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p51mstg
07-28-2010, 03:20 PM
"NASCAR team owner Jack Roush injured after hard landing at AirVenture in private jet"
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201007280418/OSH0107/100727173

Looks like he was flying it himself and got a little slow on final approach. Some airplanes, particularly jets, can be a little unforgiving if you accidentally stall them close to the ground. Airliners avoid that problem by calculating the exact speed for each takeoff and landing, based on weight, temperature, humidity, wind, etc. Whether private jet pilots do that, I don't know.

sonicx
07-29-2010, 08:59 AM
Im just glad to see that he wasn't seriously injuried :)

In other news here's what i am shocked about:

That Ford has yet to win in the NASCAR SPRINT CUP: Ford hasn't run a won Cup race 20+ races so far. It's the longest drought for Ford since 1983 when Ford didn't win a race until the 16th race of the season when Buddy Baker won at Daytona on July 4, 1983. The last season Ford did not win a race was in 1977, but Mercury, a Ford product did win 2 races with David Pearson driving.