Damages Report

YVpilot · September 8th, 2004, 15:51

Any news, Flight Line, Dorms, Training Buildings?

Snow · September 11th, 2004, 14:04

Not too bad really, the swissair building lost part of its roof, the main maintance hanger lost its doors but everything inside is ok, dorms were mostly unhurt except for a few shingles lost on the bungalows. Piper factory on the other hand lost most of its roofing, aircraft seem to be ok however. Power was only down for 3 days, although other in town were without power upto a week, maybe the airport grid gets prioity *shrugs* Still a week until the aircraft come back however.

farwellbooth · September 28th, 2004, 22:22

Hope everybody is ok... what a nightmare. There was a picture the other day in the Oregonian of Vero Beach under a bunch of water. I said my verson of a prayer for ya'll.

Mt. St. Helens is spewing some steam, smoke etc. again [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

yankee_one · October 1st, 2004, 17:16

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Still a week until the aircraft come back however.

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Any idea whys there's such a delay getting the A/C back?

pavelump · October 1st, 2004, 19:10

Well, we were just having so much fun in Alabama that we all voted to stay another week. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Actually, we were waiting around to see what Ivan had in store for Vero Beach. They figured that it would be easier (read: cheaper) to keep us up there than to have us fly back and forth.

Ironically, we ended up re-evacuating for Jeanne the following week. It's a good thing that we did too, because Vero Beach was hit pretty hard and it would have definitely wiped out our fleet.

All of the planes are back in Vero now (as of last Tuesday/Wednesday) and were back on track.

Dave

Snow · October 3rd, 2004, 17:02

Strangely enough however, all the old Fightsafety Seminoles that are sitting on the north ramp all looked like they were undamaged, although a V tail beechcraft did get flipped up and over the fence into the parking lot, which was parked next to the fuel pumps and now upside down.

YVpilot · October 4th, 2004, 10:58

I heard that the Beechcraft was not airworthy, probably not good to evacuate either

Snow · October 4th, 2004, 20:31

Aparently the airport tried to contact the owner for weeks before the hurricane but was unable to reach him/her. So they towed from the north ramp to the fuel station to let it ride out the storm. Not really sure why they did that. *shrugs*

September 8th, 2004, 15:51	#1
YVpilot Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13	Damages Report Any news, Flight Line, Dorms, Training Buildings?

September 11th, 2004, 14:04	#2
Snow Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 870	Re: Damages Report Not too bad really, the swissair building lost part of its roof, the main maintance hanger lost its doors but everything inside is ok, dorms were mostly unhurt except for a few shingles lost on the bungalows. Piper factory on the other hand lost most of its roofing, aircraft seem to be ok however. Power was only down for 3 days, although other in town were without power upto a week, maybe the airport grid gets prioity shrugs Still a week until the aircraft come back however.

September 28th, 2004, 22:22	#3
farwellbooth Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 316	Re: Damages Report Hope everybody is ok... what a nightmare. There was a picture the other day in the Oregonian of Vero Beach under a bunch of water. I said my verson of a prayer for ya'll. Mt. St. Helens is spewing some steam, smoke etc. again [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

October 1st, 2004, 17:16	#4
yankee_one Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deltona, Florida Posts: 286	Re: Damages Report [ QUOTE ] Still a week until the aircraft come back however. [/ QUOTE ] Any idea whys there's such a delay getting the A/C back?

October 1st, 2004, 19:10	#5
pavelump Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 790	Re: Damages Report Well, we were just having so much fun in Alabama that we all voted to stay another week. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Actually, we were waiting around to see what Ivan had in store for Vero Beach. They figured that it would be easier (read: cheaper) to keep us up there than to have us fly back and forth. Ironically, we ended up re-evacuating for Jeanne the following week. It's a good thing that we did too, because Vero Beach was hit pretty hard and it would have definitely wiped out our fleet. All of the planes are back in Vero now (as of last Tuesday/Wednesday) and were back on track. Dave

October 3rd, 2004, 17:02	#6
Snow Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 870	Re: Damages Report Strangely enough however, all the old Fightsafety Seminoles that are sitting on the north ramp all looked like they were undamaged, although a V tail beechcraft did get flipped up and over the fence into the parking lot, which was parked next to the fuel pumps and now upside down.

October 4th, 2004, 10:58	#7
YVpilot Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13	Re: Damages Report I heard that the Beechcraft was not airworthy, probably not good to evacuate either

October 4th, 2004, 20:31	#8
Snow Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 870	Re: Damages Report Aparently the airport tried to contact the owner for weeks before the hurricane but was unable to reach him/her. So they towed from the north ramp to the fuel station to let it ride out the storm. Not really sure why they did that. shrugs

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