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Hangar down at Sun and Fun
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:38 pm
by C-130E Flt Eng
Fox news reports a hangar collapse and tents down \
Poss 70 people trapped
Aircraft flipped over
Had this happen at a show in Roswell NM
We opened a WW2 hangar and taxied the planes in just prior to WX arriving
Re: Hangar down at Sun and Fun
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:52 pm
by Tiger Tim
I just read it was 7 people injured in a tent collapse with the worst injury being a broken hip. The article did make mention of earlier reports about seventy people trapped in a hangar being false.
Still, hope everyone involved recovers quickly.
-Tim
Re: Hangar down at Sun and Fun
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:03 pm
by jtramo
I just arrived and no one is being let in as the lots are mud bogs now with stuck cars. I can see some tossed aircraft from the roads. Ugh.
Re: Hangar down at Sun and Fun
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:19 pm
by dusttinbound
I was stuck in Exhibit Hanger C when the storm hit. I can tell you that there are numerous experimental planes on there backs or balled up. The largest plane was a Cessna Caravan that was flipped. Several other planes have damaged wings or tail feathers. The only warbirds that I saw was a T-6 and an L-19 that was floating in one of the drainage canals. I think everyone was pretty lucky.
Re: Hangar down at Sun and Fun
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:13 pm
by tom d. friedman
some wacky weather this early in 2011!! i've heard of other damage as well!!