Porto Qualifying
September 12 2009
Well, today the fog lifted enough to complete one short training session and then the Qualification.
Well, today the fog lifted enough to complete one short training session and then the Qualification.
If you can’t make it to the race in Portugal – don’t worry – you can watch it LIVE on the Red Bull Air Race website in real-time.
Team #99 is proud to be representing TMN at the Red Bull Air Race in Porto, September 12-13, 2009!
Check out this “personalized” license plate submitted by one of our Red Bull Air Race fans! We love it!
A short video recap of Michael Goulian’s 2009 Budapest Red Bull Air Race win!
After a tremendous amount of effort over the past couple of seasons, Team #99’s passion, dedication, and persistence paid off with a super win in the great city of Budapest.
Today was a good day for the #99 Team in Qualifying. In the first Q1 session, we finished 2nd so we were easily in the Top 12 round for tomorrow. Job Done!!
So far, the Budapest week has gone very well for our team. In the four training sessions leading up to qualifying on Wednesday, we have placed 1st, 2nd, 1st, and 3rd respectively for the four sessions.
Even though we travel around the world doing what we love, it’s always a pleasure to get involved with our home town news!
The race #99 EDGE 540 is assembled and test flown and all is going well. It looks like many of the teams have made modifications and even some engine changes have been made during the break between Windsor and Budapest.
The air show in Salinas, CA gave Michael the perfect opportunity to give a few aerobatic rides to the Blue Angel crew – since he had the chance to ride with them in March!
“Wings versus wheels” at Oshkosh’s AirVenture! On Wednesday and Thursday of AirVenture, air show and race pilots, Michael Goulian and Kirby Chambliss had the opportunity to race 2 new Ford 2010 Shelby GT500s.
EAA tv’s John Nicholson took time to interview Michael Goulian, his wife, Karin, and brother, Matthew to give depth to the Mike Goulian Aerosports team and its humble beginnings. Check out this new video.
Monday night at AirVenture 2009 will not be forgotten by the Mike Goulian Aerosports team. Michael and family were honored to receive the Bill Barber Award for showmanship in front of all of their peers, friends and fans.
Michael Goulian and his RBAR team technician, Tim Hess, were interviewed for Aviation Maintenance Magazine’s in-depth technical article on the maintenance and engine aspect of the Red Bull Air Races.
New for the 2009 season, a beautifully illustrated book which gives insight to Michael’s Red Bull Air Race experiences.
Michael Goulian is honored and excited to be chosen to receive the prestigous 2009 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship during EAA’s AirVenture 2009.
During the last week of July, Michael Goulian will be performing at Oshkosh’s AirVenture in his new Castrol Aviator Extra 330SC aircraft. He can also be found signing autographs at the following booths during the world’s largest aviation event: Lycoming, Champion Aerospace, Ford, and others.
The changes and hard work that my team has put into our #99 EDGE 540 has made a significant improvement in our results.
Today’s qualifying showed that all of the hard work our team has done over the past couple of months is starting to show on the speed charts.