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Old 06-16-2014, 11:21 AM
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the limit is the limit and until I'm comfortable with something less I'm not going to push it and risk bending my baby!!!
All I can say is: More power to you! It is your baby and your decisions are the only ones that matter. Hope we can meet up at Oshkosh or somewhere and share a beer together (perhaps Spotted Cow, courtesy of DanH.).
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Old 06-16-2014, 12:04 PM
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Again, thuderstorms get at least 20 miles. If on the leeward side of the storm, especially a big one, 30-50 miles. In the pleasure flying world there is just no reason to venture closer unless you're out of gas and options... in which case there were some planning failures that happened much earlier, or unforcast weather.
Yup. Consider that windshear, gusts, hail, etc. have been found 15+ miles out from thunderstorms and its in your best interest to give them a wide berth.

After all, no plane has ever crashed while tied down safely in front of an approaching storm.
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Old 06-16-2014, 12:26 PM
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After all, no plane has ever crashed while tied down safely in front of an approaching storm.
Welll.... I think I saw a couple planes totaled at Sun'n Fun and OSH that were tied down safely in frount of a storm. Some because they were not tied well enough, some because they were next to ones that were not.
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Old 06-16-2014, 12:32 PM
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Welll.... I think I saw a couple planes totaled at Sun'n Fun and OSH that were tied down safely in frount of a storm. Some because they were not tied well enough, some because they were next to ones that were not.
I KNEW someone would bring that up
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