Short write-up on my excursion down to the bay today - sorry, no pictures as I forgot my camera at home.
![[Image: SD_BONH_DG_1103.jpg]](http://www.redbullairrace.com/images/newspics/San_Diego/SD_BONH_DG_1103.jpg)
![[Image: SD_CAMB_DG_1124.jpg]](http://www.redbullairrace.com/images/newspics/San_Diego/SD_CAMB_DG_1124.jpg)
![[Image: SD_BESE_JM_0368.jpg]](http://www.redbullairrace.com/2007/resize.php?format=big&file=../images/2007/galleries2007/San_Diego_22.09.07/SD_BESE_JM_0368.jpg)
![[Image: SD_CAMB_DG_1171.jpg]](http://www.redbullairrace.com/2007/resize.php?format=big&file=../images/2007/galleries2007/San_Diego_22.09.07/SD_CAMB_DG_1171.jpg)
Planes 1100lbs, carbon body w/ steel frame, 300-340hp ~8+L motors, ~250mph top speed.
Aerobatics - stunning.
There are rules that you can read about on <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.redbullairrace.com">www.redbullairrace.com</a><!-- w -->, but in person, these things are amazing. Capable of doing nearly 10Gs, these things rotate vertically in the blink of an eye, and are capable of some impressive turns. I compare it to like a air show autox competition.
These are far more entertaining than F1, and come with a better following with the airshow (SEALs doing insertion and extraction in the water, WWII planes, et cetera). Course is very close to spectators, so you truly get a feel for the G forces and challenges of the sport.
I hope to see this event return to San Diego next year - very entertaining and a worthy departure from the norm.
05 S/C "Elixige"
07 Mazda 3S - commuter car
99 YZF-600R - commuter bike
Sorry photo links aren't working - I was trying to rip off photos from the site...
05 S/C "Elixige"
07 Mazda 3S - commuter car
99 YZF-600R - commuter bike
Saw 'em in London... Puts anything a car can do to shame.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Mike Wrote:Saw 'em in London... Puts anything a car can do to shame.
Maybe I'm bad at this type of thing, but it is really difficult to describe them. It's a really simple concept, but it kicks ass. Red Bull amazes me with the marketing and budgets for their advertising. (ie F1, MotoGP, Air Race, boat racing, you name it!)
05 S/C "Elixige"
07 Mazda 3S - commuter car
99 YZF-600R - commuter bike
John Wrote:Mike Wrote:Saw 'em in London... Puts anything a car can do to shame.
Maybe I'm bad at this type of thing, but it is really difficult to describe them. It's a really simple concept, but it kicks ass. Red Bull amazes me with the marketing and budgets for their advertising. (ie F1, MotoGP, Air Race, boat racing, you name it!) Shit, at $3/can they've got money to burn! :-)
I actually am also very impressed with their market and I love that they seem to really have their finger in everything. I dunno, maybe I'm just a red bull fan...
I watch on tv (spike?) whenever i see it on. really fun to watch
awesome...i'd love to see it someday. WWII plane demonstrations are cool too 
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Some more pics...
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I need to make it out to one of these 
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
wish i took pics at mine...
day 1, let friend borrow lens, he disappeared.
day 2, this was his event, he told us it started at the wrong time, we missed it. hurray for $150 wasted!
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
You only took 1 lens?
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
the stock lens is kind of worthless for shooting them.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
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