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Flying Bulls
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The Flying Bulls is a private aviation team located in Salzburg, Austria owned by Dietrich Mateschitz, the co-founder of Red Bull and consists of 13 airplanes and 6 helicopters The team was found by Sigi Angerer, former Tyrolean Airways pilot, in the 1980s when he bought a Trojan T-28B and brought it to Innsbruck, where he had it repaired. Shortly after that he bought a Grumman G44 Widgeon and half of a Vought F4U-4 Corsair. The second half belonged to Mateschitz, who flew it to Austria. Fleet The fleet of the Flying Bulls includes: ;Airplanes *North American T-28B Trojan *Sukhoi SU-29 *Extra 300L *Cessna C-337 (also known as O-2 or Push-Pull) *Lockheed P-38L Lightning *Boeing Stearman *Fairchild PT-19 M-62 A *Douglas DC-6B *North American B-25J Mitchell *Vought F4U-4 Corsair *Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet *Cessna CE 208 Caravan Amphibian *Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo-Porter ;Helicopters * *Bristol 171 Sycamore *Eurocopter EC135 *MBB Bo 105 CB * *Bell Cobra TAH-1F (destroyed in May 2017 accident) Crew Pilots *Raimund Friedmann **Lockheed P-38 Lightning *Siegfried Schwarz **Bristol Sycamore *Mirko Flaim **Bell AH-1 Cobra *Phillip Haidbauer **Daussault/Dornier Alpha Jet *Eric Goujon **Vought F4U-4 Corsair *Hans Pallaske **North American B-25J Mitchell *Vito Vyprächtiger **Sukhoi SU-29 *Frederic Handelmann **Douglas DC-6B *Rainer Wilke **MBB Bo-105 *Stefan Doblhammer **Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet *Miguel Hochleitner **Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter *Sigi Angerer Lockheed P-38 Lightning Mechanics There are several mechanics, who also are pilots, not only for the Flying Bulls. Hangars Hangar-7 Hangar-7 is, as the name already says the seventh hangar of Salzburg Airport and the part, which can be entered by visitors. There are exhibits such as Formula One cars, the capsule which Felix Baumgartner jumped out of, the aircraft which also are flying and many other things. Hangar8 The eighth hangar of Salzburg Airport, where the aircraft of the Flying Bulls are restored, repaired and stored. It has the same futuristic and modern style as the neighbouring Hangar-7. is the first place new aircraft come to when they get restored. See Also
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