Red Bull Air Racing

Check this out... a form of air racing in which pilots navigate their high-performance, single-engine planes through crazy obstacle courses at high speed. Imagine going through these "gates" or around the slalom at 200-350 KPH only 30-60 feet off the ground. Often they pulling in excess of 9 G's in the turns. It's pretty wild stuff.

Also check out the airplanes they use. The Zivko Edge 540 it's capable of a 420 degree per second roll rate and a 3,700 foot per minute climb rate. It only ways about 1000 lbs. dry and is fitted with a 340HP engine. It's rated to 10 G's and can perform maneuvers beyond what a human pilot could endure. Pretty cool, heh?

-t