I've added quite a few more images and some background info to the write up. There's even a French chart from the 1600's if you want to figure out how to get around. Well, maybe four centuries past?
Here is a look back, an announcement about the very first Red Bull King of the Air contest in 1999 Maui. I think I have the VHS cassette for this event but I'll be damned if I can find a clip online?! Thousands of handle passes but no truly historic clips, values gone astray.
http://archives.starbulletin.com/199...ts/story2.html
The launch at the last King of the Air event in Maui in 2005
Another shot from 2005
2005 Photos: Red Bull Content Pool
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