I would have to say this was one of the most impressive things I have ever seen in person. We rolled out of San Clemente around 10am on the one day that it has rained here in the past 5 months. As you can imagine, gridlock was the order of the day on the 5 South. After taking almost 2 hours to get to Cardiff, we pulled off for some quick lunch and considered pulling the plug.
After seeing that the weather was getting better, we pushed on to Coronado Island to watch the Red Bull Air Race from the other side of the harbor. Parking was a mess, but after securing a spot about 8 blocks away, we headed down to the harbor to watch things go down.
The planes are only about 10-20 feet off of the water at any given time, so it is pretty up close and personal. We wanted to get the chance to see it since they change up the venues every year. The funny thing is, the best pilot still flies for Southwest airlines as his day job. Makes you think twice about those guys' skills.
On a side note, Red Bull has WAY too much cash. One of the stunts of the day included a helicopter that can fly upside down, as well as an intricate skydiving stunt where they pretty much fooled the crowd into thinking that one of the jumpers parachutes did'nt open. Yeah, sweet.
I'm pretty confident in saying that I've been in helicopters enough to know that this would pretty much be terrifying.
