One of the most common sights air race television viewers get of the race airport is the Gridstand.

This temporary structure, which is shipped all over the world and erected for each race, is the place the aircraft are manually pushed into by the race teams before the pilot starts the engine and begins to taxi for take-off.

It’s a busy place during flying sessions where tensions and stress levels can be at their most heightened.

That means everybody in this secure area must be accredited to be there and it also means everybody, without question, has to think safety first.

To find out a little more about the gridstand, watch this video.