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Old 08-12-2006, 06:04 PM
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My son was flipping channels here on my office TV - and stopped on something called the "RedBull Air Race Series". About all I can say is WOW. Just caught the last few minutes... but there was some pretty incredible flying along with interesting live instrumentation showing at times - Speed/Altitude/G's.

Way Cool.
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Old 08-12-2006, 06:14 PM
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Saw this the same way last week - except I got to see nearly all of it. What an awesome race series - way better than anything else I've ever seen before. I was so excited afterwards that I told the wife that I will be driving up to San Francisco in October!

Check it out - make sure to go to the videos section:

RedBull Air Race Series
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Old 08-12-2006, 06:37 PM
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Dan Checkoway organized an RV box seat section at last year's Red Bull races in San Francisco. I was luckily able to attend and it really was a fun event. WAY TOO SHORT! It needs to be an all-afternoon event. I would like to see something like this rolled in with Reno but I suspect there are way too many egos on both sides for this to happen.
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Old 08-12-2006, 07:04 PM
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They did this at Reno a couple of years ago....I hope again this year cuz I'm going. Those guys are either super talented or totally crazy....probably both but it totally rocks.
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Old 08-12-2006, 08:35 PM
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What channel has it been on?
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Old 08-12-2006, 09:06 PM
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Those guys are either super talented or totally crazy....probably both but it totally rocks.
Evan
Definately both - they're in the Sean D Tucker school of aerobatic craziness and big cojones.
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Old 08-12-2006, 09:19 PM
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What channel has it been on?
Took a bit of sleuthing, but I tracked it down to Fox Sports Network

This is a link to the next airing Friday Aug 18th at 8pm on the West Coast.
You can choose your own region at the top to find the time for your area.
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Old 08-12-2006, 09:28 PM
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What channel has it been on?
I think it was FSN or something like that... Fox Sports?
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Old 08-12-2006, 09:28 PM
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Oops... Baja was faster on the research...
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Old 08-12-2006, 10:30 PM
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I'd really like to head down there for this event. Is there any RV thing organized? I'd love to come down and check it out and meet some of the RV folks down in CA.
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