Terrible to see John, but glad everyone's alright and damage to fleet not too bad. I fondly remember my time with Beverley in 2009.
smith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Welsh Sent: Sunday, 30 January 2011 10:30 AM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: [Aus-soaring] Beverley Storm damage Hi Folks, Just to let you know that Beverley airfield suffered damage yesterday from the passage of a severe thunderstorm front around 4pm. All club gliders and tug got on the ground and under cover in time. See Alf Roche's pictures at: http://members.iinet.net.au/~georoaches/photos/bsscyclone/Alfs_Photos/Photos .html No-one was hurt but the airfield looks like a war zone, we have been very lucky that there has not been more property damage. My hangar has about two tons of tree bole indented into it, Mike Yankee's damage appears to be minor to the tailplane, but Chris Runeckles is going to assess the damage hopefully next week. Astir CS Alpha Lima's hangar has a huge tree in front of it, a branch of which has collapsed the front of the hangar onto the nose of AL, but there doesn't appear to be any damage to the canopy! Hornet HX and Pik 20 WXK are undamaged in their hangars, but both their trailers got airborne, WXK trailer impaled on the corner of WXK's hangar, while HX trailer is perched sideways on a huge branch which in turn is parked on top of the hangar. The shade tree for Runway 16 is gone, and there are irreplaceable trees and branches down everywhere. We will need a busy bee organised to tidy up, a huge effort is needed. Hope there is no additional damage from the ex-cyclone passage! Regards, John Welsh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John invites you to visit Beverley Soaring Society at www.beverley-soaring.org.au and the Gliding Federation of Australia web site <http://www.gfa.org.au/> www.gfa.org.au Newcomers to gliding and soaring are invited to visit <http://www.soaring.com.au/> www.soaring.com.au
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