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The story behind the videowarthog64 wrote:a bit to low, but saved...
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Posted: June 7, 2010
Air racing
Pilot Matt Hall tells how he avoided crash into Detroit River
His plane was too badly damaged to compete Sunday
BY MIKE BRUDENELL
WINDSOR -- Matt Hall flirted with disaster Saturday when he almost crashed his Red Bull Air Race plane into the Detroit River.
Hall, the former Australian ace fighter pilot, admitted Sunday just how close he was to a watery grave in qualifying during the Windsor round of the world championship.
"A foot or so lower and I would have been in the water permanently," said Hall, 39, who saved his MXS-R aircraft from smashing to pieces on the river, or, worse still, spinning out of control and hitting spectators lining the course near Hart Plaza.
"It all happened and was done with before I had a chance to think about it," said Hall, who lost lift in his plane after a series of high-G turns and dipped both wings and his right-hand wheel into the river before powering up and out of what could have been a bad wreck.
"I was back in the air before I was aware of it," said Hall, whose wife was watching from the riverbank in Windsor. "I just knew I had to get it away from the crowd line."
Had Hall's propeller hit the water, his plane surely would have crashed or cartwheeled across the river and perhaps struck spectators on the bank.
But years of flying fighter jets, including stints in Iraq with the U.S. Air Force, and aerobatic planes saved the day as instincts kicked in and Hall automatically powered his plane upward, gaining critical altitude.
"Pushing the plane to the limits caught me by surprise," said Hall, whose plane was too badly damaged for him to compete in the finals of the Red Bull Air Race on Sunday. He will race over New York City on June 19-20.
"Everyone in aviation has been in tight situations before," Hall said. "You just do what has to be done, and you haven't time to think about it."
Hall was not injured in the incident but, accompanied by a support helicopter, had to land his crippled airplane back at the Windsor Airport, where the Red Bull hangars are located.
"The main damage is on the right aileron," Hall said. "I think the plane is not that badly damaged. It is going to be a matter of replacing parts."
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Hmmm, normaal gesproken ben je, als vlieger juist extra goed bewust van je omgeving (zeker tijdens races of aerobatic vluchten)"Pushing the plane to the limits caught me by surprise," said Hall, whose plane was too badly damaged for him to compete in the finals of the Red Bull Air Race on Sunday. He will race over New York City on June 19-20.
"Everyone in aviation has been in tight situations before," Hall said. "You just do what has to be done, and you haven't time to think about it."
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