Bonhomme beats mangold in san diego.Bonhomme beats mangold in san diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. The fierce competition between British pilot Paul Bonhomme Paul Bonhomme (born September 22, 1964) is an English aerobatics and commercial airliner pilot. Bonhomme was born into an aviator family. His father was an airline pilot and his mother worked as a flight attendant. His brother is a commercial pilot. and American pilot Mike Mangold Mike Mangold (born October 10, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio[2]) is a Boeing 767 commercial pilot for American Airlines and an aerobatics pilot. Mangold competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Series where he placed first and won the World Championship in the 2005 World came to a head in San Diego today as Bonhomme claimed his second win of the 2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series The Red Bull Air Race World Series, established in 2003 and created by Red Bull, is an international series of air races in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the sky in the fastest possible time. season in front of 63,000 enthusiastic spectators. It was another dazzling precision performance for the British ace, who, after losing to Mangold by a heart-breaking fraction of a second in 2007, gained a measure of revenge on his American rival with the hard-earned victory. Although Bonhomme made it look easy with his elegant style of flying through the challenging obstacle course obstacle course n. 1. A training course filled with obstacles, such as ditches and walls, that must be negotiated speedily by troops undergoing training or participants in an obstacle race. 2. just a few feet above the water, he was breathing hard and drenched in Adj. 1. drenched in - abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched meadows" drenched covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; sweat after returning to the runway set up on the U.S. Naval Air Station A Naval Air Station is an airbase of the United States Navy. Such bases are used to house Naval Aviation squadrons and support commands. List of Functioning US Naval Air Stations
San Diego - a picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site of an important naval base Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world . Bonhomme currently leads the World Series with 18 points. Mangold is second with 15 points. Mangold was especially resilient in San Diego, bouncing back from a distant third three weeks ago to a close second. He worked with his technician overnight to remove about three pounds of weight from his plane and put in a fantastic run to beat second-year sensation Hannes Arch in the Semi Finals, clocking 1:17.74. Bonhomme was only marginally faster in his Semi Final against Chambliss, with 1:17.59."I'm pleased to be on the podium considering the circumstances but annoyed that I can't get my plane to go any faster," said Mangold, the local hero treated like a pop star by thousands of adoring fans at Saturday's Public Pit Lane Walk. "I think the conditions were ideal in the Semi Final. Paul had his fastest time there too. I was pleased with that run. I just got a little bit too wild in the final, a bit too sloppy. Paul's got a great plane and he's a great pilot."Kirby Chambliss of the United States won the race for third place, beating Hannes Arch of Austria.The World Series stays in the U.S. for the third round of the 10-race season which takes place in Detroit, Michigan on May 31 and June 1. [c] 2008 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) |
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