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“I lived in Perth
for 2-1/2 years when doing my training in the military so Perth does
hold a soft spot in my heart as it’s where my flying career began,” said
Hall, who is from Merewether NSW. “When I fly in |
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The second-year ace said he was looking forward to putting his season
back on the right track in
“I have to admit I’m disappointed in the result but optimistic for the
year,” said Hall, who was the most successful rookie in the six-year
history of the Red Bull Air Race last year with third place overall. “If
you look at the improved times we did all week in Abu Dhabi, working our
way up from seventh in training one to the second fastest time on a
number of occasions, we actually kept it together pretty well. I
honestly believe a podium was within easy reach had we kept the plane in
the air.”
Hall, an incurable optimist, is confident the battery issue is history.
It was the first race that Hall had flown the new MXS-R. “We’re running
so much equipment in the aircraft that our battery just couldn’t keep
up. Basically, we were unable to get our engine to crank over due to a
lack of power to the starter. This seems to be a combination of a number
of factors, one of which was our battery being out of power. We’ve dug
down deep to find out what caused the battery to be flat, why we could
not start with external power and how to avoid it in the future. And
we’re set up to have everything back on track for |
In
The race in
The last remaining
tickets are still available for Grandstand seating and Hospitality areas
located at Sir James Mitchell Park on the |
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