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This website was created by John D. Kearby, a flight
instructor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in
Daytona Beach, Fl. With the help and support from other
flight instructors we created this website to be used at no
charge. Superpilots.com was created with the student
pilot and instructor in mind, but can be used by all pilots.
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On Christmas day (2006) a F2 tornado touch down on the
Daytona Beach International Airport and moved east
towards Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Once on
the Riddle ramp, the tornado destroyed around 50 of the
total 70 airplanes. About half of these airplanes stayed on
the ramp and the other half were tossed up to 1000 feet,
some into the Advanced Flight Simulation Center
(pictured on the right). The AFSC had holes punched into the sides from pieces
                                of airplanes. The tornado also damaged many of the
                                buildings on campus. Total damage was estimated to be
                                around 50 million dollars. Fortunately since it was Christmas
                                day there was only just a few people on campus and they
                                were not injured. If the tornado had hit the campus on a busy
                                day, many students and faculty could have received serious
                                injury or even killed. These photos
                               were taken from different people just
                               after the tornado hit and the next few
days. Click on any of the pictures above
to view 154 pictures of the tornado damage.