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[rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather

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rick greenwood

[rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather

Post by rick greenwood » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm

Thanks for the info Ron,hope everyone is safe,keep us posted.
Rick 233R
From: rshannon@cruzcom.com
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:07:12 -0700
Subject: [rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com

Not to be Chicken Little, but... there's an eyewitness report of ~35 planes
stacked up in just one of the piles of wreckage on another list. Ouch. Let's
hope for the best for our friends, and everyone there.

Ron


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ron Shannon <rshannon@cruzcom.com> wrote:
FYI - In the last hour, I have seen reports of heavy damage to buildings
and airplanes camped at Sun 'n Fun -- tornado related. See AvWeb at
http://tinyurl.com/48vd56p . Several Rebels were planning to attend, I
believe, and a neighbor flew his Harmon Rocket there as well.

Ron


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Jerald Folkerts

[rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather

Post by Jerald Folkerts » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm

I was there. No rebels. Patterson left yesterday. Extensive damage to
airplanes. No tents standing. No one hurt too bad as of yet. We are ok
and in Oakland now. I rode it out in hangar A with Aerotronics.
Jerry Folkerts
On Mar 31, 2011 2:06 PM, "rick greenwood" <rgreenwood@hotmail.ca> wrote:
Thanks for the info Ron,hope everyone is safe,keep us posted.
Rick 233R
From: rshannon@cruzcom.com
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:07:12 -0700
Subject: [rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com

Not to be Chicken Little, but... there's an eyewitness report of ~35
planes
stacked up in just one of the piles of wreckage on another list. Ouch.
Let's
hope for the best for our friends, and everyone there.

Ron


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ron Shannon <rshannon@cruzcom.com>
wrote:
FYI - In the last hour, I have seen reports of heavy damage to
buildings
and airplanes camped at Sun 'n Fun -- tornado related. See AvWeb at
http://tinyurl.com/48vd56p . Several Rebels were planning to attend, I
believe, and a neighbor flew his Harmon Rocket there as well.

Ron


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Hank & Vickie Balch

[rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather

Post by Hank & Vickie Balch » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm

I was also there and saw all the damage. All Zenair planes were badly
damaged. Trees and tents down. I have not seen anything like this at SNF
before.

Hank Balch
307R

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Jerald Folkerts <jfolkerts1@gmail.com>wrote:
I was there. No rebels. Patterson left yesterday. Extensive damage to
airplanes. No tents standing. No one hurt too bad as of yet. We are ok
and in Oakland now. I rode it out in hangar A with Aerotronics.
Jerry Folkerts
On Mar 31, 2011 2:06 PM, "rick greenwood" <rgreenwood@hotmail.ca> wrote:
Thanks for the info Ron,hope everyone is safe,keep us posted.
Rick 233R
From: rshannon@cruzcom.com
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:07:12 -0700
Subject: [rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com

Not to be Chicken Little, but... there's an eyewitness report of ~35
planes
stacked up in just one of the piles of wreckage on another list. Ouch.
Let's
hope for the best for our friends, and everyone there.

Ron


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ron Shannon <rshannon@cruzcom.com>
wrote:
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Ron Shannon

[rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather

Post by Ron Shannon » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm

Good to hear Jerry, Bob, and Hank are OK.

Heard from my neighbor's wife his group of 4 planes were all left in an FBO
hangar near New Orleans a couple days ago when they couldn't get through WX
while en route from So.Cal. to SNF. Talk about luck, or rather, the benefits
of good judgment! They are OK.

More photos of flipped planes are showing up. See http://tinyurl.com/4h47d87

I don't plan to post more on this now that we know apparently all Rebelious
ones are OK, and news via Google, etc., is available to everyone.

Ron


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Jerald Folkerts <jfolkerts1@gmail.com>wrote:
I was there. No rebels. Patterson left yesterday. Extensive damage to
airplanes. No tents standing. No one hurt too bad as of yet. We are ok
and in Oakland now. I rode it out in hangar A with Aerotronics.
Jerry Folkerts
On Mar 31, 2011 2:06 PM, "rick greenwood" <rgreenwood@hotmail.ca> wrote:
Thanks for the info Ron,hope everyone is safe,keep us posted.
Rick 233R
From: rshannon@cruzcom.com
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:07:12 -0700
Subject: [rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com

Not to be Chicken Little, but... there's an eyewitness report of ~35
planes
stacked up in just one of the piles of wreckage on another list. Ouch.
Let's
hope for the best for our friends, and everyone there.

