An interesting fact, the USAF almost lost the entire fleet
of B1B bombers at McConnell when the "Andover Tornado"
crossed the southern and southeastern side of the base.
http://www.andovernet.com/tornado/to...oking_back.htm
The most famous of these tornadoes is what has become known
as the "Wichita/Andover Tornado." This tornado first formed
around 5 p.m. CDT near the city of Anthony, about 40 miles
southwest of Wichita. The tornado was relatively small at
that time, coming down and touching the ground on 2
occasions, but causing little damage. At 5:57 p.m. CDT a
larger tornado touched down 1 1/2 miles southwest of
Clearwater, or about 20 miles southwest of Wichita. This
tornado remained on the ground for 46 miles! It moved
through Haysville and the southern sections of Wichita. The
tornado struck McConnell Air Force Base (AFB) at 6:25 p.m.
CDT, causing $62 million dollars in damage and passing
within 2000 yards of the flight-line where more than 80
military jets were parked.


I do hope they have built real shelters for the B1s and B2s,
there are no replacements to buy, borrow or lease.




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| Thats interesting. I study Computer Science at Purdue
University, and
| my roommate is on the ATC track of Aviation Management but
is taking
| Private Pilot flight courses as well. He says you have to
be a US
| citizen to enroll in the flight courses at Purdue... would
this not be
| the same at ERAU, or is this a policy I am either
misunderstanding or
| is unique to Purdue?
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| Yes it is, I'm sure there are students from all over the
| world, on time limited visas that need airplanes to fly.
|