ronschreck
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WILMINGTON, N.C. ? Driving rain from a storm system moving up the East Coast brought flooding to parts of North Carolina on Thursday, caused soggy morning commutes in the Northeast and prompted worries of additional flooding as far north as Maine.
Tornado watches were issued from North Carolina to New Jersey.
In North Carolina, the nearly 21 inches collected in Wilmington since rain started falling Sunday topped Hurricane Floyd's five-day mark of 19 inches set in 1999, the National Weather Service said.
At nearby Stag Airpark (7NC1) Tony "Sleepy" Spicer worked feverishly through the night to prepare Charlie "Bones" Plunkett's homebuilt RV-8 aircraft for takeoff from the soggy sod airstrip. "It's completely under water", said Plunkett of the small grass runway. Plunkett is the number 4 or "slot" pilot for the famed "Team RV", an aerobatic formation demonstration team that performs at air shows throughout the country. "Bones hasn't missed a performance yet" said Spicer, "and I'll be hanged if he's going to miss one this weekend". Team RV will be performing at Stockmar Airport (20GA) on Saturday.
And Charlie Plunkett will be there with the rest of the team. This reporter snapped a photo as Bones lifted off the lake that was formerly Stag Airpark.
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photo credit: Jerry "Widget" Morris (Team RV)
Tornado watches were issued from North Carolina to New Jersey.
In North Carolina, the nearly 21 inches collected in Wilmington since rain started falling Sunday topped Hurricane Floyd's five-day mark of 19 inches set in 1999, the National Weather Service said.
At nearby Stag Airpark (7NC1) Tony "Sleepy" Spicer worked feverishly through the night to prepare Charlie "Bones" Plunkett's homebuilt RV-8 aircraft for takeoff from the soggy sod airstrip. "It's completely under water", said Plunkett of the small grass runway. Plunkett is the number 4 or "slot" pilot for the famed "Team RV", an aerobatic formation demonstration team that performs at air shows throughout the country. "Bones hasn't missed a performance yet" said Spicer, "and I'll be hanged if he's going to miss one this weekend". Team RV will be performing at Stockmar Airport (20GA) on Saturday.
And Charlie Plunkett will be there with the rest of the team. This reporter snapped a photo as Bones lifted off the lake that was formerly Stag Airpark.
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photo credit: Jerry "Widget" Morris (Team RV)