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Red Bull Air Race World Series
By FlyingNews @ 9:21 AM :: 416 Views ::
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“Smoke on”* with new pilots and exotic race locations
New venues, new pilots, new race format. The Red Bull Air Race World Series switches to a higher gear in 2007. Twelve instead of eight races, including Rio and San Diego, fourteen instead of eleven pilots and a knockout final will top last year’s sensational success.
Six million spectators at eight races in 2006, dramatic high-speed, low-level flying through air gates* – this brand new motor sport has developed incredibly in the past two years and exceeded all expectations. The pace will continue in 2007 by extending the World Series to twelve international races. Among the new venues will be the famous Botafuogo Beach at the foot of Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio, Interlaken in Switzerland against the backdrop of the spectacular Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau mountains, and San Diego, California, where the planes are set to take off from an aircraft carrier.
Three new pilots will challenge the Air Race’s highflying stars, led by American world champions Mike Mangold (2005) and Kirby Chambliss (2006). Hannes Arch (Austria), Glen Dell (South Africa) and Sergei Rakhmanin (Russia) qualified for this year’s series at a “Rookie Camp” held in the desert of Arizona last year.
The new ‘knockout’ final will offer more thrills for spectators: pilots will compete against each other and the fastest will make it through to the next round.
Already a tradition, the race where pilots fly at more than 400 km/h and face forces of 10G, takes off in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on 6 April. Immediately afterwards the team of around 250 people from 17 countries will set off to Rio de Janeiro, where the second race takes place on 21 April.
Facts:
“Air Gates”: 20-metre-high inflatable pylons that mark the race course. They are filled with compressed air and made of material that rips easily when hit by a plane.
“Smoke on”: The command of the race director to the pilot as a starting sign. The white smoke emerges when paraffin oil is added to the engine and improves visibility of the aircraft.
“Racing aircrafts”: The three types of aircrafts used at the Air Race are the Edge, Extra and MX2, which offer extreme performance and are low weight. Power packages with top speeds of around 400 km/h, 350 HP and only 500 kg in weight.
For more information see Red Bull Air Race World Series |
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