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Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby expat » Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:24 pm

Red bull racer gets it wrong and lives to tell the tale.

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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby matthewdev » Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:30 pm

Wow :o It was his lucky day! What a story he will have to tell the grandkids in a few years :)
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby Steve M » Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:48 pm

I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing.
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby expat » Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:16 am

[quote]I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing.
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1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:12 am

[quote]I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing.
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby beaky » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:00 pm

[quote][quote]I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing.
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby Leigh » Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:12 am

Red bull is the deffention of amazing :) well i think it is.

But if you watch the vids about it including the news ones they say he clipped his wing on the water :S when in the pics he touched the tail first. what i saw was he wing tipped stalled and then tried to pull up but couldn't, but good on him at least he can walk/swim away from it ::D
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:30 am

[quote][quote][quote]I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby beaky » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:28 am

[quote][quote][quote][quote]I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing.
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:27 pm

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Better to take a break and eat something light.... but don't sit down and close your eyes!!!
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby Steve M » Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:04 pm

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Better to take a break and eat something light.... but don't sit down and close your eyes!!!
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Re: Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Postby Meck » Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:43 am

Those austrian are a bit 'weird' indeed - I, as a fastidious Upper Franconian in terms of beer, would never taste anything from outside the bavarian boarder related to whatever one would call 'beer'...

Another austrian adulterated version here - funny though!   ;D
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