Major Airshow Disaster At Sun n' Fun Airshow, Lakeland, FL

[U S Army EOD]

Sun n' Fun has been hit by strong storms and probable tornado damaging or destroying many aircraft. Several injuries and some structural damage to buildings. The Zenith line took a direct hit. This is on the news and several websites.

[U S Army EOD]

Been away for awhile from posting on FreeRepublic. I come back to find it now reads like the typical liberal blog.

[RepublitarianRoger2]

Hmm, interesting reply.

I had just assumed that this was a real news story that was put into BREAKING NEWS and given the title MAJOR AIRSHOW DISASTER!! as a sort of April Fool’s Day joke. Sorry if that was an incorrect assumption.

[PAR35]

No link - check
Made up headline - check
Vanity post - check

Must be breaking news.

Storms flip planes at Central Florida airshow
Six suffer minor injuries
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/polk/damage-at-sun-n-fun-03312011
“Deputies reported widespread minor damage as well as some “major property damage.””

[U S Army EOD]

DARGAS?

[I still care]

I know this is a couple of days later, but these storms we had were wild. A ton of storm damage, and not just at Sun N’Fun (which is a great show). I saw streets totally flooded with cars floating.

At SNF almost 40 planes were destroyed. If you’ve ever been there, it’s a giant field full of people and planes. Planes flying all over the place in hurricane force winds must have been terrifying.

We lost our porch roof.

[RegulatorCountry]

Some friends and former customers of mine are down there. I hope Betty and Doug Hempstead of Fantasy Air are OK. Gone up in their neat little LSA out of Sanford-Lee County Airport several times.

[tubebender]

My niece lives near Lakeland and sent me photos of damage to her mobile home park but she didn’t say anything about this wipeout...

[bootless]

I heard from Sebastien - they were all fine, but three planes didn’t make it. The 601 (now 650 in new kits) has a beefy fix available (and ongoing) for the wings. Freeper Tigerized has one of those planes, so he can tell you all about it. :)

[CazZie]

dis·as·ter dəˈzastər/ noun 1-A sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage OR loss of life. 2-an event or fact that has unfortunate consequences. This was a disaster and by the grace of God no one was killed.