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Recipient Name
Welair Aviation
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Negotiate, with the owner and other operators, for a second full size windsock to be positioned at Awaroa in an appropriate location, to help pilots gauge the prevailing wind conditions more accurately.
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The windsock is not ideally situated. It often indicates more cross-wind than is actually experiences at strip level. This is due to the sheltering gorse adjacent to the strip. We agree another windsock on the strip would be an improvement. However, if the wind is west or north-west the direction is clearly indicated by the windsock although the magnitude is often wrong.
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