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Dario Costa (born 9 May 1980, Manchester, United Kingdom) born to an Iranian mother and an Italian father, is an Italian professional Red Bull Air Race competitor, stunt pilot, aerobatic performer, flight instructor, Pilatus PC6 Porter paradropping pilot and author from Bologna, Italy [1] and is the first ever Italian to qualify, to compete and to win in the Red Bull Air Race World Series. [2]
An early version of the Edge 540 with a wire-braced tail. The Zivko Edge 540 manufactured by Zivko Aeronautics is a highly aerobatic aircraft.Capable of a 420 degree per second roll rate and a 3,700 foot per minute climb rate, it has been flown to victory on the international Unlimited aerobatics circuit several times since the mid-1990s.
The pilot in charge during a forbidden Red Bull plane-swapping stunt said Friday he takes full responsibility for the ensuing crash over the Arizona desert. Luke Aikins, the lead pilot, admitted ...
A plane swap stunt, in which two pilots attempted to switch planes while midair, resulted in a crash landing in the Arizona desert over the weekend and prompted a federal investigation.
April 24 – A Cessna 182 crash landed after a plane swap stunt went wrong during a livestreamed demonstration in Eloy, Arizona. [29] The stunt by Red Bull involved bringing two Cessnas into a nosedive, when each pilot would then jump out, skydive across and enter the other plane to land. [30]
The Federal Aviation Administration revoked the licenses of two pilots for their "careless" and "reckless" conduct during a failed mid-air stunt last month.
The Red Bull Air Race is featured as a playable mini-game in a special dedicated "Red Bull space" for PlayStation Home released on 8 January 2009. [22] The Red Bull Air Race is also featured as an advanced mission in Microsoft's Flight Simulator X. Additional racing missions and courses were included as part of 2007's Acceleration expansion pack.
Hulu is presenting Red Bull’s latest death-defying aerial stunt as the exclusive U.S. livestreaming partner. The opportunistic rights pickup shows how Disney is hunting for new head-turning ...