James Hinchcliffe has occasionally said if he wasn’t a race car driver, he’d be an astronaut - so he clearly has a love of aviation even though his day job involves driving a land speed rocketship, the No. 5 Arrow Electronics Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda in the Verizon IndyCar Series.
But Hinchcliffe got a taste of the skies in an entirely different way earlier this week, riding shotgun in Kirby Chambliss’ Red Bull airplane. Chambliss, the American veteran pilot, leads the Red Bull Air Race World Championship points standings at the moment.
Watch above as Hinchcliffe gets a taste of a different kind of G-loading - and look out for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Indianapolis at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when it arrives October 14-15, with coverage on NBC Sports.
A few social posts from the event are below, as well.
Got a ride in a RedBull Air Race plane. I got to enjoy my breakfast twice. Once on the way down and again on the way back up! Vid to come!
— James Hinchcliffe (@Hinchtown) August 23, 2017
How's your Wednesday? @Hinchtown is off in the sky somewhere doing somersaults with @KirbyChambliss! #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/zix5M0msAh
— Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team (@ArrowMcLaren) August 23, 2017
Now THIS is a cool selfie! @Hinchtown about to go up w @KirbyChambliss & have some fun promoting @IMS @Redbullairrace. pic.twitter.com/AMMX7JAz28
— J. Douglas Boles (@jdouglas4) August 23, 2017
You did great James Hinchcliffe! Thanks for flying with us!! https://t.co/gYYkm51Mjf
— Kirby Chambliss (@KirbyChambliss) August 24, 2017