Red Bull Air Races: pylon hit, skydivers, chopper stunts

A costly pylon hit by an unfortunate pilot on Sunday brings down his overall score at the Red Bull Air Race World Series in San Diego, CA May 4, 2008. Also featuring Kirby Chambliss (USA) and Hannes Arch (Austria) plus special entertainment shows by skydivers, red bull helicopter and spectator.

Final Results:

1st - Paul Bonhomme (GBR)
2nd - Mike Mangold (USA)
3rd - Kirby Chambliss (USA)
4th - Hannes Arch (Austria)
5th - Michael Goulian (USA)
6th - Nigel Lamb (GBR)
7th - Alejandro Maclean (ESP)
8th - Peter Besenyei (HUN)
9th - Steve Jones (GBR)
10th - Nicolas Ivanoff (France)
11th - Sergei Rakhmanin (RUS)
12th - Glen Dell (RSA)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Red
• Bull
• Air
• Race
• San
• Diego
• California
• pylon
• hit
• crash
• clip
• aircraft
• pilot
• aerobatics
• stunts
• airplane
• skydivers
• Edge
• 540

[harindadew]

what happens when someone hit that cone..?

is he out of the game..?

[MariaGarcia281]

major point deductions

it definitely can mean the difference between winning and losing a race or even the championships

[MariaGarcia281]

Red Bull Air Race 2009 Calendar!

17/18 April: Abu Dhabi (UAE)

9/10 May: SAN DIEGO (USA)

13/14 June: Windsor, Ontario (Canada)

19/20 August: Budapest (Hungary)

12/13 September: Porto (Portugal)

3/4 October Barcelona (Spain)

[aliveCarm]

Wait are you Maria Garcia the short track speedskater? This is amazing to watch btw.

[MariaGarcia281]

If I were only that young ;-)

They are all spectacular pilots thx for watching

[sodaownage]

I wish i was there lol.

[MariaGarcia281]

it's so much better in person!

they're headed for Detroit next

[capitolcake]

me too

[capitolcake]

Kirby Chambliss is my mom's 2nd cousin

[scudlebutt355]

hey i went to that same one

[wroddwhyte]

I bet the person fling that stunt plane got alot of g force.

[MetallicaJunkie]

the main wing on this edge looks different that the one he uses for aerobatics