Fans at the MotoGP should keep an eye out for a spectacular sight in the skies above Spielberg on race Sunday.
Shortly before the start of the MotoGP race when the world’s top riders get to show what they can do, the ‘heroes of the skies’ will take centre stage. The experienced pilots of the Flying Bulls will once again deliver sensational air shows that will take your breath away. You can look forward to the thrilling sight of a North American T-28B, a BO 105 C helicopter, the Blanix Team, the Red Bull Skydive Team and the parachutists of HSV Red Bull Salzburg.
Sunday 17th August: 13:25 – 13:53
LINE-UP FOR THE FLYING BULLS AIR SHOW AT MotoGP 2025:
Red Bull Skydive Team
The three members of the Red Bull Skydive Team – Marco Fürst, Marco Waltenspiel and Max Manow – have notched up more than 30,000 free fall jumps between them. After exiting their aircraft at around 1,000 to 4,000 metres above ground, the team then thrills the crowd with choreographed routines and spectacular stunts. On MotoGP race Sunday, the Red Bull Skydive Team will execute a spectacular wingsuit jump and land in the infield of the Red Bull Ring.
BO 105 C (constructed 1974, empty weight 1,402 kg, maximum speed 270 km/h), pilot Siegfried ‘Blacky’ Schwarz
A helicopter that can fly upside down with the greatest of ease? This is just one of the feats that the BO 105 is able to perform. To this day, it remains the only helicopter that boasts full aerobatic capability. The MBB company first came up with the concept in 1963: a revolutionary rotor system was to be developed as the basis for a completely new helicopter design.
North American T-28B (constructed 1955, empty weight 3,165 kg, maximum speed 630 km/h), pilot Raimund Riedmann
The Museum of Military History in Vienna has a very apt slogan: “Wars belong in museums.” Warbirds (i.e. restored and demilitarised combat aircraft) likewise belong at air shows and in the capable hands of outfits such as the Flying Bulls, whose fleet of historic aircraft includes a North American T-28B Trojan.
Blanix Team (pilots Ewald Roithner and Kurt Tippl)
Ther are, of course, also merits to elegant and soundless flight. Two eye-catching gliders will be putting in an appearance, one flying upside down, the other tracking directly below, with just half a wingspan between them. The aircraft have no engines, and the sole means of propulsion is gravity, so the available ‘energy’ has to be used efficiently. The Blanik L13 is perfect for formation flying in all situations. Built in 1965 and 1972, the two gliders of the Blanix team may be old-timers, but they are still in great shape, not least because of their solid metal construction.
Performance of the national anthem
While Velvet Wasted belt out their rendition of the Austrian national anthem on the home straight and the stirring refrain rings out all around the circuit, three parachutists from HSV Red Bull Salzburg bearing the red-white-red flag of Austria will slowly descend to land behind the Niki Lauda Curve.
