Reno Air Race dead-stick landing after blown engine and high speed catastrophic loss of propeller. That sound.

Kevin Eldredge, air race pilot at the Reno Air Races came to win in 2010 in the Super Sport Class. In his attempt to break Jon Sharp’s Qualifying record of 412 mph the turbulence and G’s ere too much for the engine and the oil filter housing broke off, dumping the oil, over-speeding the propeller, an then blowing a huge hole in the Thunderbolt Lycoming engine.... See video and aftermath of racing to WIN!!!! FOLLOW KEVIN AIR RACE BLOG
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