Jonesboro, AR tornado

[Kevin Dunn]

Tim,

I have seen pics of some damage at the airport there in Jonesboro. Just wondering if you are ok?

Kevin

[Jason Stephens]

I saw a video of that tornado.  Frightening stuff for sure.

[tmcnamara]

Hi Kevin,
I just saw this...sorry it's so late for a reply. We are fine. We moved to Mountain Home Ar area so it didn't affect us personally. The Helio was up in my hanger at Paragould and it's fine. Just finished a very extensive annual and got her up and going again in tiptop shape.

I had also kept our 180 hp Super Cub up in Paragould until a few weeks ago when I had an offer for her too good to pass up and so I sold it to a friend. He decided to keep it at Jonesboro and sadly it was destroyed. It was a '67 model that World Aerobatic Champ Henry Haigh rebuilt before he died. It had every mod and was perfect. A really nice plane. Hated to see it get rolled up.

Anyway, Thank you for your concern. We bought a home with a hanger at 61AR (Valley Airport in Cotter Ar). Fly down sometime if you get a chance.

Best regards,
Tim McNamara MD

[paullapoint]

Small world. Henry’s son offered me that Supercub but he wanted over $200,000 for it and I wanted a Helio.

[Kevin Dunn]

Tim,

Glad to hear you and the Helio made it through ok. Hard to look at the pictures of the Super Cub. Obviously it was a nice airplane. Thanks for the update on your location. I do need to get down there.

Take care,

Kevin