So , you want to race airplanes.....

[AlisoBob]

This is September Fury, a Hawker Sea Fury powered by a Pratt & Whitney R3350.... Makes about 4500 horsepower.



It's one of the premier aircraft flown at the Reno Air Races.

Usually is sounds like this...

These laps are in the high 470 mph range

But , when the engine saw;s itself in half... things get exciting ... QUICK!



Notice the sound, and vibration....

Mike Brown did a hell of a job getting her down....

Takes big balls to do this....

[Ported&Polished]

Hard to believe it stayed together long enough to land! You could tell when he killed the engine, it seized like a fresh Wiseco in a stop sign shaped cr500 jug.