Sean tucker in red bull air race

[3dav8r]

	Quote: Originally Posted by jongurley
	I believe the Modified 540's like Kirby C. and P. Besenyi fly run around 230 straight line,, and hold ALOT of speed around the corners,, the Challenger is not even a choice, it would never be made competitive,, those guys racing red bull now are modifiying wingtips, cowls, anything to give them that 1/10 of a second advantage,, its amazing the money they drop in researching and modifying,

Could not agree more, the Challenger can hold approx. 200-220 in a straight line but with a biplane slammed into one of those hard corners it would bleed way too much speed. Granted it would look cool out on the course but no way competitive, Sean would need a mono-plane to compete.

Steve

[why_fly_high]

I don't expect to see any more Americans on the circuit until one of the current Americans quit. Red Bull is international and there are a lot of qualified pilots out there. The races are really more popular in Europe. Look at the race attendance compared to the US races.

I belive the rules only allow them to run an Edge, Extra, or MX currently.

Dan

[JGetz1680]

I really don't think that will happen he is more in to aerobatics

[sweetpea]

So Patty Waggstaff should get in on this!

[why_fly_high]

I had heard last year that Svetlana Capanina, sp?, qualified and had a spot but she never raced. I don't know what happened.

Dan

[Remsberg]

	Quote: Originally Posted by why_fly_high
	I had heard last year that Svetlana Capanina, sp?, qualified and had a spot but she never raced. I don't know what happened. Dan

She (Svetlana Kapanina) was deemed too hot for the races!

http://womenaviators.org/SvetlanaKapanina.html