near gas flares in Alask’s oil fields. With only a few seconds of warning, flames blast high in the air from a network of pipes, releasing the stress of sucking oil from deep in the ground. Greg Walker recently found himself taking a look these fire-breathing nozzles near Prudhoe Bay, but he... Read more
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