Hail! LaGuardia...

"Only Vespas..." (64allstate) 07/08/2020 at 19:19 • Filed to: None

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Monday, a Delta A319 flew through hail at 3000 feet on approach to LGA. F ligh t DL-1076/N342NB from West Palm went around and diverted to JFK. We do forget about nature until it smacks us right in the nose.

Under_Score > Only Vespas... 07/08/2020 at 19:34

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Someone lost at conkers. 

Nibby > Only Vespas... 07/08/2020 at 19:39

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Only Vespas... > Nibby 07/08/2020 at 19:49

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I see

what you did there.

wafflesnfalafel > Only Vespas... 07/08/2020 at 19:57

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pretty darn amazing you can keep engines running flying through a wall of snowballs like that....

WilliamsSW > wafflesnfalafel 07/08/2020 at 20:04

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I'd bet that they were damaged. That's a code brown there. 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Only Vespas... 07/08/2020 at 20:12

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I always thought the nose cones were made of fiberglass.  That makes it look like aluminum.  

ranwhenparked > Only Vespas... 07/08/2020 at 20:14

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Fortunately, they’ve got plenty of A319s in storage, probably won’t even need to repair this one. 

arl > Only Vespas... 07/08/2020 at 21:09

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A319 sporting the Camry dent of jet airplanes. 

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > BaconSandwich is tasty. 07/08/2020 at 22:14

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It’s some kind of fiber-reinforced plastic to allow RF energy from the weather radar to pass through. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Only Vespas... 07/08/2020 at 23:35

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*boop*

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > Only Vespas... 07/09/2020 at 00:20

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Nick Has an Exocet > ranwhenparked 07/09/2020 at 02:02

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Yep, it’s time to part out.

Nick Has an Exocet > Only Vespas... 07/09/2020 at 02:02

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Most impressive is the windows survivi ng.

Only Vespas... > Nick Has an Exocet 07/09/2020 at 03:29

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T hick, multi paned, layered with heating elements. Oddly, one of the most common in-flight cancellation items are cracked windshields. Expand/contract/expand/contract, hot on the outside, cool on the inside...hail? Nah, no worries.  One can see the damage just above the top seam...