SALZBURG, Austria — This city is well known as the birthplace of Mozart, the backdrop for the Sound of Music and simply for being a beautiful place. But thanks to worldwide interest in caffeinated energy drinks and Dietrich Mateschitz's desire to share his love of aircraft and race cars, one of this city's newest places to visit is known as Hangar 7.

Located at the Salzburg Airport, Hangar 7 could be called the Red Bull toy box. It is where Mateschitz, who co-founded Red Bull in 1987, stores all his coolest toys. It is a massive glass-enclosed hangar complete with a changing collection of airplanes belonging to the Flying Bulls. It's also got an assortment of Formula 1 cars sponsored by Red Bull, along with a handful of racing motorcycles as well.

We recently paid a visit to Hangar 7 and got a chance to walk across the apron and peek inside Hangar 8, where a fleet of more than 20 Red Bull aircraft is stored and maintained.

Hangar 8's appearance is stunning, and a team of more than 60 people maintains, manages and flies the fleet. Everything is flown regularly. Most perform throughout Europe during the airshow season, and a few are used primarily for business.

All summer long a busy flying schedule keeps four full-time pilots and a handful of part-time pilots in the air most of the time. Whether flying a graceful aerobatic routine in the F4U Corsair, flying to a nearby lake in the Cessna Caravan (on amphibious floats) or transporting VIPs to an F1 race in the vintage DC-6, these guys enjoy some of the best aviation jobs in the world.

Rob, funny... I was going to post this too. Ford sent it to me in an email. Where did you see this article?

The best in my opinion is the PC-6 Porter. Damn I love that airplane.

I guess Red Bull really does give someone wings.

Zane wrote:Rob, funny... I was going to post this too. Ford sent it to me in an email. Where did you see this article?

The best in my opinion is the PC-6 Porter. Damn I love that airplane.

From Ford. ha ha



If anyone wants the power point version pm me your email. The power point is much better!!

Cheers...Rob

Boo yah!


I asked Google. It's all here:
http://www.hangar-7.com/en/the-flying-bulls/aircraft/

Zane wrote:Boo yah!


I asked Google. It's all here:
http://www.hangar-7.com/en/the-flying-bulls/aircraft/

PC-6 gets my vote too....... Sweet plane.

So, are we thinking there's a few bucks to be made selling caffeine and sugar drinks??

bumper wrote:So, are we thinking there's a few bucks to be made selling caffeine and sugar drinks??

I have a Red Bull every once in a great while, I love the taste. What I love more though is what Mateschitz has done with Red Bull marketing. He has put so many cool sports and activities on the screen for us to watch. I don't know of any other company that has so completely embraced extreme and motor sports. That's entertainment.

mountainmatt wrote:I guess Red Bull really does give someone wings.

wish they would give me wings

Back about 18-19 years ago i had the pleasure of training Siegfried Angerer [Ziggy] for his SES rating in my 1946 7AC Champ at Surfside Seaplane Base in MN. Ziggy and his co-pilot Karl both got SES ratings and they were flying for Swarovski company at the time. Ziggy is a frist class guy and offered me a ride in his F4 Corsair, i'll have to get there one of these days!