As to the signs and the windsocks, we would have to keep the numbers down if they were to work.
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We have asked representative organisations for comments on the need to provide more signs and possibly windsocks.
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There must be exceptions for perhaps less common signs, such as the words "side winds" which appear under awindsockon motorways.
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With the jaws facing into the wind, the silken body inflated and rippled, resembling awindsock.
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During remodeling in 2007 the 13windsockwas removed.
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The originalwindsockpole is at our farm.
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Awindsockindicates which direction the wind is coming from.
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These windsocks are not particularly functional and mostly for decoration, however they can be used as a basic guide to wind direction and speed.
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The runway is unattended, with no buildings or facilities, except awindsock.
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The building that was used for the hangar and the pole that was used for thewindsockare still in existence.
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Windspeed is indicated by the windsock's angle relative to the mounting pole; in low winds, thewindsockdroops; in high winds it flies horizontally.
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Heliports typically contain one or more helipads and may have limited facilities such as fuel, lighting, awindsock, or even hangars.
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At many airports, windsocks are lighted at night, either by flood lights on top surrounding it or with one mounted on the pole shining inside it.
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