Yeah - Jon and I are lucky to still have our planes after that wind / rain storm came in during practice last year. It went from "gray and gusty" to "holy sh#t - run for cover!" in about 3 minutes. Unfortunately Jon and I were both in the air at the time! If I had staid up for even 30 seconds more, I would have lost the plane. I barely got it into the van before the hail started and my canopy tent took off. Come to think of it, EVERY time I've been to the NAT's I've lost a canopy tent...

Important safety tip: DON'T bring a good canopy tent to the NAT's!

John Pavlick
Team Black Magic, Tech-Aero Designs