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Sisu 1a, s/n 101, N6390X
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the destruction
of Sisu 1a, s/n 101, N6390X. We had a big storm blow through Avenal Ca and there was much damage. She was tied out (claw anchors, ratchet straps with screw shackles, wings on stands, tail elevated) but the ground liquefied and it was blowing at a steady 60mph, gusting higher. I found the ship on it's back, about 650 feet from where I parked it, complete with said claw anchors/spikes/ratchet straps/shackles. The 1-35 next to the Sisu was tied up the same but was unharmed, fortunately for IT'S owner. Although the 1-35 was hanging on by it's fingernails it was still hanging on and any other portable tiedown would have simply failed, and much sooner. The only difference between our tiedown jobs, was his were spiked in 2 months ago and mine were in since May or so (bad idea). He is actually lucky that his ship was out there, because his open trailer it goes on was significantly overlapped by the Libelle trailer that was next to it and would have been badly damaged/destroyed were it there still. We also had a 2-33 break chains and fly across the street, landing on it's nose and back, 2 hangers destroyed as well as the collapse of our new hanger that was under construction. There was lots more damage at the airfield as well as all over the county, with doors/roofs ripped off buildings downed powerlines/trees etc. It looked as if a tornado went through, but it was just damn windy as well as completely saturated (the mud here is very slick due to the fine particulate nature of the dirt). Pat, if you're reading this, I got lots of pics to show you... In Tears, Paul Hanson PS. Please allow me to grieve in peace, I DO know proper tiedown practices, and regularly school others on the subject (painful irony). My ship was not supposed to be out there this month either, but... |
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