Simviation Forum - Red Bull racer and the lucky escape

Apr 15^th, 2010 at 1:24pm

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Red bull racer gets it wrong and lives to tell the tale.

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Reply #1 - Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:30pm

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Wow

It was his lucky day! What a story he will have to tell the grandkids in a few years

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Reply #2 - Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:48pm

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I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing. Wink

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #3 - Apr 16^th, 2010 at 4:16am

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Steve M wrote on Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:48pm:

I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing. Wink

I have never tried it, though my dad tells me it is good for log distance driving. A 73 year old man barrelling down the motorway at 70mph high on Red Bull. Just as well my mother has no difficulty sleeping in the car Grin

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Reply #4 - Apr 16^th, 2010 at 11:12am

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Steve M wrote on Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:48pm:

I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing. Wink

This made me lol when I read it! When I was working 3rd shift at the airport, I would drink coffee, redbull or anything else if I thought it would keep me awake. The night I decided to stop drinking redbull I had tried a larger size can of the drink and not only did I have heart palpitations, but I began to see sparkles everywhere, followed by various colors.

Never again.... Grin

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Reply #5 - Apr 16^th, 2010 at 11:00pm

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The Ruptured Duck wrote on Apr 16^th, 2010 at 11:12am:

Steve M wrote on Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:48pm:

I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing. Wink

This made me lol when I read it! When I was working 3rd shift at the airport, I would drink coffee, redbull or anything else if I thought it would keep me awake. The night I decided to stop drinking redbull I had tried a larger size can of the drink and not only did I have heart palpitations, but I began to see sparkles everywhere, followed by various colors.

Never again.... Grin

Best way to enjoy it is to temper it with some Jagermeister... the first one is too sweet, but after that you don't care. Grin

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Reply #6 - Apr 18^th, 2010 at 8:12am

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Red bull is the deffention of amazing

well i think it is.

But if you watch the vids about it including the news ones they say he clipped his wing on the water :S when in the pics he touched the tail first. what i saw was he wing tipped stalled and then tried to pull up but couldn't, but good on him at least he can walk/swim away from it : Cheesy

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Reply #7 - Apr 18^th, 2010 at 9:30am

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beaky wrote on Apr 16^th, 2010 at 11:00pm:

The Ruptured Duck wrote on Apr 16^th, 2010 at 11:12am:

Steve M wrote on Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:48pm:

I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing. Wink

This made me lol when I read it! When I was working 3rd shift at the airport, I would drink coffee, redbull or anything else if I thought it would keep me awake. The night I decided to stop drinking redbull I had tried a larger size can of the drink and not only did I have heart palpitations, but I began to see sparkles everywhere, followed by various colors.

Never again.... Grin

Best way to enjoy it is to temper it with some Jagermeister... the first one is too sweet, but after that you don't care. Grin

I should mention the only reason I was working 3rd shift was because the guy before me was fired for screwing up big time whilst under the influence of drugs. So I think I was a bit weary of creating a trend Grin

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Reply #8 - Apr 18^th, 2010 at 11:28am

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The Ruptured Duck wrote on Apr 18^th, 2010 at 9:30am:

beaky wrote on Apr 16^th, 2010 at 11:00pm:

The Ruptured Duck wrote on Apr 16^th, 2010 at 11:12am:

Steve M wrote on Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:48pm:

I tried to drink a can of Red Bull and it sent my heart into palpitations. It tastes awfull. Yet they sponsor so many sporting events, leads me to think the general populous is wired on caffeine.
Any landing you can swim away from, is a good landing. Wink

This made me lol when I read it! When I was working 3rd shift at the airport, I would drink coffee, redbull or anything else if I thought it would keep me awake. The night I decided to stop drinking redbull I had tried a larger size can of the drink and not only did I have heart palpitations, but I began to see sparkles everywhere, followed by various colors.

Never again.... Grin

Best way to enjoy it is to temper it with some Jagermeister... the first one is too sweet, but after that you don't care. Grin

I should mention the only reason I was working 3rd shift was because the guy before me was fired for screwing up big time whilst under the influence of drugs. So I think I was a bit weary of creating a trend Grin

Roger that. And it's "leery", BTW. What are you, drunk? Wink

I have found that since Red Bull is really just about caffeine, mostly, it really won't keep you going when you really should be resting. Like coffee, there's a point where it just doesn't do any good. Keeps your eyes open, but you won't be able to function very well (this is from someone who's worked for 15-30 hours straight more than once).

Better to take a break and eat something light.... but don't sit down and close your eyes!!! Grin

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Reply #9 - Apr 18^th, 2010 at 7:27pm

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beaky wrote on Apr 18^th, 2010 at 11:28am:

Better to take a break and eat something light.... but don't sit down and close your eyes!!! Grin

I would often fall asleep at that job in the line office, pilot lounge, reception desk, and even once on top of the wing of a C90. One time an airmed pilot out of KC flew in and woke me up. I offered to make fresh coffee, only to forget to put the coffee grounds in Roll Eyes

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Reply #10 - Apr 18^th, 2010 at 8:04pm

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The Ruptured Duck wrote on Apr 18^th, 2010 at 7:27pm:

beaky wrote on Apr 18^th, 2010 at 11:28am:

Better to take a break and eat something light.... but don't sit down and close your eyes!!! Grin

I would often fall asleep at that job in the line office, pilot lounge, reception desk, and even once on top of the wing of a C90. One time an airmed pilot out of KC flew in and woke me up. I offered to make fresh coffee, only to forget to put the coffee grounds in Roll Eyes

Well.. I just found out today that Red Bull makes beer also. Undecided

YIKES!

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Reply #11 - Apr 19^th, 2010 at 3:43am

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Those austrian are a bit 'weird' indeed - I, as a fastidious Upper Franconian in terms of beer, would never taste anything from outside the bavarian boarder related to whatever one would call 'beer'...

Another austrian adulterated version here - funny though! Grin

excuse bad grammar; "I' bin Bayer..." - German Airforce Private First Class (war reserve)

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