4 planes lost at KSFB

RABIRZA69

RABIRZA69

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So I'm at SFB today studying for my written becasuase the weather was pretty crappy all day today. all of a sudden it starts raining and getting pretty windy


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AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MIDWAY...OR ABOUT NEAR LAKE JESSUP...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SANFORD AIRPORT JUST REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 77 MPH WITH THE
STORM.


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so we are looking outside and the 172's are starting to weathervane.. pretty strong winds... all of a sudden the duchess' tail lifts up and flips up over itself and slides about 20' on the ground the maintenance guys run out there to see if any fuel is running out and to tighten the ropes on the other planes. too bad that was the best multi they had. DCA lost 3 planes one of them flipped while a cfi and student were taxing back to the ramp. fortunately nobody was hurt. also two jets i think a lear and falcon jumped there chocks and gave each other a little hangar rash. i took some video of them righting the plane with two huge tow trucks but i have no idea how to post it if anyone can give me instructions ill do it. some people were saying it was a tornado some a microburst, it seriously just came out of nowhere the skies were dark all day few lightning strikes here and there but calm all in all......


good thing noone was hurt...
 
BTW the duchess is damaged beyond economical repair. the whole roof caved in on itself all the windows cracked about the only thing they will be able to recover is the possibly the engines and the avionics
 
This state is so amazing. I was only about an hour and 15 minutes up the road and it was a bright, sunny and unbelievably hot day.
 
I was just talking to a friend about that, I was only 15 min or so away at ORL and I didnt see a drop of rain all day.
 
I was driving from Deltona-Daytona Beach and it felt like my car was going to get blown off the road. Crazy storm!

By the way, almost all of Riddle's 172's were damaged in a hail storm a few weeks ago. Apparently their skylights were busted by the hail.
 
I'll never miss the d*** weather in Florida.......sunny skies in Cali for me
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