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Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club |
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Field Crops - for Glider Pilots |
| "NO GO" FIELDS | Return to Home Page |
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For a variety of reasons some fields have hazards that can or will give you grief. Some of those reasons are listed and illustrated on this page. |
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| Setaside after a late root crop harvest - e.g. Sugar Beet | ||
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Wheel Marks from the Air |
On the Ground |
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| Wire Fences | ||
| This one has the big give away of marked colour/texture change. But can you see the wire? |
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| Ridge and Furrow | ||
| As the two images (taken only 2 minutes apart) show how this can only be seen when the light is correct. OUCH! | ||
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Links to other Field Crop Pages |
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| Beans | Potatoes | Winter Wheat | |
| Grass | Spring Barley | ||
| Oilseed Rape | Sugar Beet | ||
| Peas | Winter Barley | "No Go" Fields | |