It was Saturday night and the Rockliffe Flying Club were celebrating their annual black-tie Wings Dinner when the storm struck

A localized microburst from a passing weather system ripped through the Flying Club's flight line in Ottawa Canada severely damaging 22 aircraft and completely destroying around six ultralights

Archerfield Airport suffered a similar fate in 1980 when a localized summer storm passed over the airfield - click this line for image pop-up of damaged aircraft