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Offline MachFly

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No Red Bull 2012
« on: November 16, 2011, 11:27:25 PM »
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2011, 07:42:55 AM »
Quote from: MachFly on November 16, 2011, 11:27:25 PM
http://www.flyingmag.com/news/red-bull-air-race-championships-put-hold-%E2%80%94-again?cmpid=enews111511

 :furious

 they mentioned this last year, with that last close call, when one of the pilots nearly stalled his plane.
said they were gonna take the year off to review.
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2011, 10:17:35 AM »
they pulled out of sponsoring a nascar team also.
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2011, 10:50:22 AM »
The gov is considering making energy drink 18+ up here in quebec. They would only be for sale in SAQ (société des alcools), the state 'company' that sells the booze in QC.
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2011, 12:42:01 PM »
Quote from: CAP1 on November 17, 2011, 07:42:55 AM
they mentioned this last year, with that last close call, when one of the pilots nearly stalled his plane.
said they were gonna take the year off to review.

They stoped the 2010 races in the middle of the season, cancelled 2011, and now cancelled 2012. That's way too much.
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2011, 02:07:48 PM »
Too much risk to the brand. "Red Bull gives you wings" does not work well with a pic of some poor schmuck having a fatal crash into a river.
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2011, 03:07:09 PM »
Quote from: Scherf on November 17, 2011, 02:07:48 PM
Too much risk to the brand. "Red Bull gives you wings" does not work well with a pic of some poor schmuck having a fatal crash into a river.

There was only one crash in the history of red bull and the pilot was not injured.
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2011, 03:36:53 PM »
Quote from: CAP1 on November 17, 2011, 07:42:55 AM
they mentioned this last year, with that last close call, when one of the pilots nearly stalled his plane.
said they were gonna take the year off to review.

...and that last close call was just the last of a couple they had this year.  Top it with the Reno cherry from this year, and who knows what the outcome of the review is gonna be.  :(


Quote from: PuppetZ on November 17, 2011, 10:50:22 AM
The gov is considering making energy drink 18+ up here in quebec. They would only be for sale in SAQ (société des alcools), the state 'company' that sells the booze in QC.

Sad thing is, Red Bull is probabley one of the better ones IMO, even if they're the biggest.


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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2011, 03:43:17 PM »
What does Reno have to do with it? Different races, different planes, & different organization.
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2011, 03:52:00 PM »
Quote from: PuppetZ on November 17, 2011, 10:50:22 AM
The gov is considering making energy drink 18+ up here in quebec. They would only be for sale in SAQ (société des alcools), the state 'company' that sells the booze in QC.

That isn't such a bad idea.  A lot of kids get really sick drinking too many of those things.
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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2011, 04:12:30 PM »
Quote from: MachFly on November 17, 2011, 03:43:17 PM
What does Reno have to do with it? Different races, different planes, & different organization.

... same underwriters? :headscratch:
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2011, 04:20:52 PM »
Quote from: MachFly on November 17, 2011, 03:43:17 PM
What does Reno have to do with it? Different races, different planes, & different organization.
everything... the general public is too stupid to know the differences. Hence why they always refer to the Reno Air race as an airshow.
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2011, 04:21:44 PM »
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2011, 04:23:27 PM »
Quote from: flight17 on November 17, 2011, 04:20:52 PM
everything... the general public is too stupid to know the differences. Hence why they always refer to the Reno Air race as an airshow.

Red Bull are the ones who stopped the competition, no one did it for them.
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Re: No Red Bull 2012
« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2011, 04:30:05 PM »
Quote from: Scherf on November 17, 2011, 02:07:48 PM
Too much risk to the brand. "Red Bull gives you wings" does not work well with a pic of some poor schmuck having a fatal crash into a river.

 i don't recall reading anything about a fatal crash? i thought the one in australia walked away, and the one in canada landed his plane?
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