Corona Guys, Good luck to all of you. Hope this comes out better than it sounds now. And I thought England was wet... --- Steve Glover <kr...@cox.net> wrote:
> Well, things just never seem to go right. The FAA > closed the runway 10 > minutes before both Richards and I arrived at Corona > and wouldn't allow us > to depart even though we had enough runway left. By > noon there was about > 14' of water in my hangar. My Long EZ and a number > of tools, parts, etc. > are well under water now, including most of my > Corvair stuff. The water > wasn't supposed to get this deep. Rich and Rich may > have lost the Tailwind > in their hangar as well. We moved my roll-a-way, > compressor, and welder to > their hangar after being advised the water wouldn't > get that far. Those, > I'm sure are a total loss now as well. > > We were now told the water level was still rising > and would completely flood > the airport and all aircraft had to be moved. Most > were being towed of > pushed to some of the city roads and parked for the > duration. It is quite a > sight seeing 100 aiplanes blocking a number of city > streets. To top off the > day, while my plane was being moved, half of the > elevator was ripped off. It > looks like I won't be flying any time in the near > future. As far as making > the next Gathering or Corvair conversion, who > knows??? > > Steve Glover > KR-2 N902G > AJO, Ca > <kr...@cox.net> > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > ===== Frank Ross, EAA Chapter 35, San Geronimo, TX RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England, UK Visit my photo album at: http://photos.yahoo.com/alamokr2 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
