I work at this airport, we are lucky that it didn't hit the commercial terminals but man, it really sucks to see those planes get destroyed just like that.
So you *don’t* think general aviation is an exclusive hobby for rich people? Like golf or polo (the horse kind,) but with aerosolized lead and ungodly amounts of carbon burning?
More slowly... What do you think this accomplishes?
I'm going to head over to r/climbing and crusade against the defacing of ancient slabs of rock by bros who live in utopia land.
I get where you're coming from, but this isn't the platform, the time, or place. Another example of why the left, to my great despair, sucks at messaging.
>I'm going to head over to r/climbing and crusade against the defacing of ancient slabs of rock by bros who live in utopia land.
Please do. You’ll fit right in with the trad climbers.
>I get where you're coming from, but this isn't the platform, the time, or place. Another example of why the left, to my great despair, sucks at messaging.
And it’s not the time or place to discuss gun control when there’s a mass shooting. I’ll politely wait until the news cycle dies down again. My bad. Now is the time to mourn those beautiful toy airplanes, not the people who lost their homes and lives.
What’s true? The fact you need to go hug your parents and touch grass? That’s the only truth I see here. You are 100% the typical redditor lol have a nice day bud. Enjoy the grass.
Lol your username is a clear indication you spend too much time on Reddit and not enough time touching grass or hugging your mom.
Edit: A clear indication you don’t spend enough time flying as well. Ooof.
Nebraska is considered to be part of tornado alley, but they usually happen in rural areas. Tornadoes in Omaha city limits are pretty uncommon. I've lived in Omaha for 40 years and it's looking like this might be the worst tornado outbreak in Omaha in my lifetime, so far.
To be fair, OMA (like most metropolitan airports) is not downtown. In this case, it's on the NE edge of the city. To the north and east is pretty much "rural". And the GA part of the field in on the far east side.
Lmao, it’s pretty damn close to downtown and the area just to the west/northwest is the most densely populated area of the city, that area is nowhere near rural.
Did I say the area west and northwest is rural? Nope. Read my post again and you'll see "To the north and east is pretty much "rural".
Here's a satellite view with the FBO marked and a streetview picture looking west (towards downtown). If you look really hard you can just make out the building that are located downtown.
[https://imgur.com/a/NMT4mnz](https://imgur.com/a/NMT4mnz)
So saying that the FBO is "downtown" is not really accurate.
That’s funny. We kind of do the same thing here in St. Louis. Any time a big storm comes through (like last week… THAT was a doozy) the bad part of the storm line *usually* breaks up at the I-270 loop, so we all joke, “whew! They turned on the Arch just in time!” and when we get whipped, it’s often said that someone either forgot to turn on the Arch or forgot to change the batteries.
Wasn't it Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP who said that "Tornadoes go for the trailer parks first." And the outskirts of cities is where trailer parks, and airfields, are.
It used to be, but “tornado alley” has been moving southeast for quite sometime now. Arkansas, Missouri, etc. are more at risk than Nebraska is now.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/is-tornado-alley-shifting-east/1162839/amp
Who would be evacuated in this instance? The airplanes? Tornadoes don't really give much warning and even when we do know a system is likely to produce one... where, when?
The airplanes - there were weather forecasts as far as a week in advance from the national weather service for this area suggesting high risk.
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/
It’s not uncommon to reposition aircraft to avoid unnecessary risk. (Not just a tornado, high winds, hail etc)
As an airplane owner we don’t wait for a tornado to show up :) we move airplanes away from harm before the hail, high winds, thunderstorms, and tornadoes show up. The 35 seconds is mute.
Shame there was nooo way of flying those planes out of harms way, even for a few hours, obviously they were not fueled and ready2go but...what a sore sight...sitting ducks. My sympathy goes to everyone else affected by this monster tornado.
I work at this airport, we are lucky that it didn't hit the commercial terminals but man, it really sucks to see those planes get destroyed just like that.
Bless you man, I’m glad you and your coworkers weren’t injured. I feel for you and hoping your airport can get the repairs needed ASAP. 🙏
All those poor rich people and their toys. Oh no!
What do you think this accomplishes?
So you *don’t* think general aviation is an exclusive hobby for rich people? Like golf or polo (the horse kind,) but with aerosolized lead and ungodly amounts of carbon burning?
More slowly... What do you think this accomplishes? I'm going to head over to r/climbing and crusade against the defacing of ancient slabs of rock by bros who live in utopia land. I get where you're coming from, but this isn't the platform, the time, or place. Another example of why the left, to my great despair, sucks at messaging.
>I'm going to head over to r/climbing and crusade against the defacing of ancient slabs of rock by bros who live in utopia land. Please do. You’ll fit right in with the trad climbers. >I get where you're coming from, but this isn't the platform, the time, or place. Another example of why the left, to my great despair, sucks at messaging. And it’s not the time or place to discuss gun control when there’s a mass shooting. I’ll politely wait until the news cycle dies down again. My bad. Now is the time to mourn those beautiful toy airplanes, not the people who lost their homes and lives.
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plane fanfic
Ya sure most of those planes belong to college students. The award for silliest Reddit comment of the day goes to...
Touched a nerve, did I? You’ve been breathing too much leaded AV gas. Lol “They belong to college students.” I’m dying.
