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  • #1

    Pond Racer Link

    Pond Racer
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=66q4awWPArM
    From the Documentry Skybound
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    Re: Pond Racer Link

    Originally posted by FENCELINER
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=66q4awWPArM
    What a double edged sword to see that. It was some of the best work I did and in the end to walk the debris field was the hardest thing I ever did.
    Rich

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    • #3
      Re: Pond Racer Link

      Yes, makes me sick and angry.

      John

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      • #4
        Re: Pond Racer Link

        Makes me feel bad for Bob Pond.
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        -Matt
        Red Bull has no earthly idea what "air racing" is.

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        • #5
          Re: Pond Racer Link

          Yes it's funny you mention that, after being primarily sad about Rick, I have always felt very sorry for him and he must have been shattered.

          John

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          • #6
            Re: Pond Racer Link

            Originally posted by John H
            Yes it's funny you mention that, after being primarily sad about Rick, I have always felt very sorry for him and he must have been shattered.

            John
            Yeah, exactly. The loss of Rick was the larger, "more obvious" loss to the racing community, and it kind of overshadowed the tremendous loss of this daring program - to the team, the team's owner, and again to the racing community. I think Mr. Pond's intentions were very well communicated in that video... he was trying to secure both our precious warbirds AND the (equally precious) future of air racing.
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            -Matt
            Red Bull has no earthly idea what "air racing" is.

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            • #7
              Re: Pond Racer Link

              What caused the crash? Was it ever determined, if it had the potenial to go as fast as the Big Boys like Rare Bear etc? Thanks

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              • #8
                Re: Pond Racer Link

                Originally posted by supercub
                What caused the crash?
                NTSB report:

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                http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20001211X13415&ntsbno=LAX93FA352&akey=1



                Originally posted by supercub
                Was it ever determined, if it had the potenial to go as fast as the Big Boys like Rare Bear etc? Thanks

                We'll never know, unless someone decides to build a replica.

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