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9.629.091 sq km.

278.058.881.

English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority).

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400.000 Spectators

 See Results San Francisco 2005

Air race formation in front of Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, CA.           Photo: Red Bull Photofiles.

The cream of world's racing pilots will display their skills at Fleet Week 2006, an annual waterfront celebration that honours the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

the Red Bull Air Race will taking place between Marina Green and Aquatic Park, right next to the shore, spectators will have unprecedented views of the pilots as they fly over the water at speeds of more than 230mph in their bid to gain vital ranking points to win the Championship

Fleetweek will include a parade of ships under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay as well as a two-day air show involving military and civilian aircraft.

In addition to the Red Bull Air Race, spectators at Fleetweek will get to see the US Navy's Blue Angels, Sean Tucker of Team Oracle Extreme and a demonstration from the US Air Force's F-16 Falcons display team.

Fleetweek was inaugurated in 1981, but the concept behind it goes back to 1907 when President Theodore Roosevelt ordered a global tour of 16 battleships from the Atlantic Fleet to showcase American sea power. 

The 14-month tour of battleships, which were dubbed the "Great White Fleet", visited San Francisco in mid-1908.

San Francisco was also once home to the first West Coast Naval shipyards, built in the 1800s, that went on to build cruisers, submarines and battleships during World War II.

Nowadays, San Francisco Fleet Week draws nearly a million spectators to the waterfront over the weekend to experience this unique slice of American and San Francisco heritage.

Air Race History: The final took place here in 2005. Mike Mangold won and was crowned Red Bull Air Race World Series Champion.

Mike Mangold in knife-edge through the qautro.

Results Second Training

San Francisco, Thursday October 5, 2006

The German pilot Klaus Schrodt is number 8 in the second training.

Results First Training San Francisco Wednesday October 4, 2006

Rank Name Nation Team Int. 1 Int. 2 Time Diff. Pen 1 Chambliss Kirby USA  Red Bull  00:21.04 00:50.65 01:17.16   0 2 Mangold Mike USA  Mangold  00:19.53 00:51.07 01:18.86 + 1.70 0 3 Bonhomme Paul GBR  Bonhomme  00:20.64 00:53.33 01:21.78 + 4.62 0 4 Jones Steve GBR  Jones  00:21.08 00:54.82 01:22.25 + 5.09 0 5 Ivanoff Nicolas FRA  Ivanoff  00:23.50 00:59.77 01:28.22 + 11.06 0 6 Maclean Alejandro ESP  Maclean  00:23.20 00:59.18 01:30.16 + 13.00 0 7 Goulian Michael USA  Goulian  00:25.37 00:59.64 01:30.39 + 13.23 0 8 Schrodt Klaus GER  Schrodt  00:24.76 01:05.17 01:34.67 + 17.51 0 9 Lamb Nigel GBR  Lamb  00:26.71 01:11.31 01:46.76 + 29.60 12 dnf Besenyei Peter HUN  Red Bull  dnf dnf dnf dnf   dns Versteegh Frank NED  Versteegh  dns dns dns dns

Michael Goulian in his Extra 300SHP flies to the seventh place in the first training of the Red Bull Air Race in San Francisco.

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with two races left, San Francisco and Perth

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