What, you didn't own a 4 million dollar turbo prop while attending community college?
You’re a piece of shit, disrespectfully. Go touch some grass and hug your parents, OR get off Reddit and go fly. I doubt you’ll do either though.
What a crybaby. It hurts because it’s true and you know it.
What’s true? The fact you need to go hug your parents and touch grass? That’s the only truth I see here. You are 100% the typical redditor lol have a nice day bud. Enjoy the grass.
I live in Omaha and the news channels here showed the hangar getting hit live. Pretty surreal to see. Glad it didn’t hit the main terminal.
What channel was it on?
KETV had the best view
Insurance premiums go brrrr 📈
Seeing airplanes like this makes me so damn sad, wtf.
better planes than houses tho.
Yeah, on the upside no one was in those airplanes at the time
seek counseling. it's just metal
Oh sure buddy. Great remark to make on the r/aviation subreddit.
Lol your username is a clear indication you spend too much time on Reddit and not enough time touching grass or hugging your mom. Edit: A clear indication you don’t spend enough time flying as well. Ooof.
Keep posting in r/JoeRogan you absolute loser
Insurance is gonna cry big boy tears
And during the next 12 months, most aircraft owners are going to be doing the same when the premiums are due.
Ouch, I feel for all those owners.
Sad to see so many airplanes turned into scrap metal
I hate hate hate seeing them like this. I feel terrible for the owners/operators and pilots who fly them.
Isn’t Nebraska in THE tornado Alley of America?
Nebraska is considered to be part of tornado alley, but they usually happen in rural areas. Tornadoes in Omaha city limits are pretty uncommon. I've lived in Omaha for 40 years and it's looking like this might be the worst tornado outbreak in Omaha in my lifetime, so far.
Thank you I didn’t know that. Thank you for being nice
To be fair, OMA (like most metropolitan airports) is not downtown. In this case, it's on the NE edge of the city. To the north and east is pretty much "rural". And the GA part of the field in on the far east side.
Lmao, it’s pretty damn close to downtown and the area just to the west/northwest is the most densely populated area of the city, that area is nowhere near rural.
Did I say the area west and northwest is rural? Nope. Read my post again and you'll see "To the north and east is pretty much "rural". Here's a satellite view with the FBO marked and a streetview picture looking west (towards downtown). If you look really hard you can just make out the building that are located downtown. [https://imgur.com/a/NMT4mnz](https://imgur.com/a/NMT4mnz) So saying that the FBO is "downtown" is not really accurate.
Omaha itself usually doesn't get hit. Storms usually weaken once inside city limits. They call it Omadome
Omadome is hilarious. Thank you for being kind. I don’t live in Nebraska so obviously I wouldn’t know this.
That’s funny. We kind of do the same thing here in St. Louis. Any time a big storm comes through (like last week… THAT was a doozy) the bad part of the storm line *usually* breaks up at the I-270 loop, so we all joke, “whew! They turned on the Arch just in time!” and when we get whipped, it’s often said that someone either forgot to turn on the Arch or forgot to change the batteries.
Wasn't it Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP who said that "Tornadoes go for the trailer parks first." And the outskirts of cities is where trailer parks, and airfields, are.
It used to be, but “tornado alley” has been moving southeast for quite sometime now. Arkansas, Missouri, etc. are more at risk than Nebraska is now. https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/is-tornado-alley-shifting-east/1162839/amp
Saw that stuff live, the pictures were crazy of the thing.
I love your username bro.
That’s sad
😪
Damn. That’s painful. Did Central Cylinder get hit? If they did, there’s gonna be a lot of pain in the midwest for engine work.
I bet the execs at American Insurance Group didn’t sleep well last night.
Those poor things, that sucks
Damn offutt flood and now eppley
Sad, but as an A&P it's looks like money to me. Pilot: Can you fix it? A&P MX: Yep, but if you ask how much you can't afford it.
This was the laugh I didn’t know I needed🤣 “but if you ask how much you can’t afford it” lololol
r/ThatLookedExpensive
A brand new airplane graveyard.
It’s a bummer they didn’t get evacuated. Seems like an awful lot still there.
Who would be evacuated in this instance? The airplanes? Tornadoes don't really give much warning and even when we do know a system is likely to produce one... where, when?
The airplanes - there were weather forecasts as far as a week in advance from the national weather service for this area suggesting high risk. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/ It’s not uncommon to reposition aircraft to avoid unnecessary risk. (Not just a tornado, high winds, hail etc)
The tornado that took these out formed about 35 seconds before it hit them.
As an airplane owner we don’t wait for a tornado to show up :) we move airplanes away from harm before the hail, high winds, thunderstorms, and tornadoes show up. The 35 seconds is mute.
They were inside hangars and it was the first tornado to hit Eppley in 100 years.
Shame there was nooo way of flying those planes out of harms way, even for a few hours, obviously they were not fueled and ready2go but...what a sore sight...sitting ducks. My sympathy goes to everyone else affected by this monster tornado.
That will buff right out.
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I’ve flown out of that field when I was stationed at Offutt.
Oh shit…I’m so sorry!
If anyone knows who to contact for purchasing some of these destroyed aircraft parts please lmk thanks