Ron


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ron Shannon <rshannon@cruzcom.com>
wrote:
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Bill Corbett

[rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather

Post by Bill Corbett » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm

It's bad at Lakeland- Sounds like a direct hit with a tornado- Just saw an internet report of 70 people trapped under a collapsed
roof at the airshow. Youth activity building I believe. Bill Corbett
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From: "Ron Shannon" <rshannon@cruzcom.com>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:07 PM
Subject: [rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather


Not to be Chicken Little, but... there's an eyewitness report of ~35 planes
stacked up in just one of the piles of wreckage on another list. Ouch. Let's
hope for the best for our friends, and everyone there.

Ron


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ron Shannon <rshannon@cruzcom.com> wrote:
FYI - In the last hour, I have seen reports of heavy damage to buildings
and airplanes camped at Sun 'n Fun -- tornado related. See AvWeb at
http://tinyurl.com/48vd56p . Several Rebels were planning to attend, I
believe, and a neighbor flew his Harmon Rocket there as well.

Ron


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Ron Shannon

[rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather

Post by Ron Shannon » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm

It is bad, but later news indicates the early report of 70 people trapped
was apparently not true.

Ron


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Bill Corbett <spotter37@cox.net> wrote:
It's bad at Lakeland- Sounds like a direct hit with a tornado- Just saw an
internet report of 70 people trapped under a collapsed
roof at the airshow. Youth activity building I believe. Bill Corbett



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Gary Gustafson

[rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather

Post by Gary Gustafson » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm

I was there also. Funny that you mention Zenair. I was checking at
the FAA building where they had weather tracking of the storm. It
showed the storm coming into Tampa with winds of 38 to 60 mph and
lots of lightning strikes and traveling towards Lakeland at 35 mph,
so had 55 miles to go. I talked to a Zenith guy standing in front
of their Zenair 750 and told him of the storm coming and told him
that their Claw tiedowns would not hold in the wind that was coming,
especially in a high lift plane. He said that it would. I went over
and tugged (a good strong pull) on the left wing tiedown and it
came out. I again told him that the Claw does not hold in soft wet
(heavy rain on Monday in Lakeland) soil. He put it back in and
said "We've done what we can." Again I warned him and said that he
should go buy some good tiedowns. I left Sun n'Fun 10 minutes later
and today I see that very Zenair 750 on its back in the pictures
on FOX news. I suspect that there is a lot of damage as the Caravan
(I believe) in the background was nose over. I would like to hear
what the Zenair guy has to say today.
I had talked to Bob about 2 hours before and I think he was getting
ready to leave to drive back North.
This is a good reason to get 'good' tiedowns when traveling.


-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of Hank &
Vickie Balch
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 2:16 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Cc: Jerald Folkerts
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather

I was also there and saw all the damage. All Zenair planes were badly
damaged. Trees and tents down. I have not seen anything like this at SNF
before.

Hank Balch
307R

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Jerald Folkerts
<jfolkerts1@gmail.com>wrote:
I was there. No rebels. Patterson left yesterday. Extensive damage to
airplanes. No tents standing. No one hurt too bad as of yet. We are ok
and in Oakland now. I rode it out in hangar A with Aerotronics.
Jerry Folkerts
On Mar 31, 2011 2:06 PM, "rick greenwood" <rgreenwood@hotmail.ca> wrote:
Thanks for the info Ron,hope everyone is safe,keep us posted.
Rick 233R
From: rshannon@cruzcom.com
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:07:12 -0700
Subject: [rebel-builders] Re: Sun 'n Fun weather
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com

Not to be Chicken Little, but... there's an eyewitness report of ~35
planes
stacked up in just one of the piles of wreckage on another list. Ouch.
Let's
hope for the best for our friends, and everyone there.

Ron


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ron Shannon <rshannon@cruzcom.com>
wrote:
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