The Red Bull Air Race World Series came to London over the first weekend in August.
Agency Innovision project managed the east London leg of the worldwide tour, which takes in nine different cities.
Twelve pilots took part, flying light and agile planes through a low-level aerial race track. Giant inflatable air gates were floated on the river Thames, which the pilots had to flawlessly navigate between to avoid receiving time penalties.
On Saturday 2 August the pilots competed in the qualifying round, reaching speeds of more than 370km an hour. Sunday's main 'battle of Britain' race determined who would win nine points towards their overall total for the season as each pilot competes for the Red Bull Air Race World Champion title, to be awarded in November.
American pilot Kirby Chambliss came out on top in front of the 40,000 London spectators. He defeated France's Nicolas Ivanoff in the final flight over the river Thames after favourite Paul Bonhomme of Britain hit a pylon and failed to reach the final day's race.
Austrian Hannes Arch came third on a rainy, windswept afternoon. Bonhomme's lead at the top of the championship was slashed to two points at 38. With just four races remaining the World Series is once again wide open.
"It felt great out there," said Chambliss, who is now in second place in the championships behind Bonhomme with 36 points ahead of Arch in third, also on 36 points. "The conditions had smoothed out a bit so I was as aggressive as possible."
