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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... winds in the area are reported to be in the teens with gusts in the mid 20s at the moment. Us hairy-chested Midwesterners consider that a mere zephyr. Right, Jay? :-) Henry |
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Henry Kisor wrote: Us hairy-chested Midwesterners consider that a mere zephyr. Right, Jay? :-) But visibility less than 25 miles is IMC, right? George Patterson A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that cannot be learned any other way. Samuel Clemens |
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... Henry Kisor wrote: Us hairy-chested Midwesterners consider that a mere zephyr. Right, Jay? :-) But visibility less than 25 miles is IMC, right? Why, George, in such conditions we non-hearing pilots just fly Deaf IFR--that is, we shut our eyes and hope for the best. :-) |
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"Maule Driver" wrote in message ... We expect up to 50 knot winds... I was hear during Fran and "the other one". Fran ran dead center thru the RDU triangle area. You never forget the roar of the train. It was real bad but I don't remember any a/c loses here at 8NC8 (was W65). The "other one" that ran thru here to the That was "Floyd". Who could forget the pictures of pigs on the barn roofs? Whole houses and coffins floating down the street. I was here for Fran too. The roar was incredible, but the silence of the eye was downright eerie. Here in NC, it's usually not the speed of the wind that causes problems, it's the falling trees/branches. People were killed when trees landed on their cars while they drove. Whole houses were destroyed when multiple trees crashed through the roof. A rescue worker was killed yesterday when he drove into a fallen tree. I was nearly taken out by a fallen tree that came through my windshield during TS Josephine, missed my forehead by an inch. So at the airport, as long as there are no trees nearby, I would be more afraid of flying roof materials and flying debris. A piece of corrugated steel zipping along at 60 mph could do real damage. Also, low-lying airports get flooded out. My old airport (5W5) always got flooded out during storms, so Fran and Floyd really did a number on the planes that were unfortunately left there. I think even some of the hangared planes had water damage. The best option is to get your plane the heck out of Dodge. -Trent PP-ASEL |
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I have seen the winds at Lake Havasu (HII) up to 67 mph and all the
planes did fine. Out here in the Apple Valley, Hesperia (APV-L26) area the wind are in the teens-40s all the time. *** Sent via http://www.automationtools.com *** Add a newsgroup interface to your website today. |
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Trent Moorehead wrote:
"Maule Driver" wrote in message ... We expect up to 50 knot winds... I was hear during Fran and "the other one". Fran ran dead center thru the RDU triangle area. You never forget the roar of the train. It was real bad but I don't remember any a/c loses here at 8NC8 (was W65). My PA28-180 was tied down at RDU and survived Fran just fine. Ditto for Floyd. This time (Isabel) the Mooney went into Southern Jet's brand new maintenance hangar, along with as many other aircraft as could be shoehorned in there. The sight of all those airplanes crammed in there with a hurricane on the way must have given the insurance companies shivers. The "other one" that ran thru here to the That was "Floyd". Who could forget the pictures of pigs on the barn roofs? Whole houses and coffins floating down the street. I was here for Fran too. The roar was incredible, but the silence of the eye was downright eerie. Here in NC, it's usually not the speed of the wind that causes problems, it's the falling trees/branches. People were killed when trees landed on their cars while they drove. Whole houses were destroyed when multiple trees crashed through the roof. A rescue worker was killed yesterday when he drove into a fallen tree. I was nearly taken out by a fallen tree that came through my windshield during TS Josephine, missed my forehead by an inch. Bingo. It's all about the trees. So at the airport, as long as there are no trees nearby, I would be more afraid of flying roof materials and flying debris. A piece of corrugated steel zipping along at 60 mph could do real damage. Also, low-lying airports get flooded out. My old airport (5W5) always got flooded out during storms, I remember well the pix of the flooding at 5W5. Really sad to see all those perfectly good airplanes underwater. I wonder what happened to all of them. Were they totalled by the insurers? Restored? Scrapped? There were plenty of flood - damaged cars on the market here in NC after Floyd. I guess there's no record for airplanes like there is for cars that would warn you that you are buying a flood damaged airplane. so Fran and Floyd really did a number on the planes that were unfortunately left there. I think even some of the hangared planes had water damage. The best option is to get your plane the heck out of Dodge. Maybe. I remember the (apocryphal?) story of the guy that flew his 172 up to Raleigh from Wilmington to get it out of the way of Fran. Unfortunately for him, Fran pretty much skipped Wilmington and went right over Raleigh. His airplane was one of 2 or three that were damaged at RDU. Remove SHIRT to reply directly. Dave |
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"Dave Butler" wrote in message ... , I remember well the pix of the flooding at 5W5. Really sad to see all those perfectly good airplanes underwater. I wonder what happened to all of them. Were they totalled by the insurers? The government got a lot of fuselages to do crash testing with when Piper got flooded a couple of decades ago. |
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