Jeddah 29 March 2007
some infos for those who have never been here:
Men wear white clothes, Women black, most woman have to cover their face
No Alcohol anywhere...officially
crazy traffic, but it works, very americanism here
Lots of security here, esp. at the airport. To bring tools to the plane is not easy at all.
They kept our passports, therefore we got temp. visa-papers.
No cinema, no theater, no entertainment for public,
just a few clubs are coming up now, not much to do for families.
All over the praying over the speakers.
I would consider it as a safe country, with very friendly people. For me, never been here, many new things to explore, very interesting.
After breakfast at 0900 we went to the airport, first thing I got was a sunburn (this started yesterday during the flight already...), taking fuel out of the wings, preparing the aircraft for inspection of the FAA (GACA),
building front stick back in, cleaning inside and get the planes ready for tomorrows airshow.
After finishing the preparation we had briefing at the Jeddah Red Bull Office checking tomorrows eventprogramm.We will fly in front of the Kings Palace, over the shorline of Jeddah. Tomorrow we fly with some VIPs in the Extra, thereafter Shihabe with Hannes, and finally Hannes freestyle in the Edge.
some impressions of the day (sorry, not so many, was little lazy with photo today...)
Saudi McDonals...good marketing as well...
This Hotel was built a few years ago, and when it was finished, the royal family advised not to operate the Hotel, because it is opposite of the Kings Palace, and the people could look over to the Palace...
The water fontaine in front of the Kings Palace, that will be the show-location for the airshow tomorrow.
Kings palace at sunset.
Our Crew, Daruis (Aviation Event-Manager, dont know his name, Shihab, Mat, HA, unser super Fotomann, ich kann mir leider keine Namen merken :-)
Its time for dinner now, have a great evening you all,
all the best from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
MD & HA
