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Old 03-31-2011, 01:14 PM
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Awful...just awful.

Couple of flipped airplanes in this pic...looks like Tony Spicers' RV-3???



This is unbelievable...
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Old 03-31-2011, 01:18 PM
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Default Audio from Avweb

Good description from person on the ground....marble size hail was seen.

http://www.avweb.com/podcast/podcast...w=RelatedStory
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Old 03-31-2011, 01:22 PM
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Default Van's Staff OK...

A big storm, possibly including a tornado, slammed into the Lakeland
airport about noon today and did significant damage to many aircraft and buildings.

We have had several calls inquiring about our people. We appreciate the
concern and are happy to say we have been in contact with our crew at Sun N Fun (Scott Risan, Daryl Sahnow, Mitch Lock, Mike Seager, Gus Funnell, and Van) and they assure us they are unharmed. RV-10/N220RV and RV-7/N477RV were at the booth when the storm hit. The wingtip on the RV-7 has a small crack.
RV-12/N912VA (New Blue) was over at Plant City and was unharmed.

Thanks everyone for your concern. Please also let us know how we can help you.
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Old 03-31-2011, 01:29 PM
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That's sad...
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Old 03-31-2011, 01:38 PM
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Default Homebuilt Camping area

I just got off the phone with Pat Lee (RV-7), who is in homebuilt camping with Dave Vanderbit (RV-4). Their airplanes are unharmed and they are fine...just their tents blown down. Pat says there are about 20 experimentals there in "HBC". Three are upside down and some others damaged by flying debris. The RV next to his airplane was turned around, but OK.

One experimental, located in another area, still had the wing tiedowns still attached to the ground, but the wings were collapsed and the fuselage separated...not an RV.
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Old 03-31-2011, 01:44 PM
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Wow... This SnF will definitely be remembered for a long time. Absolutely tragic :-( Glad to hear everyone is okay. Fixing aluminum is much better than fixing broken bones...
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Old 03-31-2011, 01:51 PM
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Default Help/Transportation Available from ZPH

At around 11:30 and encouraged by light rain, I decided to depart SnF and head home (by car). The green clouds described earlier were ominous and from previous experience here, small tornados were iminent. I turned west onto I-4 at about 12:00pm and all **** broke loose. Traffic was essentailly a standstill I was VERY concerned about friends exhibiting and others in the campground. About 45 minutes later, I got a call from good friend Russ Lepre describing the scene. Russ was working the Zenith display with the group from Mexico MO. They lost their demo plane (the yellow and blue 750 in the first photo) and another builder was displaying the 801 that is standing on a wingtip. The Can Am's from Lockwood nextdoor were a tangled mess. Breaks your heart to hear about - even worse to see the photo. This just scratches the surface of the damage.

Thankfully, no one was hurt.

There is a large contingent of RV builders as well as other homebuilts at KZPH just a few miles northwest of LAL. If anybody needs a hand in the form of tools, manpower or a ride, let me know. There is a lot of help nearby.
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Old 03-31-2011, 01:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fl-mike View Post
http://www.warbirdradio.com/2011/03/...kes-sun-n-fun/

Jon and others,

I think I can speak for the other FL RV'rs when I say we are at your disposal.
Anything you need: tools, parts, assistance, etc.

941-356-one three one eight

man this sucks.
Guys, I know there are other RV's in worse shape than mine but I am going to need to rebuild a left flap, possibly reskin a top and bottom left wing and not sure about a wing tip. That is all I could evaluate with the little time I had in trying to tie down again. If anyone can assist with materials to do that please email me. I am going to have to figure out how to get the plane back to OK.

For those speculating about the tie downs, the tie downs could not hold in the soil. It might as well been tied down in water for all the soil held.
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Old 03-31-2011, 01:59 PM
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It might be easier to borrow someone's unflying but built wing...anyone got one ready to hang?
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Old 03-31-2011, 02:01 PM
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From an AOPA Article just published...

http://www.aopa.org/sunnfun/2011/110..._aircraft.html

"On the flight line, many homebuilt aircraft, which their owners had devoted thousands of hours building, were tossed like dry leaves. Tad ?Stripes? Sargent of Charlotte, N.C., saw the RV-7A that he had spent two-and-a-half years building tossed aside. It tumbled about 50 yards before coming to rest upside down.

?I had a lot of love in that airplane, and my 14-year-old son helped me build it,? he said. ?But it?s only an airplane and I?m so glad that no one was hurt.? Sargent is a member of TEAM RV, a formation flying group that brought a dozen airplanes to perform at Sun ?n Fun. In a display of the random nature of the destruction, other airplanes parked nearby were untouched."
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