Nothing like a good “Maytag†tent photo.
This tent belongs to the West Virginia Civil Air Patrol … All the cadets placed their day equipment into this tent, but no one noticed that it was not staked down. When all the cadets removed their equipment, a gust of wind knocked the tent over. (The top of the tent is facing down.) At the top of the tent is a screen so the tent was more like a parachute. The tent was in the air for about 15 seconds and reached an altitude of 30 feet. Photo by Rocco S. Rossetti

(via EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006 Photo Gallery)
And another:
… at Maker Faire Austin, the lights went out. All power was lost in one whole area of the fairgrounds. It turned out that a dome tent from the camping area had taken flight in a dust devil and crashed into the power lines. Fernando Rizo got a couple of great shots of the tent moments before impact.


(via The Piton)
Leave a comment if you’ve ever had your tent take flight.


Hmmmm…These pics remind me of many of those faked UFO shots! 🙂
But I do believe they are real. Never quite had a flying tent, but I’ve had one go bounding across a meadow.