Red Bull Air Race entertains Friday crowds
17 Dec 2011, 16:05
Minivan News
Hundreds gathered on Male’ yesterday to watch Red Bull Air Race champion Péter Besenyei perform air stunts in a specially-designed plane over the Ekuevni Stadium area.
The event was organised by Euro Marketing Pvt Ltd, the sole distributor of energy drink Red Bull in the Maldives.
Hungarian national Besenyei, age 55, is a skilled aerobatics pilot and eight-time air race world champion. Since being approached by Red Bull in 2001, Besenyei has developed the company’s air racing competition and formulated the sport’s rules and regulations.The Red Bull Air Race was first held in Zeltweg, Austria in 2003. International pilots compete against the clock on obstacle courses of pylons, or “air gates.”
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