Red Bull Air Race Videos- Day 2

Here are the videos from the second day of racing.

The helicopter running the course as mentioned in yesterday's post.








I kept forgetting to film the very end of each race where the pilot would usually do flips and cool tricks. I finally remembered by the end of day two.


I tried to film the race through the bridge, but no luck. Here is a new view with yachts.








A crazy ending trick.


As I was leaving, I got a video of the approach onto the course with navy ships in the background.


This concludes the Air Race stuff. So dear blog readers, who wants to visit me to watch this next year?

Red Bull Air Race Pics- Day 2

Sunday, the second day of the air races turned out to be a much sunnier and clear day.

The day started off with a helicopter maneuvering the course for fun. I will post the video of it tomorrow.



The helicopter pilots.


The Coast Guard did a mock rescue for the crowd.
















I love this jumbotron pic.

Red Bull Air Race Videos- Day 1

Here are some short videos from Day 1 of the races.





In this video the plane clips one of the inflatable markers.




The longest video that shows most of the course.

Red Bull Air Race Pics- Day 1

One of my childhood neighbors, Blair who I am also went to college with found me on Facebook and mentioned that she and her husband and friends were coming to San Diego for the Red Bull Air Races and suggested we should me up. I never would have heard of the event otherwise since I don't live downtown. It is an aerobatic air plane race where planes wind through a course as fast as they can while looking cool. It was a fun event and great to see a familiar face and get to catch up.

It was a bit overcast and the planes are really fast, so it is hard to get a non-blurry pic. I had to delete half the pics I took because the plane was gone by the time my camera actually focused and took the picture. You may have to click on some of these for a full-size view. Stay tuned, I will be posting video later this week.

















The jumbotron showing pilots before and during races.



The planes would sometimes clip the inflatable markers. Apparently these are made to be quickly fixable. They just replace the top section and inflate in back up.






My favorite pic...





The bridge and land in the background of most of these pics is of Coronado, the town I took the Segway tour. The planes would fly under the bridge as part of the course.




For more info on the races visit the website www.redbullairrace.com

Some pics of downtown...