bill98 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Been told GPM Grand Prairie received significant damage overnight from storms. Hangar doors ripped off, an entire flight school lost its fleet, and planes tossed around like flying tortillas. https://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/Damage-at-Grand-Prairie-Airport-Nearby-Neighborhood-507091421.html I’m about to fly home from Greece - after seeing photos of my hangar I have fingers crossed and confident that there is no damage to my bird. Mine looks relatively unscathed and the door is still there/attached. Picture below is from a row a couple past mine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kortopates Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Been told GPM Grand Prairie received significant damage overnight from storms. Hangar doors ripped off, an entire flight school lost its fleet, and planes tossed around like flying tortillas. https://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/Damage-at-Grand-Prairie-Airport-Nearby-Neighborhood-507091421.html I’m about to fly home from Greece - after seeing photos of my hangar I have fingers crossed and confident that there is no damage to my bird. Mine looks relatively unscathed and the door is still there/attached. Picture below is from a row a couple past mine. Fingers crossed your plane is unscathed. Terrible wind damage in the articleSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill98 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Prelim shows all is fine inside the hangar. Although an industrial trash bag was blown inside (gross) Doors stayed held on by my hinge on lock. Just took the other 2 photos. 6-7 planes hangared were damaged by due to the doors coming off whether by door impact or things flying around like it was Kansas inside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Great photo-reporting Bill! Amazing how much stress is created with a lot of wind... Reminds me of the run-up in the hangar video... never know what is going to break and fall first... Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steingar Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 I guess they didn't call it a bomb cyclone for nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill98 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, steingar said: I guess they didn't call it a bomb cyclone for nothing. I almost think a tornado might have touched down. This makes me want to buy nylon tie downs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 3 hours ago, bill98 said: Prelim shows all is fine inside the hangar. Although an industrial trash bag was blown inside (gross) Doors stayed held on by my hinge on lock. Just took the other 2 photos. 6-7 planes hangared were damaged by due to the doors coming off whether by door impact or things flying around like it was Kansas inside. That is a shame. I know one thing that many bi-fold hangar door tenants don't do is latch the center post. That is a critical component in securing those doors for high winds. Those sliders like I had on my old hangar often would start swaying in the breeze if the lower track was weak. And I have seen some where there is no lower track, just the upper one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill98 Posted March 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 17 hours ago, Marauder said: That is a shame. I know one thing that many bi-fold hangar door tenants don't do is latch the center post. That is a critical component in securing those doors for high winds. Those sliders like I had on my old hangar often would start swaying in the breeze if the lower track was weak. And I have seen some where there is no lower track, just the upper one. My center latch post lifted up and off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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