Tornado hits Embry Riddle

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According to the TV news, a large number of planes were damaged (like 50-60) and many destroyed in today's bad weather that swept across Florida.
 
Oh, man... that stinks... that would really put a dent in your flight training - literally. Thanks for sharing the pics - I hadn't heard of this until now.
 
bkreager said:
That's a whole lot a scrap metal now. Also a huge insurance claim.
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Probably enough of a claim to make it worthwhile to prepay aircraft insurance policies before the financial impact raises rates across the board.
 
Oh man. That is bad. Very bad. :(

Note that the tie-down chain failed, but the tie-down ring on the plane did not.

It's really bad when you can't even tell what some of the planes were before they were wrapped up into a ball. :eek:
 
It was ugly all across northern Florida yesterday. Too bad about ERAU, I guess spare parts for late model Cessnas will be a bit easier to get in the near future though.
 
What a shame. I guess Cessna has some work cut out for them.

A friend of mine who attends ERAU said he heard ERAU is planning to have the entire fleet replaced by the second semester (January 10th), however I find that to be quite a lofty goal. They'll have to borrow airplanes somehow or another.

Sad to see 50 of the 65 aircraft in the fleet just ripped to shreds. :dunno:
 
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