Hangar-7
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| Hangar-7 | |
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 Logo of Hangar-7 | |
 Exterior of Hangar-7 at night | |
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| Alternative names | Red Bull Hangar 7 |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Salzburg |
| Country | Austria |
| Year(s) built | 1999 |
| Completed | 2003 |
| Owner | Red Bull GmbH |
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| www.hangar-7.com | |
Hangar-7is an events venue, gallery and museum space adjacent to Salzburg Airport. Designed to bring together arts, aviation and the culinary arts, the venue hosts theMichelin-starredrestaurant Ikarus,[1]two bars and a lounge alongside a collection of historical airplances, helicopters,Formula Oneracing cars, and more in rotating exhibitions.[2]
Hangar-7 was initially developed byRed BullfounderDietrich Mateschitzwho was looking for more space for theFlying Bulls,a private aircraft collection and performance aviation fleet associated with Red Bull.[3][4]The Flying Bulls continues to be based at Hangar-7, and regular mainteneance on the collection takes place at "Hangar 8".[5]
Hangar-7 hosts regular Red Bull affiliated events, including "Paper Wings", an event for folded paper airplanes,[6]and films the live weekly talk show, "Sport und Talk aus dem Hangar-7" forServusTVat the venue.[7]
Construction
[edit]Hangar 7 was designed byVolkmar Burgstaller.The building is airfoil shaped, constructed of 1,200 tons of steel and 75,000 sqft of glass surface. The steel-and-glass dome-shaped structure was engineered and built by Austrian specialistsWaagner-Biroand completed in 2003.[8]
The building was specifically designed to accommodate the fleet of the Flying Bulls. The building's 40m wide door was developed to allow them to fit their largest plane, aDouglas DC-6B,inside.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"ViaMichelin Travel. Ikarus – Salzburg. Restaurant. Useful Information".Travel.viamichelin.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-25.Retrieved2011-10-20.
- ^"Concept | Hangar-7".www.hangar-7.com.Retrieved2024-05-07.
- ^"About us".www.flyingbulls.at.Retrieved2024-05-07.
- ^"The Flying Bulls' Fleet in Hangar-7 | Hangar-7".www.hangar-7.com.Retrieved2024-05-07.
- ^Mike Collins (September 2014). "Red Bulls under glass".AOPA Pilot.
- ^"Here's what it's like when the world's best paper plane pilots take off".Red Bull.2022-05-13.Retrieved2024-05-07.
- ^"Sport & Talk aus dem Hangar-7".www.hangar-7.com.Retrieved2024-05-07.
- ^"Red Bull Hangar 7 – Waagner Biro / Steel and Glass facades".Retrieved2020-10-22.
- ^"Architecture".www.hangar-7.com.Retrieved2024-05-07.
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