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Offline Belial

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Red bull air race crash
« on: August 18, 2010, 04:22:08 PM »
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Offline Tigger29

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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2010, 05:33:21 PM »
Quote from: Belial on August 18, 2010, 04:22:08 PM
http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Article/In-memory-of-Alejandro-Maclean-1969-2010-021242887720914?refmod=ContentFeed&refmodpos=A0


Alejandro Maclean accident while training...

It was only a matter of time.  As fun as that sport is to watch, it is probably the most dangerous one out there.  Aerobatics is dangerous enough, but throw in the racing aspect of it and it's just about as extreme as it gets.

RIP Alejandro
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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2010, 06:25:24 PM »
only thing that could make it more extreme is if they do a race in Downtown Pittsburgh... Talk about a challenge. talk is they are trying to get a race here too.
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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2010, 07:17:07 PM »
Quote from: flight17 on August 18, 2010, 06:25:24 PM
only thing that could make it more extreme is if they do a race in Downtown Pittsburgh... Talk about a challenge. talk is they are trying to get a race here too.

they could also widen the pilons and allow everyone to race at the same time, that would be suicidally extreme
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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2010, 07:21:30 PM »
Quote from: bagrat on August 18, 2010, 07:17:07 PM
they could also widen the pilons and allow everyone to race at the same time, that would be suicidally extreme

What would be intense
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Offline MiloMorai

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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2010, 09:39:52 PM »
Quote from: Tigger29 on August 18, 2010, 05:33:21 PM
It was only a matter of time.  As fun as that sport is to watch, it is probably the most dangerous one out there.  Aerobatics is dangerous enough, but throw in the racing aspect of it and it's just about as extreme as it gets.

RIP Alejandro

He wasn't racing but doing aerobatics.
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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2010, 11:48:38 PM »
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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2010, 11:30:08 AM »
Quote from: flight17 on August 18, 2010, 11:48:38 PM
ya and then there is this crash today at an airshow with a different outcome...

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Air-Show-Pilot-Performing-Aerobatics-Loses-Wing-Of-Plane-During-In-Argentina/Article/201008315695181

Wolfala posted that 2 days ago, indeed with out that emergency chute the out come would of been tragically different, maybe if his plane was equipped with the BRS he would still be here, is that system expensive to where all teams are unable to use them?  seems to me that its a good investment, granted they race low so I'm unsure if that system would deploy fast enough, its a great system for aerobatics thou and i've seen them on ultralites
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Offline Tupac

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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2010, 12:00:28 PM »
BRS isn't that expensive - but they are racing at such a low alitutude it wouldn't matter anyway
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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2010, 12:03:59 PM »
I read he was training for aerobatics, not for a Red Bull race. The Red Bull season is over, or at least I thought it was, I was thinking a champion was crowned a week or so ago.

There will not be a Red Bull season next year, due to the close calls they had this year, and other issues. They're saying maybe in 2012. I'm actually glad to see them take a break before someone is killed in a race. Maybe they can solve their problems.

Here's a link to the story on aero-news.net:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=128a3e1a-4a75-41c8-98b6-34ed6fc571db&
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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2010, 12:56:40 PM »
Aerobatics, especialy near ground, we all know how it ends if something went wrong,
theres no 100% safety, and will never be, especialy at this sport, yet they do it.
I,m sure he loved his sport, R.i.p. Alejandro Maclean.
Its tragic, they left a wife with two kids... :frown:

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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2010, 02:45:13 PM »
Quote from: 68ZooM on August 19, 2010, 11:30:08 AM
Wolfala posted that 2 days ago, indeed with out that emergency chute the out come would of been tragically different, maybe if his plane was equipped with the BRS he would still be here, is that system expensive to where all teams are unable to use them?  seems to me that its a good investment, granted they race low so I'm unsure if that system would deploy fast enough, its a great system for aerobatics thou and i've seen them on ultralites
it not a matter of money but weight. Cirrus installs it on their 20/22 aircraft, cesssna on the C162, Rans (options for all kits i believe) and Diamond have it on some of their light aircraft. All of the aircraft that have it that i have seen are all really small and light.
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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2010, 04:41:41 PM »
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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2010, 08:08:24 AM »
ummm./.......i thought they said it was during aerobatic training for a show, not a race? if so, how is everyone jumping on the race series?
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Re: Red bull air race crash
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2010, 08:47:50 AM »
Quote from: CAP1 on August 20, 2010, 08:08:24 AM
ummm./.......i thought they said it was during aerobatic training for a show, not a race? if so, how is everyone jumping on the race series?

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