Kirby and Jason arrived in Salzburg, Austria, a few days early to work on upcoming modifications. While they won’t be seen during the race in Spielberg, the team is working hard in conjunction with Microsoft and Kansas University to debut the new changes at Kirby’s home race in Ft. Worth, Texas. Due to the early arrival, Kirby was also able to take some time to tour the countryside with local pilot Hannes Arch in his helicopter.
“I’ve always thought it would be neat to fly a helicopter, so it was good fun to take a ride with Hannes!”
The team then moved to Spielberg for the first official day of the race. The weather was forecasted to be quite rainy for day one, so they weren’t sure if it would be possible to ferry the race plane into the Red Bull Ring. Luckily, though, the weather cleared enough mid-morning and Kirby was able to bring it in! The remainder of the day was spent setting up the hangar and preparing the plane for training rounds tomorrow!
