Red Bull World Series Air Races

November 19, 2006
Spectators were lined up along the banks of Perth's Swan River where the fast and furious Red Bull air race began at midday (WST).
Eleven dare devil pilots took it in turns to fly low at speeds of up to 400kph around an obstacle course of inflatable gates on the river.
Police said the crowds along the Perth and South Perth foreshores are generally "well behaved" with only a few move on notices issued to rowdy people with alcohol.
"The major problem is traffic at the moment," a police spokeswoman said.
Organisers say there is still plenty of space on the foreshore from South Perth to Victoria Park and the Narrows to the Causeway but traffic is slow at all entry points.
Perth is the last leg of the 2006 World Series, which has drawn massive crowds in San Francisco, Istanbul, Berlin and Budapest this year.

Hungarian pilot Peter Besenyei claimed victory in the final leg of the competition as 300,000 spectators looked on from the banks of Perth's Swan River