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LOOP News 7 SEP 07: IT GAVE HIM WINGSFlying Bulls ace stuns crowd in Budapest WHILE the racers at the Budapest round of the Red Bull World Air Race were outstanding to watch (see page 15), it was the display routine of Flying Bulls helicopter pilot Rainer Wilke which produced the most oohs, ahhs and gasps. His show in a special Bolkow Bo-105 over the rooftops of Budapest enthralled spectators and included rolls and loops which, frankly, bordered on the impossible. Wilke is a former military pilot and one of only three pilots in Germany with a special helicopter aerobatic display 'licence'. Only the Bo-105 is cleared to fly such manoeuvres, even though it is no longer in production. He's also a mainstay of the Flying Bulls, an organisation which displays all types of aircraft including stunt and classic. Flying Bulls are based in an extraordinary futuristic glass and steel building called Hangar-7 at Salzburg Airport, Austria. A spokesperson for Flying Bulls said, "Our two Bo-105 choppers make possible aerobatic figures the likes of which we usually only see done by airplanes. "The invention of the hingeless rotor system was responsible for the unsurpassed manoeuvrability of this helicopter. "A special individual certification procedure, the most stringent maintenance requirements and, of course, extremely high standards of pilot qualification were among the things it took to receive official permission to do aerobatics with these aircraft. So this is not something to be emulated - neither by other Bo-105 operators, nor by pilots of 'normal' helicopters!" Visitors are welcome to Hangar-7. On display are the team's various display aircraft including an immaculate Douglas DC-6B. There's also an aviation art gallery and a restaurant with a unique idea - each month a new world-class chef takes over the running of the kitchen. W: www.flyingbulls.at W: www.hangar-7.com |                      | ||||||
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