That nice man Mr. Ken let those mad men, the Red Bull Air Racers, set up their obstacle course just outside my window. Although they closed the park, put up tarpaulins, and all sorts of other spoiling tactics to prevent a free view on the actual day, we got a front row seat for the practice runs Thursday and Friday. (In fact the office came to a standstill on the Thursday. Friday we'd seen it all before!)

Being quite slow witted at work, I went out with my camera after they'd finished. Fortunately, I have a smarter colleague who took an early lunch and filled his CompactFlash to the brim. Here are some selected shots for your enjoyment.

I should say that Mr. Chris Nolan, for that is the smart man's name, sells his photos commercially, consequently these photos are his copyright and reproduced here by his kind permission. Thanks Chris.

Chris's collection of pictures are available on this web site: http://en.fotolia.com/p/215986/partner/215986; and a couple of others of his you may like are http://en.fotolia.com/id/3887316 and http://en.fotolia.com/id/3901930