Monopine Balloon Test SimulationsBALLOON PHOTO PRESENTATION
Skyway Towers LLC
Wireless Communications Facility Balloon Tether Documentation
On October 6, 2022, Tower Engineering Professionals, Inc. (TEP), on behalf of Skyway Towers, LLC, completed a
Balloon Test for a proposed 195-ft AGL (199-ft overall with appurtenances) monopole communications tower to be
located south of a portion of Plantation Road, in Wilmington, NC at latitude: N 34° 18’ 11.6634”, longitude: W 77° 49’
27.0943” (NAD 83). The site elevation is approximately 42.0 ft AMSL. On Thursday, October 6, 2022, TEP deployed
an orange, approximately 5-ft diameter, CloudbusterTM balloon at 195-ft above ground level (to top of balloon) from
approximately 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT. The weather at the time of the balloon flight was clear skies, with good
visibility, and approximately 79 degrees Fahrenheit with calm winds & intermittent 3 to 6 mph gusts. Photographs
were taken by Tucker Pridgen of TEP with a Nikon D3200 digital camera. Photographs were taken from numerous
public-accessible locations within a 2/3-mile radius of the proposed tower site in an attempt to depict the visibility of
the proposed tower from nearby areas.
The tower as simulated is at One Hundred and Ninety-Five Feet (195 feet in height/altitude) plus a 4 foot lightning
rod at the top. The overall height above ground at the centerline of the proposed tower facility is One Hundred and
Ninety-Nine Feet (199 feet in height/altitude).
The satellite imagery is from May, 2022.
Where the tower is not visible, a colored outline of the tower is shown to indicate the size and position of the proposed
tower.
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PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY SERVICES TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
Indicates Tower
Not Visible
Shows Tower
at full specification
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2NV
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NV - Not Visible
1 - Not Visible. Looking south by
southwest towards site from
HWY 140 (John Jay Burney Jr
Fwy). (2,872 ft, 0.54 mi)
2 - Not Visible. Looking west by
southwest towards site from
Plantation Rd just west of Old
Plantation Rd.
(1,448 ft, 0.27 mi)
3 - Not Visible. Looking west by
northwest from Yvonne Rd in
front of Greeks Farm gate..
(3,906 ft, 0.74 mi)
4 - Looking north by northeast
towards site just east of
Murrayville Rd.
(2,190 ft, 0.42 mi)
5 - Looking east towards site from
Flushing Dr at Cameron Trace
Dr. (4,072 ft, 0.77 mi)
6 - Looking southeast towards
site from HWY 140 (John Jay
Burney Jr Fwy) looking across
Wild Magnolia Rd.
(4,519 ft, 0.86 mi)
7 - Looking south by southeast
towards site from Plantation
Rd just east of Crooked Pine
Rd. (367 ft, 0.07 mi)
NV = Not Visible
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NV-Not Visible
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