Air Show's Fiery Wall Attempts World Record

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Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
March 16, 2009
By Associated Press
YUMA - The Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma is hoping a 15-story wall of flame nearly 2 miles long will break a Guinness world record.
The wall of flame soared into the sky Saturday at the Yuma Air Show, causing thick smoke to cast a shade over the airfield and thousands of spectators.
The inferno was the finale of a day filled with daring flights by aerobatic pilots, skydivers and military jet fighters.
Event organizer Roger Lopez says the air station will send Guinness a video, a photo and two signed witness accounts to the wall of flame. If approved, Yuma's wall would shatter the current record, a 6,600-foot wall of flame set in 2007 at the Indianapolis Air Show.
Yuma's was about 3,000 feet longer.
 
Has anyone else seen this wall? They did it at the Dayton Air Show a few years ago. It was REALLY impressive! (scared the begeebers out of me the first time I saw it... I heard the explosion first, and that was what made me jump! LOL)
 
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