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BILL BRAAK SMOKE ‘N’ THUNDER JETCAR

RACES MICHAEL WISKUS LUCAS OIL PITTS

One of the most riveting events at an air show is the moment Smoke- SKRWRFRXUWHV\%HUQDUGR0DO¿WDQR
N-Thunder JetCar takes on a plane in a race to the finish line. Who is
the fastest, by land or air? Accelerating from zero to almost 400 mph in
just nine seconds, Smoke-n-Thunder JetCar is the fastest JetCar in the air
show industry.

The JetCar pilot, Bill Braack, is a 20-year Veteran of the Air Force
Reserve. He knows there is no room for error when handling a car that is
equipped with a 12,00 horsepower engine. As a plane flied in low and fast,
Braaack selects full afterburner and overtakes the plane in just seconds.

Braack began drag racing in 1982 and three years later joined the
Air Force as an aircraft maintainer. Longing to fly, Braack got his pilot
license in 1989 and began flying C-130s as a flight engineer. He left ac-
tive duty Air Force in 1991 and joined the Reserve, where he continued
flying as an engineer on the C-141 Starlifter until his 2005 retirement.
Braack holds FAA ratings as a flight engineer and pilot, logging more
than 3,000 flight hours.

Aviation is adventure. Whether it be Michael Wiskus tumbling the Lu-
cas Oil Pitts at dizzying rates with his own special brand of high-per-
formance aerobatics, or the Lucas Oil Skydivers chasing one another in
freefall before their precision landings, Lucas Oil Airshows aims to bring
the adventure to you.

For the millions of people in America and Canada who come to
watch Lucas Oil Airshows it’s an adventure. For their team aviation is
their passion. While many are content to take the magic of aviation for
granted, they strive to show you flight’s adventurous side - all it takes
is a difference in perspective.

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