We had a forecast for today of winds with strong gusts but the real thing is far worse than was predicted. MYRO’s old wings had been propped against the back wall of my house under a cover for over 3 years and had hardly ever moved. The cover was ripped to shreds by the wind a week or so ago and today they were blown over, so I’ve had to move them, not before time I admit, to somewhere more sheltered.<\/p>\n
But what is more worrying is that the winds are now blowing straight onto 56NE’s nose and will continue to do so for several more days at least, if the current forecasts are anything to go by. When I checked yesterday, the winds had been from the west and nothing much had moved, but today they are in a sector from west to north and are potentially much more damaging. So I went over to Galinat earlier on this afternoon to check things out again.<\/p>\n
I was very relieved on breasting the hill approaching the airfield to see that 56NE was still standing where it should with all of its covers still in place and when I investigated closer, to find that indeed, nothing much had moved. R\u00e9gis has now sold his aircraft and it was taken away by road two days ago. He had been using some very large and heavy commercial vehicle batteries to tether it down which I noticed yesterday had been left behind. There was still one there today which I moved and tied on top of the blocks under 56NE’s wing on the windward side and this should ensure that there’s no chance of it lifting in these winds.<\/p>\n
I also moved the aircraft a small distance away from the large pool of water that’s now formed just behind the main wheels below the rear of the fuselage and tightened all of the ties securing the covers to allow them to move as little as possible in the wind. And that’s about all that I can do and hopefully it’ll be enough to see 56NE through this horrendous period of weather.<\/p>\n
And things didn’t stop after I’d got home. Before I left, I noticed the cover over 28AAD, the Weedhopper that I’m repairing on my back lawn, was being blown up into huge billows by the wind and when I checked, I noticed that a little tearing was beginning to develop at some strain points. All I need is for that cover to rip and the Weedhopper fuselage would be open to the elements, so when I got back I took some rope out of the car and trussed it up like a turkey. That hopefully should prevent that problem occurring. <\/p>\n
For goodness sake, when will this wild weather come to an end? Surely it can’t go on for that much longer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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