Hangar-7

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Hangar-7
HANGAR 7.svg
Logo of Hangar-7
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Exterior of Hangar-7 at night
Hangar-7
Interactive map of Hangar-7
Alternative namesRed Bull Hangar 7
General information
Location Salzburg, Austria
Year built1999
Completed2003
Owner Red Bull GmbH
Website
www.hangar-7.com

Hangar-7 is an events venue, gallery and museum space adjacent to Salzburg Airport. Designed to bring together arts, aviation and the culinary arts, the venue hosts the Michelin-starred restaurant Ikarus, [1] two bars and a lounge alongside a collection of historical airplanes, helicopters, Formula One racing cars, and more in rotating exhibitions. [2]

Contents

Hangar-7 was initially developed by Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz who was looking for more space for the Flying 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" for ServusTV at the venue. [7]

Construction

Hangar 7 was designed by Volkmar 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 specialists Waagner-Biro and 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, a Douglas DC-6B, inside. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "ViaMichelin Travel. Ikarus – Salzburg. Restaurant. Useful Information". Travel.viamichelin.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. ↑ "Concept | Hangar-7". www.hangar-7.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  3. ↑ "About us". www.flyingbulls.at. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  4. ↑ "The Flying Bulls' Fleet in Hangar-7 | Hangar-7". www.hangar-7.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  5. ↑ Mike Collins (September 2014). "Red Bulls under glass". AOPA Pilot.
  6. ↑ "Here's what it's like when the world's best paper plane pilots take off". Red Bull. 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  7. ↑ "Sport & Talk aus dem Hangar-7". www.hangar-7.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  8. ↑ "Red Bull Hangar 7 – Waagner Biro / Steel and Glass facades" . Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  9. ↑ "Architecture". www.hangar-7.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

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