anyone else going.. a mate got a few of us tickets so should be good..

Starts at 8 tho so hopefully be there by lunch-time

 

Lucky boy, been watching the previews on TV!

RS Shawn on here sent me a stunning pic of it whilst he was in Dubai watching it!

 

yep... i'm going... should really get out of bed.. ti starts in an hour or so, but it's only a short bus ride away.

 

anyone go without a ticket? can you see anything?

race starts at 11am sunday, thinking of jumping on the train, can be at island gardens, in about 25mins from mine, will i seeanything from there or embankment?????

 

Surely they can't stop everyone from spectating ?

Looks bloody mental from what I have seen on tv

 

thats what i want to know!

get free train travel, so nothing to lose, if the weathers reasonable

 

Im going into London, weather I make it to the Red Bull air races is another question

Westy, PM Coming your way.....

 

i'm sure there are some places you could see some of the racing from, but i reckon it's well worth paying for imo.

the racing was excellent yesterday, but the thing that really impressed me was some of the stuff they were doing with helicopters!
absolutely mental!

 

didn't get up early enough, whos showing it on tv?

 

2.50pm on 4

 

Just got back in! What a day

 

I went to the qualis on saturday. Was a wicked day got proper beered up and had a right laugh.

You dont appreciate how fast they are actually going till you see it for real rather than on tele

 

yeah, they're not too slow are they...

highest entry speed i saw was about 400 odd kph.. which is probably quite a lot when you're in a place about 20-30 feet above the thames...

 

That takes some great skill to do that

 

Yea i saw that one, think it was that French bloke who had a differnt/faster plane. He always seemed to make a mistake though so perhaps that plane is just to fast or maybe its just cause he is French lol

Did you see the one take out the gate , it got stuck on his wing and he had to do some monevaurs to get it off .

 

yeah, one of the people i went with flies for a hobby and he seemed impressed... impressed enough to book a 2 grand aerobatics course when he got home!!

told him if he learns to fly like that i will under no circumstances get in a plane with him!

 

missed the guy doing the gate.. i was just on my way back in from the preposterously long queue at the cash machine.


got to admit, it generally seemed the higher the entry speed, the less control they had and the more penalties they got.

the guy in the red/white plane was the daddy imo.. although i think one of the americans won this round.

 

Who won in the end?

JJ

 

one of the Americans won this round i think, but iirc one of the English pilots is winning the series?

http://www.redbullairrace.com/2007/news.php?lang=

 

Gutted - I thought Paul had it in the bag

JJ

 

Yea the higher entry speed didnt help the times. Its holding the speed and flying neatly that gave the quick times.


Heres the results, Peter Besenyei actually put in the fastest time when he was flying for third/fourth postion in the knock outs.

01 Mike Mangold Cobra USA 6
02 Paul Bonhomme Matador GBR 5
03 Peter Besenyei Red Bull HUN 4
04 Alejandro Maclean Mediterranean Racing Team ESP 3
05 Kirby Chambliss Red Bull USA 2
06 Steve Jones Matador GBR 1
07 Nigel Lamb Breitling GBR 0
08 Frank Versteegh Lobo NED 0
09 Nicolas Ivanoff Mediterranean Racing Team FRA 0
10 Sergey Rakhmanin Dragon Racing RUS 0
11 Hannes Arch Cobra AUT 0
12 Klaus Schrodt Lobo GER 0

 

I put a thread up about Abu Dhabi which had loads of pics on there. Amazing ot watch.

 

https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=265467

Pics on there from Abu Dhabi.
So how was the London race??

 

just got your PM Rad.. Next time mate... Ended up having a few afterwards, felt proper shit all day..

Well, was a quality day with decent weather too. Im a bit sun burnt

After getting a few beers in it was time for a burger.. We had qued for about 40 mins when all of a sudden a couple of planes were up in the air.. Couldnt leave the que with only another 10mins wait and having qued for that long it was a principle thing.. didnt realise it was the final.. missed it walked back over from munching the 5 quid burger, and people were leaving.. Oh well, we did see the helicopters how? proper good seeinmg that

 

Not to worry mate , I got properly hammered, got the X90 home and missed the stop for Hillingdon, Ended up in fucking Oxford!