Wingtip Grazes Water, But Pilot Matt Hall Recovers
Folks... I really don't know that it gets closer than this...
but you gotta wonder what kind of rabbit's foot Australia’s
Matt Hall is carrying around. Matt, you see, had a scare during the
first Qualifying session at the Red Bull Air Race in Windsor
Ontario, Saturday, when his plane touched the surface of the
Detroit River...
In Other News There Was, Indeed, A Qualifying Race
Somewhat overshadowed by Matt Hall's close call with the Detroit
River, Britain's Nigel Lamb won the first Qualifying point of his
career on Saturday by posting the fastest time in Windsor, Ontario,
ahead of Sunday's fourth race of the 2010 season. Britain's Paul
Bonhomme was second with Hannes Arch of Austria third in front of a
crowd of 48,000 spectators.
One More Reason As To Why They Call It Flight TESTING
A new RV-9A, still in Phase 1 flight testing,
wound up damaged after its ECi O-320 packed up in flight and turned
the RV into a glider with only a little warning. Unfortunately, the
bird didn't quite make it back to the runway and nosed over after
touchdown, doing significant damage to the new aircraft.
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