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Offline Wildcat1

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many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« on: March 31, 2011, 05:09:03 PM »
was following a killer line of storms over central Florida, where my parents live, and i found this:

http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2011/march/225911/Sun-n-Fun:-Event-closed-to-public-7-injured-after-tent-collapsed

that's a bummer :(
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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2011, 06:38:54 PM »
Just watching some of the videos of the storm.  Lots of planes damaged or totaled, and lots of exhibitors lost stuff.   Fortunately no serious injuries

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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2011, 10:32:08 PM »
It was intense to say the least.

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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2011, 02:13:10 AM »
I don't understand why people would keep priceless airplanes in an area as susceptible to high winds and bad weather as Florida.

Didn't Kermit weeks lose some of his collection when a hanger broke during a storm awhile back?
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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2011, 02:41:06 AM »
I don't understand why people would keep priceless airplanes in an area as susceptible to high winds and bad weather as Florida.

Didn't Kermit weeks lose some of his collection when a hanger broke during a storm awhile back?

So in your world people can't have small planes in FL?  or fly there in small planes?  :huh


I think you're being seriously over paranoid.  People go to Sun n' Fun from all over North America, it's a big event for aviation buffs to have a good time, and for manufacturers to show off the newest, coolest stuff, basically IT'S FUN.   Should we all stop having fun because something bad might happen?  Something bad can pretty much happen anytime, anywhere.

Where do you live?

Gulf coast has hurricanes,
East coast has hurricanes,
Northeast has blizzards,
Midwest has tornados,
Mtn west has blizzards, wildfires and earthquakes
West coast has earthquakes, wildfires and landslides

And micro-burst winds of hurricane strength can happen anywhere.   If you're that paranoid about disaster striking you could never live or travel anywhere.

This could happen at any big fly in.  Heck a tornado could rip through Oshkosh one of these years (God forbid).  Does that mean they should stop having the biggest fly in and airshow in the world?

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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2011, 09:06:57 AM »
I misunderstood. I thought this was a collection of airshow planes based out of Florida.
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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2011, 10:26:25 AM »
I live in tampa and i haven't seen anything like this since 05' maybe 06' and to think i was going to attend sun n fun...
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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2011, 01:14:32 PM »
The fark.com headline read something like..... "Classic aircraft arrive at air show just in time for....TORNADO"


Bummer :frown:

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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2011, 09:00:51 PM »
Just got back from there. ALot of fun, may go back again tomorrow. Question though... What is this beautiful aircraft and when can I expect it in AH?  :headscratch:

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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2011, 09:06:04 PM »
Just got back from there. ALot of fun, may go back again tomorrow. Question though... What is this beautiful aircraft and when can I expect it in AH?  :headscratch:
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Whoa that looks like a cross between a P-47, a Sea Fury, and a T-6.. What the heck?

Pretty awesome though!  :aok


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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2011, 09:21:22 PM »
Whoa that looks like a cross between a P-47, a Sea Fury, and a T-6.. What the heck?

Pretty awesome though!  :aok

It was beautiful. And this was F*!king awesome........

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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2011, 09:54:36 AM »
It's a T-6 or at least started it's life as one but I've never seen it before. Hard to say what other modifications have been done but it looks reasonably fast in comparison.  It took a second but I kinda like it.

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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2011, 10:50:46 AM »
Here is another look. I like it  :aok

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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2011, 01:22:13 PM »
I looked up the N number and I found this page..

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N426KS.html

Called the Super Six I'm assuming? Very cool bird. I want one!  :rock


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Re: many planes damaged at airshow due to storm
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2011, 02:34:49 PM »
I looked up the N number and I found this page..

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N426KS.html

Called the Super Six I'm assuming? Very cool bird. I want one!  :rock


from the manufacture database it looks like a custom, privately built and owned. very cool :aok
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