FLY OVER ROYAL SHIP - Red Bull Air Race Rotterdam 2008

The pride of Britain's liner fleet RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 graced the Dutch port of Rotterdam with its presence on Friday, dropping into Europe's biggest harbour just in time for the Red Bull Air Race this weekend.

Red Bull Air Race pilots Nigel Lamb and Steve Jones of Britain and Hungary's Peter Besenyei greeted the royal vessel with a championship of passes from a respectable altitude of 1,000 feet. With a "smoke on" salute, the British-led formation paid their respects to the QE2 anchored at the Rotterdam dock right next to the Red Bull Air Race track and the Erasmus Bridge.

The 963-foot long vessel arrived in Rotterdam from its home in Southampton in Southern England on Friday morning. Considered the last of the great transatlantic ocean liners, the 40-year-old ship is making its farewell voyage to Rotterdam ahead of its well-earned retirement scheduled for later this year.

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[czar8283]

Too cool. I was somewhere down there. I think my sister and I were walking across the bridge back to the ship when the planes flew overhead. Of course it may not have been during that shot because I think they flew over more than once.

[zdkrdh]

I was there in 2008. great show

[grimeuphoria]

Awesome footage in high def. When are they gonna do a Red Bull race in Paris?

[leegwalker]

go have some tea and crumpets, go to the dentist and then get rid of your annoying prissy britfag accent.

[tom1984uk]

retard of epic retardedness. goodbye dumbshit american

[leegwalker]

lol i don't even remember watching this. Good job, you officially have no life! Replying to someone's comment left 5 months ago results in fail of epic proportions!

[tom1984uk]

Idiot.

[leegwalker]

dand limeys...