<div dir="ltr">I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Dust devils were a common occurrence. We learned fast to not leave toys, etc. out in the yard lest they get launched through a living room picture window by a dust devil :-( I think my butt still hurts from the spanking I got...<div>
<br></div><div style>Peter+</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 4:13 PM, mike mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mups1953@yahoo.com" target="_blank">mups1953@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit"> 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.<div>
It was a nice clear day. Mike<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 4/1/13, Ed Alt <i><<a href="mailto:ed_alt@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ed_alt@hotmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px">
<br>From: Ed Alt <<a href="mailto:ed_alt@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ed_alt@hotmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Dust Devil<br>To: "General pattern discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
Cc: "NSCRA Discussion List" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>Date: Monday, April 1, 2013, 6:06
PM<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div><div><div>We get them too, with similar results. I figure it is often a thermal that develops a vortex that causes it.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Apr 1, 2013, at 7:03 PM, "Ron Hansen" <<a rel="nofollow" href="http://mc/compose?to=rcpilot@wowway.com" target="_blank">rcpilot@wowway.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><p>This past Saturday we had a good crowd at the field.</p><p> </p><p>Then all of a sudden everything started flying all over the place.</p><p> </p><p>A 28 lb YAK was picked up about 6 ft in the air and dropped on the ground sustaining some pretty good damage.</p>
<p> </p><p>Numerous park flyers were damaged.</p><p> </p><p>Luckily I didn’t have my plane with me.</p><p> </p><p>I would assume this is a common problem for you folks down south and out west.</p><p> </p><p>I’ve
never seen this happen before.</p></div> <br>
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