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Monday evening July 7 a air burst or Line Squall flipped my 701 over,it was tied down
The line squall hit about 9:30pm last Monday evening. It ripped the struts from the wings along with the brackets
riveted to the wings. the plane landed on the cabin are breaking the windshield and bent the frame. The fusalage buckeled where it is attatched the cabin frame.The rudder is crushed and the brackets holding horz stab are bent..Funny thing the tailropes held withe eyebolt i replaced the 90'' alluminum.. The wings are crushed on the pass side and part of the skin on the pilot rivets failed.. Much more..thanks for listening.
Ron
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Comment by Normand Lambert on July 15, 2014 at 3:03pm
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Hi Ron,
SO SORRY to hear how weather can be so cruel ! At least nobody got hurt !
Unbelievable and so,so sad ! Hope you get back building ... Let some time pass and have a second look, sometimes it looks worse than it really is...
I really feel for you.
Regards,
Norm
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Comment by Mack P. Kreizenbeck on July 15, 2014 at 2:27pm
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Ron,
I'm sorry to hear the bad news!
It's just like loosing a member of the family!
I hope you can salvage a large portion of the bird.
One consolation (this may seem smartalecky, but isn't to be construed as so) is that the plane can be rebuilt with everything that you wished you had included in the first build.
Don't get discouraged, your efforts will have it flying again.
Mack
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