"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote in message
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"three-eight-hotel" wrote in message
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This, by no means is as exciting or interesting as some of the other
threads I have followed, but serves as a constant reminder to me, how
quickly things can change!


Found this about a quick VFR jaunt back from some aerobatics practice...

http://iac78.org/newsletter/NL%20Fal...05%20Color.pdf See pages
7,8

"The weather at Waseca was ideal with high cirrus and light winds from the
southeast. The Twin Cities Saturday forecast called for a slight chance of
isolated showers in the area."
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"Justin had to call FSS because the weather computer at Waseca was down.
FSS said a band of showers had just moved through the Cities, but FCM was
now reporting good VFR conditions. We could see a dark area of clouds in
the far northern sky that seemed to match up with what FSS was talking
about."
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"As we motored north at 4500 MSL clouds were thickening and ceilings were
coming down. We had to descend to maintain VFR. As we approached the
Faribault area, we began to see lightning and it was frequent with direct
cloud to ground strikes. No way we were going to fly into that stuff."

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"We quickly stacked all three planes in the hangar and no more than got
the hangar door down when wind gusts began to rattle the big 45' bi-fold
door. We latched the door, rain and hail pounded on the roof creating so
much noise, we had to shout to hear each other. We were standing directly
behind the door and the winds were causing the big door to sway in and out
with about 12" of movement."

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"After an indeterminate amount of time the rain and wind subsided
somewhat. Mel peeked out the man-door and yelled for us to come see what
had happened. The hangar right across the alleyway had it's roof and walls
blown off. Glider trailers parked on the field were crushed from being
tossed about like dice."


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Geoff
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