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Title: 95kt Loss on Final and a pile of wrecked airplanes
Post by: Rick108 on July 05, 2011, 11:52:42 AM

A nasty cell moved through the Roanoke Regional Airport yesterday afternoon, damaging at least 8 aircraft and providing some interesting dialog.  Here is the condensed tower chatter.  Exactly 2:00 into the clip, the tower controller says "We got a bunch of wrecked airplanes on the ramp ... right now we've got a pile in one spot ... some upside down ..." - that's just after he provides the current winds (020@8 Gusting 59!) to an aircraft waiting to depart! :-o

Title: Re: 95kt Loss on Final and a pile of wrecked airplanes
Post by: notaperfectpilot on July 06, 2011, 07:57:25 AM

WOW!!! I live close to here.....didn't know how bad it was...didn't think that our small airport would make it on LiveATC ;)

Title: Re: 95kt Loss on Final and a pile of wrecked airplanes
Post by: Rick108 on July 06, 2011, 08:54:05 AM

Yeah, I was surprised how little coverage this received locally - the news reported that the storm had "flipped over a plane at the airport" or something like that.  I had just returned to KROA from a weekend trip to Ohio - came back earlier than planned due to the forecast of afternoon CB, but never expected a storm like this from the TAFs!

I took a couple of pictures the next morning - I'll post them here.  Very sad...

Title: Re: 95kt Loss on Final and a pile of wrecked airplanes
Post by: notaperfectpilot on July 06, 2011, 09:06:37 AM

wow......I assume that you work at the airport? I live in northern Botetourt Co. and we didn't have much wind.....and I'm sure that the wind just "flipped a plane over at the airport"...just that much.

Title: Re: 95kt Loss on Final and a pile of wrecked airplanes
Post by: Rick108 on July 06, 2011, 09:30:40 AM

I don't work at ROA, I just have a plane there.  I live in southern Botetourt Co, so we're almost neighbors!  We just got a lot of rain at home, but not too much wind either.  It's freaky how the mountains mess with the storm cells - 95kt gusts at the airport, and very little wind just 10 miles away...

Title: Re: 95kt Loss on Final and a pile of wrecked airplanes
Post by: NoMad on July 06, 2011, 03:27:16 PM

This is why there are THREE tie down points.  This is also why its stupid not use them.

Title: Re: 95kt Loss on Final and a pile of wrecked airplanes
Post by: bcradio on July 06, 2011, 11:19:32 PM

Maybe it was in use... maybe the rope broke... maybe it's getting old hearing all the armchair quarterbacking here