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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Very Sad News
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:25:05 +0100
Bad luck!  I wonder how much warning the pilots or owners had.

Chris

> On 12 Aug 2015, at 15:05, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     Yesterday we were hit by two monsoon storms, one in the morning and the 
> second in the late evening.  The second of these was very strong and put on 
> quite a light show.  It generated at least one microburst, and it was 
> directly above Chandler Municipal Airport with winds in excess of 50 MPH.  
> They are still assessing the damage, but it is known so far that 15-30 
> aircraft were damaged or destroyed.  Some of them were not simply flipped 
> over but instead were lifted up to a good altitude and then dropped.  A few 
> look like they were cartwheeled across the tarmac and rolled up into a ball.
> 
>     One of the heavily damaged aircraft appears to be a Piper Tri-Pacer (red 
> with white trim), and it's presently lying on it's back.
> 
>     The huge door on the Chandler Air Service hangar was taken of its tracks 
> and pushed in.  No telling what was damaged inside.

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