A couple of weekends ago, a group of us went to the Red Bull Air Race at Ascot on the Sunday (Race Day) to watch the air race and to see displays by the Red Arrows, wing-walkers, Spitfire, and a helicopter. This was pretty fun, and despite some dark clouds and a downpour a little earlier (luckily, we were inside getting lunch when that happened), the weather was windy but fine.
Helicopter
Ascot was decorated in red, white, and blue.
We got our space in front of the grandstand as all the seats were taken, and the Red Arrows flew by. They did not hang around for long. They were on to another show somewhere, so we only got to see them fly by Ascot.
Next up was the helicopter, which does some pretty neat maneouvers considering its size. It could go straight up and down at a virtually 90 degree angle, and the cargo hold opened up with someone waving giant orange hands. There is no way that I would ever be the one standing outside the open cargo hold so high in the air.
The Spitfire was next up.
Then, the Red Bull Air Race bagan, and we watched the Red Bull planes fly around a circuit. There are a lot of rules that they have to adhere to while flying through the course and between the inflatible cones, and they were docked points for failing to adhere to them. They were timed, and there were a couple of British pilots that everyone was cheering on.
After the first round, the Red Bull pilots had a break, which was lucky as the last pilot accidently hit an inflatible cone and they had to repair it. The wing-walkers were standing by to entertain us with their in-air acrobatics.
After awhile, the Red Bull pilots competed again to finalise te winner of the race.
We went outside to the front of Ascot and saw the winner with the second and third place standing on the podium to get their trophies and celebrate their victories.
That sums it up for Red Bull Air Race in Ascot in 2014. I hope that you enjoyed the photographs.
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