Dispatch from the Brickyard, Indianapolis, Indiana: I’m trying to decide if the 2014 California Avalon Cabernet or the 2017 Columbia Valley 14 Hands Merlot will go better with my goat cheese, pear, and micro arugula beet cup. Well, what the hell, it’s an open bar… I’ll start with the Cab and follow it up with the […]
Red Bull Air Races
Muroya takes Red Bull race in Japan
About 90,000 Red Bull Air Race fans went wild in Chiba, Japan, on June 3-4 as Yoshihide Muroya prevailed in showdown after showdown to capture a repeat home win, as well as his second victory of the season. After close calls in the opening Race Day rounds, Muroya’s Final 4 time of 55.288 was a […]
Video: Pilot flies slalom course through wind turbines
As the Red Bull Air Race World Championship heads to Spielberg, Austria, for the second race of the season, Austrian pilot Hannes Arch got in a little practice at the Tauern Wind Park in his hometown of Styria, Austria. Arch turned one of the world’s highest windfarms – located at 6,200 feet above sea level […]
Picture of the day: Red Bull action
Rio A. F. Dubois, of the PlaneTales.net blog, snapped this shot of some early morning action at the final stop of the Red Bull Air Race in Las Vegas, last weekend.
The showdown in the desert
The Red Bull Air Race World Championship will be decided at the final stop in Las Vegas Oct. 17-18, with Britain’s Paul Bonhomme looking to clinch his third title despite a challenge from Australia’s Matt Hall. Bonhomme is clinging to a slim eight-point point lead over the hard-charging Australian with 12 points up for grabs […]
Arch wins Red Bull Air Race in Croatia
ROVINJ, Croatia — Austria’s Hannes Arch won the Red Bull Air Race in Rovinj for the second year in a row in the most competitive race in the history of the high-speed, low-altitude sport. Martin Sonka of the Czech Republic got a career-best second place in the race, where pilots hit speeds of 370 km/h, […]
Goulian modifies plane for first-ever Red Bull Air Race in Japan
Ever since the introduction of standardized Lycoming racing engines in 2014, the Red Bull Air Race teams have focused their engineering efforts into the aerodynamic performance of their airframes. Any possible drag reduction is now more important than ever. The more aerodynamically sleek the airframe, the more speed the race plane will carry around the […]
Red Bull Air Races return next year
The Red Bull Air Race World Championship will return in 2015, featuring eight stops spanning the globe, including five of the most popular locations from the 2014 season. In additon, the season will visit new locations in Japan and Russia. In the United States, the series will once again hold races in Fort Worth, Texas, and […]
Ivanoff wins Texas Red Bull Air Races
FORT WORTH, Texas – Frenchman Nicolas Ivanoff won the Red Bull Air Race held over the weekend of Sept. 6-7 at Texas Motor Speedway with a time of 54.118 seconds. Britain’s Nigel Lamb took second in 54.253 and Canada’s Pete McLeod finished third in 54.666. The overall Red Bull Air Race World Championship battle tightened dramatically […]