HURRICANE WILMA
All photos taken on the afternoon of Monday 24th October 2005 just hours after the hurricane had passed through. Peak winds of 101 mph were recorded at WPB International both on the front wall and back wall of the "eye" of the hurricane. Yours truly was in a motel one junction up I-95 from the Airport - fortunately the motel only lost a few roof tiles.
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Vought Corsair at the 391st Bomb Group restaurant at West Palm Beach
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P51 Mustang at the 391st Bomb Group restaurant at West Palm Beach
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P47 Thunderbolt at the 391st Bomb Group restaurant at West Palm Beach
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B727 N720DC at West Palm Beach. The hangar it has run in to contained a Jestar (undamaged) but half the wall of the hangar was blown away. The adjacent Signature hangars were badly damaged with most of the roof ripped off. The Jet Aviation hangar had both its roof ripped off and sections of wall blown away.
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Cessna 172 at West Palm Beach lifted off the ramp, over the fence and into a car park !!! Note the upturned Mooney on the ramp.
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Two hangars demolished at Boca Raton and many badly damaged - a Canadair Challenger was also in the back of one of these hangars
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DC-7 N836D at Opa Locka - fortunately undamaged.
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Platinum Air B727-200F blown off the apron and into a ditch at Opa Locka
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Cessna 140A N9473A at Opa Locka. A number of other light aircraft were overturned but airliner damage looked minimal if any.
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DC-3 N54608 at the 94th Aero Squadron restaurant at Miami International. Little chance of repair.