Red Bull Air Race World Championship Standings

Here are your Red Bull Air Race World Championship Standings after the Budapest Red Bull Air Race.

POS	PILOT	NAT	ABU DHABI	SAN DIEGO	WINDSOR	BUDAPEST	PORTO	BARCELONA	PTS
1	Paul Bonhomme	GBR	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd			42
2	Hannes Arch	AUT	1st	3rd	2nd	4th			41
3	Nicolas Ivanoff	FRA	3rd	1st	9th	8th			28
4	Mike Mangold	USA	7th	7th	4th	6th			24
5	Matt Hall	AUS	5th	5th	7th	7th			24
6	Kirby Chambliss	USA	9th	12th	3rd	3rd			23
7	Nigel Lamb	GBR	4th	6th	8th	9th			21
8	Michael Goulian	USA	14th	14th	6th	1st			18
9	Sergey Rakhmanin	RUS	6th	8th	5th	15th			17
10	Peter Besenyei	HUN	10th	4th	15th	10th			12
11	Alejandro Maclean	ESP	8th	10th	10th	11th			9
12	Matthias Dolderer	GER	11th	13th	13th	5th			8
13	Glen Dell	RSA	12th	9th	12th	14th			3
14	Yoshihide Muroya	JPN	13th	11th	14th	12th			1
15	Pete McLeod	CAN	15th	15th	11th	13th			1

Red Bull Air Race World Championship Budapest (Aug. 20, 2009)

Here are your Budapest (Aug. 20, 2009) Red Bull Air Race World Championship Results.

1	Michael Goulian	USA	Final 4	1:12.51	0	12
2	Paul Bonhomme	GBR	Final 4	1:13.13	0	10
3	Kirby Chambliss	USA	Final 4	1:13.53	0	9 + 1 (Quali pt)
4	Hannes Arch	AUT	Final 4	1:13.83	2	8
5	Matthias Dolderer	GER	Super 8	1:13.56	0	7
6	Mike Mangold	USA	Super 8	1:15.41	2	6
7	Matt Hall	AUS	Super 8	1:15.42	2	5
8	Nicolas Ivanoff	FRA	Super 8	Disqualified	Disqualified	4
9	Nigel Lamb	GBR	Top 12	1:15.19	2	3
10	Peter Besenyei	HUN	Top 12	1:15.43	2	2
11	Alejandro Maclean	ESP	Top 12	1:15.50	0	1
12	Yoshihide Muroya	JPN	Top 12	1:20.87	8	0
13	Pete McLeod	CAN	Wild Card	1:19.06	2	0
14	Glen Dell	RSA	Wild Card	Disqualified		0
15	Sergey Rakhmanin	RUS	Wild Card	Disqualified		0

Wichita Flight Festival 2009 Aug 29-30

Wichita Flight Festival 2009 starts on Saturday, August 29, 2009 and goes to Sunday, August 30, 2009 at the Colonel James Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kansas.

Saturday Times
10:00 A.M. Gates Open
12:00 P.M. Pride of Flight
1:00 P.M. Airshow

Sunday Times
10:00 A.M. Gates Open
12:00 P.M. Pride of Flight
1:00 P.M. Airshow
6:30 P.M. Gates Reopen
7:30 P.M. Twilight Air Show
8:00 P.M. Night Air Show
8:30 Concert by Liverpool

Ticket Prices
General Admission is FREE
Admission for Sunday's Night Airshow is $5.00

Airshow Pilots
United States Air Force Jet Car
de Havilland Chipmunk-Steve Oliver and Suzanne Asbury-Oliver
Waco JIFF-7- Kyle Franklin/Amanda Franklin wingwalking act
Stearman PT-17-John Mohr
MiG-17F
Indyboys Inc. Jet Dodge Pick-up Truck and Jet OutHouse

Airshow: Offutt Air Force Base Air Show Aug 29-30

The Offutt Air Force Base Air Show is free on August 29 - August 30, 2009 in Alabama. It's 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.

Performers
United States Navy Blue Angels
United States Army Golden Knights
A26b Invader-David Huffman
Aero Club-Barron
B-17
B-2 Sprit
C-17 Globemaster III Demostration Team
C-47
C-47 Heritage Flight
Extra 300S-Tim Weber
F-16 Viper West Coast Demonstration Team
F-15E Strike Eagle Demonstration Team
PT-17 Stearman-Gary Rower
Twin Beech-Matt Younkin
MiG-17-Randy Ball
MX-2 Fagen-Greg Poe
P-51 Mustang
P-51 Mustang Heritage Flight
P-51 Mustang vs. Japanese Zero
Staudacher S-300D-John Klatt

Alan Klapmeier leaves Cirrus

Photo courtesy of Gildertech (Alan Klapmeier)
Alan Klapmeier is no longer the Chief Executive Officer for Cirrus Design as he step down. On February 1, 2009, Cirrus Design will have a new chief executive officer. Alan Klapmeier feels that he wants to focus on more strategic company goals and Brent Wouters, current chief operation officer, will become chief executive officer. Alan Klapmeier will remain as chairman of the board, categorizes the change of title not as stepping down, but as promoting Brent Wouters, who became COO.

King Schools Promotes Knuttila

King Schools has promoted Knuttila to Senior Vice President. Knuttila has been a pilot for 29 years and holds a commercial pilot and flight instructor certificates with instrument and multi-engine ratings for both land and sea aircraft. He continues to train students.

More layoffs for Hawker Beechcraft

Hawker Beechcraft executives have eliminated about 300 jobs, released three vice presidents, adjusted employee benefits, and reduced the salary of CEO Bill Boisture, Jr., from $630,000 to $567,000 in effective September 7. The moves, include some cutbacks in employee benefits. The company is also suspending company contributions to employee 401K plans. They also have raised employee contributions to health care premiums for nonunion employees.