Nigel Lamb about to taxi out of the start up area to the runway for his 2nd qualifying run Saturday. The dark areas of the plane are not painted, rather, it is bare carbon fiber.
Empty Red Bull cans left lying around as trash? No! The astute observer will notice that the cans are laid out in the exact same pattern as the air gates on the actual race course. As far as I...
Pilots push their planes out to one of 2 start up areas located under the Red Bull control tower. They start up their engines, test the flight controls and perform other pre-flight checks. Once they are finished and they...
After putting on his g-suit, parachute and climbing ino his MXS-R plane, Matthias Dolderer gets some last minute advice before being pushed out to the warmup area.
A mechanic works on Nicolas Ivanoff's plane after its 2 qualifying runs on Saturday. Nicolas qualified 4th among the 15 pilots.
Dana, Araceli, Reahana and Liz are ready to greet visitors at the public pit lane walk at the Red Bull airfield Saturday afternoon.
After making both his qualifying runs on Saturday, Hannes Arch is interviewed by a Red Bull camera crew. Hannes was the fastest qualifier on Saturday and has to be considered the odds-on favorite for Sunday.
View of the races with the Midway in the background.
The old Ferry Landing booth, roses and downtown San Diego.
Packed beach of onlookers during the races. Coronado Bridge in the background.
