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Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team

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Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team
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Active1999[1] - present
CountryCzech Republic
TypeCivilian aerobatic display team
Websiteredbull.com/cz
Aircraft flown
TrainerXtremeAir Sbach 342

The Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team is a Czech aerobatic team. The team fly four XtremeAir Sbach 342 aircraft, painted in the colours of their sponsor, Red Bull energy drink. All team's planes use white smoke generators during air shows.

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Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,871 square kilometers (30,452 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec.

XtremeAir Sbach 342

XtremeAir Sbach 342

The XtremeAir Sbach 342 (XA42) is a German high performance two-seat aerobatic and touring monoplane designed by Philipp Steinbach with Albert Mylius and built by XtremeAir GmbH of Hecklingen.

Red Bull

Red Bull

Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks created and owned by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. With a market share of 38%, it is the most popular energy drink brand as of 2019, and the third most valuable soft drink brand behind Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Since its launch in 1987, more than 100 billion cans of Red Bull have been sold worldwide, including over 11.5 billion in 2022.

Crew

Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team
Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team

The Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team home location is airfield near of Jaroměř in north-eastern part of Bohemia.[2] The four pilots are: Leader Stanislav Čejka, left wing Jan Rudzinskyj, right wing Miroslav Krejčí and slot Jan Tvrdík (line-up in 2017). The team also includes manager Martin Nepovím and engineer Miloš Špreňar. Stanislav Čejka and Jan Rudzinskyj constitute also the Flying Bulls Duo team.[3] Stanislav Čejka and Jan Tvrdík are the Czech Air Force fighter pilots flying Saab JAS 39 Gripen and Aero L-159 Alca planes.[4] The previous team was: Radka Máchová (leader), Jiří Saller (left wing), Miroslav Krejčí (right wing) and Jiří Vepřek (slot). They used Czech aerobatic planes Zlín Z-50.[5] That formation felt apart when Radka Máchová was removed from leader position. Jiří Saller left the team during subsequent controversy. Jiří Vepřek ended due to his health problems.[6]

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Jaroměř

Jaroměř

Jaroměř is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. It is known for the Josefov Fortress. Josefov is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation, the historic town centre of Jaroměř is proceted as an urban monument zone.

Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohemian kings, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, in which case the smaller region is referred to as Bohemia proper as a means of distinction.

Czech Air Force

Czech Air Force

The Czech Air Force is the air force branch of the Army of the Czech Republic. Along with the Land Forces, the Air Force is the major Czech military force. With traditions of military aviation dating back to 1918, the Czech Air Force, together with the Slovak Air Force, succeeded the Czechoslovak Air Force in 1993. On 1 July 1997, the 3rd Tactical Aviation Corps and the 4th Air Defence Corps of the Czech Army were merged to form an independent Air Force Headquarters.

Saab JAS 39 Gripen

Saab JAS 39 Gripen

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen is a light single-engine multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab AB. The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire flight controls. Later aircraft are fully NATO interoperable. As of 2020, more than 271 Gripens of all models, A–F, have been delivered.

Radka Máchová

Radka Máchová

Radka Máchová is a Czech aerobatic pilot.

Zlín Z-50

Zlín Z-50

The Zlin Z-50 is an aerobatic sports airplane built by the Czechoslovakian company Zlin Aircraft.

Awards and honors

  • Diplomas d'Honneur, FAI
  • Multiple Champion, FAI World Grand Prix
  • Winner, Nippon Grand Prix, 2001

Accidents

Two planes of previous team members (Radka Máchová and Jiří Saller) collided during Aero India 2015 air show at Bangalore, India. Although Máchová’s plane lost its propeller and Saller’s plane had heavily damaged wing and damaged control surfaces, both pilots landed without any injuries.[7][8][6][9]

Source: "Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, November 17th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Bulls_Aerobatics_Team.

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Further Reading

Aerobatics

Surya Kiran

Aero India

Zlín Z-50

Halcones

Mike Mangold

Frank Versteegh

Alejandro Maclean

Pete McLeod

Matthias Dolderer

Matt Hall (pilot)

Blue Team (Czech politics)

Martin Šonka

AeroSuperBatics

No. 52 Squadron IAF

Petr Kopfstein

Radka Máchová

Jimmy Franklin
References
  1. ^ "About us". www.flyingbulls.at.
  2. ^ "Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team – Czech team in the sky". redbull.com.
  3. ^ "The flying bulls". Red Bull.
  4. ^ "Píše.cz – ověření". akroctyrka-jaromer.pise.cz.
  5. ^ "Piloti se přede mnou vytahují až do nouzového přistání, říká šéfová elitní akrobatické letky". iDNES.cz. 13 November 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Budu válečná pilotka, těší se elitní letecká akrobatka. Je jí 66 let". iDNES.cz. 4 June 2015.
  7. ^ http://www.oneindia.com/india/aero-india-2015-accident-red-bull-aircraft-close-shave-bengaluru-1658963.htm
  8. ^ "Planes Scrape Each Other Mid-Air at Bengaluru Show, Nobody Injured". NDTV.
  9. ^ Лысцеваwrote, Марина; fotografersha 2015-02-19 21:17:00, 2015-02-19 21:17:00 Марина Лысцева. "Слава богу, все живы!". fotografersha.livejournal.com.
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