Roof of Museum "Point Alpha" collapsed under snow.

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Roof of Museum "Point Alpha" collapsed under snow.

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On my way to work I just heard on the radio that yesterday (28DEC2010) the roof of a display-hall in this museum in Rasdorf (Germany) collapsed under the thick layer of snow.
Two helicopters and a vehicle were reported damaged.

As far as I know a BGS Alouette 2 (D-HIBE) and a US Army OH-58 (69-16338) are on display here.

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Re: Roof of Museum "Point Alpha" collapsed under snow.

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That's correct but the choppers are on display outside.
On Googlemaps there are a few pics from this museum.
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/23105596.jpg
note: this picture comes from Googlemaps....

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Old pic!
They built a "shed" in the meantime.

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And a pic in a German online paper (link elsewhere on this board) shows at least the OH-58 as smashed up.

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Let's see if this works:
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Damn! the Kiowa definitely is heavily damaged.

What a sad sight.
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Ai.......bad picture......it hurts.....

mayby they can repair it.

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A message in a local newspaper this morning states that the Commander of the US Army in Germany already promised to help replace (or repair if possible) any damaged display-items.
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