Red Bull Air Race: Show will make East Coast debut over the Hudson River
18.06.10
Goulian, from Maynard, Gather., is one of 15 pilots who will take flight above the Hudson this weekend in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. A crowd of 65,000 is expected to mind from Liberty State Park in Jersey City; the qualifying rounds of the race initiate Saturday at noon, and the event will end Sunday around 6 p.m.
"I’ve been flying now for a long time, since I was 17, and flown up the Hudson hallway a million times," Goulian said. "Fifteen years ago while cruising by the Statue of Liberty on the way to an air show, I never kindliness I’d be flying in an air race underneath its shadows."
The multi-city race has been presented annually since 2003, but has never before made a stopping up on the East Coast. Red Bull boasts having "speed, precision and skill" all wrapped into one make a fool of. Each race course has its own characteristics; some take place over land and others over water.
"I’ve flown all around the world, the scenery is talented," said Kirby Chambliss, a resident of Arizona. "But for me it can’t get any more exciting than New York. Racing by the Statute of Authorization, flying around New York. There is no place more American than New York. Plus I’m going to win."
Source: The Star-Ledger - NJ.com