Departing VFR to pick up an IFR clearance in the air is an
expedient that works well in good VFR weather. Resist time pressure
to use this technique, however, in areas of IFR weather or rising,
obscured terrain.
"I sorted out the problems I had in Barcelona. I'm very
happy but it was a really close race!"
Source: Kirby Chambliss, after over 600,000
people packed Berlin's historic Tempelhof Airport, Saturday 27 May,
to watch the American win the third leg of the Red Bull Air
Race World Series with a total time of 02:53.70. This was the
second win for Chambliss who won the season's first race in Abu
Dhabi. New Air Race records were also set with Chambliss
reaching a top speed of 513 kph (319 mph) and Hungarian pilot
Besenyei achieving a record 13.8G in his new Edge 540.
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