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En-Route
It was nothing compared to what’s happened along the gulf, but my little home airport got hit by a tornado last night. The Extra was in a hangar on the south end of the field, the Citabria was in the maintenance hangar on the north end. The tornado split the middle and took out the FBO and a couple of hangars. I counted 11 airplanes damaged. The maintenance hangar sustained light damage but the Citabria apparently slept through the storm. My hangar, and the Extra, was untouched.
More photos can be seen here:
http://www.eaa732.org/eaa_display_g...ado Damage at Bentonville Airport - 3/12/2006
I left the airport about 5:00 pm that night and everything was fine. By 10:00 pm I was back out to take inventory and see the damage. The Eagle Med helicopter crew has 7/24 quarters on the field in a mobile home. Three of them dove into a drainage culvert just as the t-hangar took flight. Fortunately, no one was injured.
I am very, very fortunate.
Chip
More photos can be seen here:
http://www.eaa732.org/eaa_display_g...ado Damage at Bentonville Airport - 3/12/2006
I left the airport about 5:00 pm that night and everything was fine. By 10:00 pm I was back out to take inventory and see the damage. The Eagle Med helicopter crew has 7/24 quarters on the field in a mobile home. Three of them dove into a drainage culvert just as the t-hangar took flight. Fortunately, no one was injured.
I am very, very fortunate.
Chip