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2002 Unlimited Air Racer Strega qual with mayday landing
Thu Feb 07, 2019 8:18 pm
During the 2002 Reno Air Races, Bill ‘Tiger’ Destefani in Race 7 ‘Strega’ had a major backfire while crossing home pylon during his qualification run, the ensuing backfire blew the induction trunk, and bottom cowling off the air frame in spectacular fashion!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-huQBprZBQ Jason
Re: 2002 Unlimited Air Racer Strega qual with mayday landing
Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:59 am
old iron wrote:OK, so I do not keep up with Reno much: Did Miss America fly again?
Yes and actually ran very well. They had a semi-race engine done up by Shanholtzer and on Sunday Hisey got by Sawbones the 3350 Fury with ease. He said they didn’t even push the engine very hard and had a 410 average.