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Oct 20, 2021
The Flying Kestrel team heads back to the 2 mile long runway at Elvington where last year Jon Webster crashed the car. He drives it in anger for the first time since that fateful day but have they done enough?

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Season 2, 6 episodes

  • Season 1
  • Season 2Selected,
   
The Crash,
After driver Jon Webster crashes the Flying Kestrel at 148 mph the team must work out what went wrong and have to decide if the dream of a land speed record is worth risking it all?
11m Sep 22, 2021
   
The Rebuild,
The Flying Kestrel team regroup at Jon's workshop as he shows them his new groundbreaking ideas to rebuild the car to give them the best chance at breaking a land speed record.
10m Sep 29, 2021
   
The Test,
The new version of the Flying Kestrel is ready to be put to the test at one of the most state of the art wind tunnels. Has the team done enough to create a record-breaking car?
13m Oct 6, 2021
   
The Reveal,
At Santa Pod raceway engineer and driver Jon Webster reveals the final Flying Kestrel to Joel and Nigel McNully he gives them a tour around the finished car and shows them all the changes he has made all to hopefully get a land speed record.
9m Oct 13, 2021
   
Ready to race,
The Flying Kestrel team heads back to the 2 mile long runway at Elvington where last year Jon Webster crashed the car. He drives it in anger for the first time since that fateful day but have they done enough?
11m Oct 20, 2021
   
The Record,
Driver Jon Webster is strapped in and ready to push the Flying Kestrel to its limits.The Kestrel team must overcome multiple problems on the day to stand any chance of topping the time sheets and can Jon keep the kestrel on track and break the record
11m Oct 27, 2021
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