"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
05/21/2015 at 13:25 • Filed to: Red Bull Air Race, Mad Props, Planelopnik
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"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
05/21/2015 at 13:25 • Filed to: Red Bull Air Race, Mad Props, Planelopnik | 1
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The Red Bull Air Race World Championship is in full swing as the second round of aerial racing wraps up in Chiba, Japan and heads to the historic Adriatic coastal town of Rovinj, Croatia. The 5,500 mile journey requires an impressive display of logistical ballet.
Fortunately two Emirates Boeing 747 cargo planes were on hand to stuff all 22 teams provisions including the carefully disassembled and wrapped race planes. Plus all the necessary support equipment like massive tool chests and temporary hangars have to be packed up and shipped as well.
On top of all the specific cargo for each team, all the general equipment to run the race has to be moved too. Race pylons, winners podiums, and all the TV production equipment also goes along for the ride.
After a quick fuel stop in !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the big Boeings head to the international airport in !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! as the final flight destination.
Even after the hours it takes to unload all the precious cargo at the Graz airport, it all gets re-loaded into trucks and driven nearly four more hours to the makeshift race airport in Rovinj, where the competition will be staged.
Photos: Red Bull
MarquetteLa
> Chris Clarke
05/21/2015 at 13:31 |
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So I guess they couldn’t just fly the planes themselves to the next location?
this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata
> MarquetteLa
05/21/2015 at 13:39 |
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I mean they COULD, just like the red bull F1 cars could just take the motorway from Barcelona to Monaco.
Coty
> Chris Clarke
05/21/2015 at 13:42 |
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Illuminati.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Coty
05/21/2015 at 13:49 |
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Came here to post this. Not surprised I was beaten to the punch. At first glance I thought the red was photoshooped on, it wasn’t until the second or third photo I realized they were tiedowns for the props.
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Coty
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
05/21/2015 at 13:51 |
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Yeah, it looks photoshopped for sure.
ttyymmnn
> MarquetteLa
05/21/2015 at 14:14 |
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Not across the ocean, assuming the series is international.
MonkeePuzzle
> Chris Clarke
05/21/2015 at 14:23 |
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is this from a Red Bull article?
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Chris Clarke
> MonkeePuzzle
05/21/2015 at 14:28 |
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Here’s this article from Red Bull, but its not quite accurate and it doesn’t have all the images.
http://www.redbullairrace.com/en_US/article/…
newsmctado
> Chris Clarke
05/22/2015 at 11:15 |
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I think it’s very impressive that this can all be done with only two 747s.
EvilFD
> newsmctado
05/28/2015 at 09:59 |
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You can bet they had to make multiple trips. No way they got all that stuff for every team on two aircraft only making one trip.