Red Bull Air Race: Hall's amazing recovery

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Red Bull Air Race: Hall's amazing recovery

Post by Lawndart » Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:21 am

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Post by Grab » Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:04 am

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Post by Joker » Mon Jun 07, 2010 6:36 am

Epic. 8)
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Post by Sweeper » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:44 am

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Post by FW_Mess » Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:48 pm

Oh, breathtaking moment...

In the 2nd race of 2010 Adilson Kindlemann fell down in the water. The race in Windsor in 2009 was nervous for pilots. Big part of them just hit the pylons because of strong winds...
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Post by Thumper » Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:12 pm

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Post by Sawamura » Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:17 pm

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Post by Beaker » Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:18 pm

Lucky guy, I'm glad he was quick enough to save it! They keep playing it as heroics though; I don't like that. He was almost unlucky enough to kill himself, and then just lucky enough to save himself... balances out if you ask me.
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Post by Frazer » Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:21 pm

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I've seen two near crashes like this now. It really is waiting for it to go seriously wrong. But then, at all high speed sports people will die at some point I guess.
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Post by Cobra » Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:18 am

Matt holds the record for the highest score ever amassed on the RAAF pilots course.

There is a school of thought that says you can be too good, and hence push the boundaries further than a more average pilot will. Plenty of guys who duxed that course ended up dead. Maybe that's what happened here...

He was very lucky.
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Post by Beaker » Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:40 am

Not to be an "armchair quarterback" on this too much, but it sounded like he made a very simple mistake. Said he tilted his head back into the turn and instinctively increased back-pressure... boom. Accelerated stall. As close to the edge as these guys are, I'm surprised tiny things like that don't cause more incidents than they do!
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Post by Ray » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:59 pm

:shock: Very lucky - incredible save.
Cobra wrote:There is a school of thought that says you can be too good, and hence push the boundaries further than a more average pilot will. Plenty of guys who duxed that course ended up dead. Maybe that's what happened here..
I'm with you - one has a tendency to become complacent and/or overly bold over time and accidents will happen.
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