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Wind....what wind ? Check this out . - 9/16/2002 9:11:20 AM   
Flyboy Dave



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I tried to describe some of the conditions we face up here in the High Desert. I think some....may have taken the story with a " grain of salt ". Things got a little "nasty" today...a few breezes.

This is what I described as a " dirt wall ".....Pic #1

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Gettin' closer....Pic #2 - 9/16/2002 9:13:40 AM   
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< Message edited by Flyboy Dave -- Sep 16 2002 5:01PM >

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An engineer says.... "That won''t work".
A mechanic says..."Oh yeah, watch this".
"Old Age, and Treachery will overcome youth and skill".
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Even closer....Pic #3 - 9/16/2002 9:15:17 AM   
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< Message edited by Flyboy Dave -- Sep 16 2002 4:30AM >

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"Old Age, and Treachery will overcome youth and skill".
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This is a "Dust Devil"....forming, spinning..... - 9/16/2002 9:16:43 AM   
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< Message edited by Flyboy Dave -- Sep 16 2002 4:56PM >

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An engineer says.... "That won''t work".
A mechanic says..."Oh yeah, watch this".
"Old Age, and Treachery will overcome youth and skill".
Revver Bro #4.

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Gettin' better...Pic #2 - 9/16/2002 9:18:01 AM   
Flyboy Dave



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< Message edited by Flyboy Dave -- Sep 16 2002 4:40AM >

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An engineer says.... "That won''t work".
A mechanic says..."Oh yeah, watch this".
"Old Age, and Treachery will overcome youth and skill".
Revver Bro #4.

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Don't fly through one of these...#3 - 9/16/2002 9:19:23 AM   
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< Message edited by Flyboy Dave -- Sep 16 2002 4:42AM >

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An engineer says.... "That won''t work".
A mechanic says..."Oh yeah, watch this".
"Old Age, and Treachery will overcome youth and skill".
Revver Bro #4.

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Here's a big one....Pic #1 - 9/16/2002 9:22:08 AM   
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< Message edited by Flyboy Dave -- Sep 16 2002 4:33AM >

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A mechanic says..."Oh yeah, watch this".
"Old Age, and Treachery will overcome youth and skill".
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In Kansas, they call these tornados...#2 - 9/16/2002 9:25:13 AM   
Flyboy Dave



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< Message edited by Flyboy Dave -- Sep 16 2002 4:34AM >

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A mechanic says..."Oh yeah, watch this".
"Old Age, and Treachery will overcome youth and skill".
Revver Bro #4.

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Those campers are about 3/4 mile away.#3 - 9/16/2002 9:29:05 AM   
Flyboy Dave



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Cover the potato salad, Martha....it's gettin' kinda breezy.

As you can can see....I wasn't kiddin' !

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< Message edited by Flyboy Dave -- Sep 16 2002 4:57AM >

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A mechanic says..."Oh yeah, watch this".
"Old Age, and Treachery will overcome youth and skill".
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Wind....what wind ? Check this out . - 9/16/2002 9:36:47 AM   
Merlin65



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Status: offline 		These mini tornados are very common in the Aussie outback. We call them 'Willy Willies'
One of these sprang up right in front of my Sig Kougar during landing approach. I was stunned to see the aircraft buffetted around like a rag doll only to emerge unscathed, right itself and proceed to make a perfect landing.
I still have this airplane 20 years later.
I wonder if this is the longest surviving operational Kougar?
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Wind....what wind ? Check this out . - 9/16/2002 9:50:33 AM   
AQ500



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Status: offline 		I was once at a fly-in. A dust devil touched down in the area where a lot of the models were displayed in front of the crowd. It was an awesome sight to see, a little dust devil full of model airplanes. There were about 10 damaged airplanes with 3 being mine. Two were serious the other was just scratched up.

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The models may not like them but..... - 9/16/2002 1:17:48 PM   
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Wind....what wind ? Check this out . - 9/17/2002 1:01:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		we get rotors at our field from the cliffs, you can be hanging, picked up 10 feet, then droped back... thats if your lucky. i had one pick my shrike right off the ground, throw it at me, right over my head and wack a Spinsation.

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Wind....what wind ? Check this out . - 9/17/2002 2:42:19 AM   
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