Tornado causes major damage at Sun n Fun.

[DX Wombat]

Mr & Mrs Widebody were there at the time. Thankfully both of them are safe and well.

[IO540]

Interesting how nearly all the planes were high wing.

[Mark 1]

Interesting how nearly all the planes were high wing.

There were plenty of low wings piled up in the improvised boneyard, but, I agree, there was probably a dominance of low wing.

There was a DC3 that swung round and took the tail off a Navion and stopped with its tail on top of a Bulldog - that's 3 low wings for a start.

A lot of the minor casualties are left stranded by debris impact damage that needs to be checked out or fixed before they can fly away. I wouldn't be surprised if about 20% or more of the aircraft were affected in some way.

I was glad that it didn't happen 2 hours earlier when I was in the shower block that later got picked up and thrown about 100' - smashed to pieces.

I left after the airshow on Friday and now safely back in LA with 2100 NM of VFR weather (albeit 40 knot winds landing in the desert in New Mexico).

One to remember!