If I were to experience a tornado, or a near-tornado, my guess would have been while visiting one of the aircraft manufacturers in Wichita. After all, it's hard to miss the emergency tornado shelters scattered throughout the Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft and Learjet campuses in the self-proclaimed Air Capital of the World.
The last place I would have thought I'd be encountering an up-close view of such a destructive weather event was at the Sun ‘n’ Fun Fly-in at Lakeland (Fla.) Linder Airport. But that's exactly what happened yesterday at about noon.
Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group. He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion, the student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot magazine, he joined AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.
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