faribault 20sep tornado damage at airport
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:00 pm
We left the morning of the tornado with our camper wandering south to eventually get to the Convention. That night we were in a campground with no cell tv or internet. Luckily I still had text. That night our son sent me a text that a tornado had hit Faribault and he would go down there in the morning (from Little Falls) and check out the hangar. I didn't sleep much that night. The next morning he had a police escort to our hangar. We have one of the smallest hangars on the field and it is set between large hangars on both sides. It is an all steel hangar with a stucco finish and didn't have a scratch on it. If you look at the pictures our hangar is just the other side of the red Stearman's tail. We still aren't home yet so all I have seen are pictures. These are some of the best one's yet. Lisa Peasley's beautiful 140A is crushed inside one of the hangars and I understand the red Stearman was set down and flown to Owatonna. Carol and I feel VERY lucky. I think it was only the size of the hangar that saved it from the tornado. We hope to get back home by this weekend. This airport was the site of the 1996, 2006 and 2016 Convention.
Bill and Carol