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Pre-takeoff checklist
I have always wondered what owners of aircraft do with their airplanes that are in the path of an on-coming hurricane. Do you just take a chance and leave it or do you fly it out of the path?
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gprellwitz
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Many insurance companies will cover costs associated with flying it it of the path of the hurricane.
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Pre-takeoff checklist
The owners that I know that live on the coast typically just the them where they are.
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I spent some time in the Gulf at various stations, (New Orleans, Mobile, Key West, Corpus Christi), we always relocated out of the core impact area. The private owners seemed to be split. Some moved some didn't.
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It may depend on the quality of one's hangar. Obviously if the eye hits, no hangar is going to stay up. But in many cases the sad excuse for hangar collapses in winds below hurricane. If that's likely, flying away may be wise.