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Tara has been luckey over the years. I know of no other tornado to hit here ever.
Wednesday night our luck ran out.
There were several aircraft destroyed.
I am an active member in the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation (AAHF)
here. We lost several flyable aircraft. A Bell 47 (H-13), Beech T-42 (Baron) and several helicopters that were not flyable in the hangar that was beside the FBO. It was completly blown down. Our Carabou transport aircraft broke free and the tail was damaged. It is repairable but is out for the season.
Several small privately owned aircraft were destroyed, as well as the entire hangar for Smith Air.
Many other buildings were damaged. Holes, blown out doors, dents etc.
I was lucky none of my helicopters were damaged nor was my building other than 2 doors.
It missed me by about 50-75 feet.
Tim
Wednesday night our luck ran out.
There were several aircraft destroyed.
I am an active member in the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation (AAHF)
here. We lost several flyable aircraft. A Bell 47 (H-13), Beech T-42 (Baron) and several helicopters that were not flyable in the hangar that was beside the FBO. It was completly blown down. Our Carabou transport aircraft broke free and the tail was damaged. It is repairable but is out for the season.
Several small privately owned aircraft were destroyed, as well as the entire hangar for Smith Air.
Many other buildings were damaged. Holes, blown out doors, dents etc.
I was lucky none of my helicopters were damaged nor was my building other than 2 doors.
It missed me by about 50-75 feet.
Tim
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Re: Tornado at Tara Field
Sun, July 10, 2005 - 10:51 AMThanks for posting that Tim...I was wondering about the dmg at Tara (as you know).
What up with the rest of the Atl general aviators?
I went flying 89 days past my last flight a few weeks ago...I was current technically but Ms. Raynier rode along. Good times. 47A (Cherokee) is a nice little field. The vending machine sodas are only 50 cents and my friend's little girl (10yrs old) got a free helicopter ride. It was too cute!
Me, E, Deb, and Jane went up to Pickens count for a little fly in there. I saw an RV300 that made me drool. Pickens' "front porch gang" are small town flying at it's best.
Who's been flying, where to, whatcha working on...?
