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Bill Williams
PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:27 pm 
I bought the "CLAW" at un n Fun this year. I had my plane tied down at SnF with dog type screws and they came out of the ground. The concensus from the RV guys after the SnF tornado was the claw held the best. All the Thorps where we were tied down had them as I was under my wing during the storm and they held fast.
The ground at Oshkosh is hard, bring dynamite!
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smokyray
PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:08 pm 
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Enjoyed meeting you guys at the OSH Lunch Wednesday! Really enjoyed the quality of the T-18's in attendance, the few, the proud, the clean!
Sorry I had to bug out early, was working at our Fly-4-Life tent. Thanks to B&J for stopping by and checking on me.
Looking forward to the Fall fly-in!

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jrevens
PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:09 am 
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I was right by you Bill, with my titanium corkscrew units. They obviously held alright, but I'm working on something new now.

Bill Williams wrote:
I bought the "CLAW" at un n Fun this year. I had my plane tied down at SnF with dog type screws and they came out of the ground. The concensus from the RV guys after the SnF tornado was the claw held the best. All the Thorps where we were tied down had them as I was under my wing during the storm and they held fast.
The ground at Oshkosh is hard, bring dynamite!

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bfinney
PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:40 am 
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The polished Thorp with the red tips was built by Ray Henning and is owned by Scott Ginn from Colorado Springs, CO, just one of the Ginn family fleet of Thorps. Congrats Scott on the award.

There were a number of claw tie downs at SnF that let go or broke during the tornado also.

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fytrplt
PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:45 pm 
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My Claw held!

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Fraser MacPhee
PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:06 am 
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Your Claw held because it did not want to endure the wrath of a full bird dressing down.......
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