In early August 2026, Red Bull Skydive Team member Marco Waltenspiel turned the sky above Cappadocia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site filled with balloons, into a high-altitude slalom course. The project saw the Austrian skydiver complete […]
On 25 June 2026, Red Bull issued a press release announcing that a group of eight of the world’s best wingsuit pilots had completed the longest terrain formation flight ever, launching from above Mont Blanc. […]
Dario Costa, an Italian aerobatic pilot and former Red Bull Air Race competitor, is widely recognised for accomplishing aviation feats that had never been achieved before. In 2021, he flew through two highway tunnels outside […]
On 4 December 2025, at Son Bonet Airfield in Mallorca, Spain, a group of cyclists from Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe achieved the world’s first human powered aircraft take-off. Known as Peloton Takeoff, the project involved a nine-rider […]
In its press release published on 19 November 2025, the Red Bull company announced that Austrian wingsuit pioneer Peter Salzmann had once again pushed the boundaries of what is possible in human flight. This time, […]
The MX Aircraft MXS-R (c/n 2, N540XS), flew by Mikaël Brageot during the 2017 edition of the Red Bull Air Race, Lausitzring, September 2017. The Australian aviation manufacturer MX Aircraft was established in 2001, following […]
On 30th September 2025, professional climber from Slovenia, Domen Škofic, made history by becoming the first person in the world to complete a specially designed climbing route along the wings of a flying glider. This […]
It was in early November 2024 that we first wrote about wingsuit flyer Peter Salzmann and his feat of breaking three world records in a single flight. Now, almost a year later, the Austrian skydiver […]
Hannes Arch was born on 22 September 1967 in Leoben, Austria. From an early age, he was fascinated by sports, flying and the Alps. He began hang gliding at the age of fifteen and subsequently […]
Two Polish athletes, Piotr ´Grabo´ Grabowski – FIBA 3×3 World Champion in slam dunks, and Łukasz Czepiela – aerobatic pilot and winner of the 2018 Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup, teamed up to perform […]
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