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| Hangar-7 | |
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 Logo of Hangar-7 | |
 Exterior of Hangar-7 at night | |
 Interactive map of the Hangar-7 area | |
| Alternative names | Red Bull Hangar 7 |
| General information | |
| Location | Salzburg, Austria |
| Year built | 1999 |
| Completed | 2003 |
| Owner | Red Bull GmbH |
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| www.hangar-7.com | |
Hangar-7 is an events venue, gallery and museum space adjacent toSalzburg Airport. Designed to bring together arts, aviation and the culinary arts, the venue hosts theMichelin-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]
Hangar-7 was initially developed byRed Bull founderDietrich Mateschitz who 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" forServusTV at the venue.[7]
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-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, aDouglas DC-6B, inside.[9]
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