[NSRCA-discussion] Dust Devil

[mike mueller]

 We had it happen about 6 years ago at the St Charles Illinois pattern contest. Bobby had just landed and I was retrieving his plane on the runway. A dust devil twister came by and picked his Temptation off the strip about 10 feet high and planted it nose down. It then came into the pits and took a canopy up about 30 feet and over the cars in the parking lot. It was a nice clear day. Mike

--- On Mon, 4/1/13, Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Dust Devil
To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Cc: "NSCRA Discussion List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Date: Monday, April 1, 2013, 6:06 PM

We get them too, with similar results.  I figure it is often a thermal that develops a vortex that causes it.

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On Apr 1, 2013, at 7:03 PM, "Ron Hansen" <rcpilot at wowway.com> wrote:

This past Saturday we had a good crowd at the field.  Then all of a sudden everything started flying all over the place.  A 28 lb YAK was picked up about 6 ft in the air and dropped on the ground sustaining some pretty good damage.  Numerous park flyers were damaged.  Luckily I didn’t have my plane with me.  I would assume this is a common problem for you folks down south and out west.  I’ve never seen this happen before. 



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