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Mechanic came up to the cockpit last night with a story.
We came this close to losing a Mad Dog two nights ago on approach to ATL.
Severe hail damage. Shattered both outer windshields. Destroyed the leading edge devices. Radome gone. Horizontal and vertical stabs shredded. Huge dents all over the fuselage. etc. etc.
Very, very bad.
Air Tran 426 ATL-MDW diverted to CHA. I was flying SDF - CAE (Grumman Cheetah) and also diverted to CHA due to the weather. The first time I saw a super cell airborne. From the FBO we could see the 717 parked across the ramp. Radome gone, shattered cockpit glass - very humbling.
Quite a memorable day. Blue Angels were also on the ramp for the weekend's show, Rene the FBO CSR, and of course, CHA is the home of Krystals.
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