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Comment by Jock Struthers on January 22, 2013 at 4:48pm

Ian - Just spotted your post.  What a bummer!

Comment by Kevin Collins on January 20, 2013 at 3:24am

freaky winds are a part of every day life down this way, we have all been lucky so far. trying to figure a pattern for the winds in the basin here not progressing rapidly. sat we had 35 kt's at altitude from the nw, ground level we had 30 kt's from the south and hot and dry as hades

Comment by Ian McClelland on January 19, 2013 at 2:22pm

Its a wake up call for me. It was parked in the lee of a hangar with a 5 knot easterley wind.

Goes without saying I will always tie it down when not attanded regardless how benign the day looks! 

Comment by Kevin Collins on January 19, 2013 at 3:22am

hi Ian - is it looking like much work? sounds like a real freaky gust of wind, i Guess this is a wake up call for me to get some decent tie downs and repair the tail ring as well so i can tie JRT to mother earth securely, can't always count on getting back in to the hanger.

Comment by Ian McClelland on January 18, 2013 at 10:46pm

Loaded up and ready to return to Omaka, South Island New Zealand. Wing tip , spinner and nose wheel spat were damaged following a freek wind at Rangoria. A/C was lifted onto its nose spun around damaging the LH wing tip and landed back on its undercarriage.