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Video: Dead stick landing at Reno Air Races

Submitted 9 years ago

Watch as Thom Richard experiences an engine failure in Precious Metal and glides safely back to the runway. Features a nice gyro cam setup that works properly for 60% of the video. (www.youtube.com) More...

Philip Clifton

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oowmmr 9 years ago 5

Dang, that was quick thinking and flying!!!

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mike SUT 9 years ago 1

Nicely done....

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CaptainFreedom 9 years ago 1

Great flying....it goes without saying that those 'S' turns need to be timed just.....right.

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Carlos Bea 9 years ago 1

Grrrrrrreat job!!!!

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Rick Harrison 9 years ago 1

Love this!! great job!!

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relmers 9 years ago 1

As everyone else mentions, nice job of bringing her in. Have you determined what caused the engine failure?

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Jeremy Kudlick 9 years ago 1

The uploader comments on youtube mention fixing the carburetor before the race, so that was likely the issue.

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relmers 9 years ago 1

Thanks, I missed that in the video.

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Bernhard Reimer 9 years ago 1

Land and taxi to parking without engine power. Great energy management!

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