Bad luck! I wonder how much warning the pilots or owners had.
Chris
> On 12 Aug 2015, at 15:05, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yesterday we were hit by two monsoon storms, one in the morning and the
> second in the late evening. The second of these was very strong and put on
> quite a light show. It generated at least one microburst, and it was
> directly above Chandler Municipal Airport with winds in excess of 50 MPH.
> They are still assessing the damage, but it is known so far that 15-30
> aircraft were damaged or destroyed. Some of them were not simply flipped
> over but instead were lifted up to a good altitude and then dropped. A few
> look like they were cartwheeled across the tarmac and rolled up into a ball.
>
> One of the heavily damaged aircraft appears to be a Piper Tri-Pacer (red
> with white trim), and it's presently lying on it's back.
>
> The huge door on the Chandler Air Service hangar was taken of its tracks
> and pushed in. No telling what was damaged inside.
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