Our last stop in Salzburg was a visit to the Red Bull Hangar 7 at Salzburg Airport for dinner. Hangar 7 is a unique building/hangar which houses the historical Flying Bulls aircraft fleet and a collection of Formula 1 race cars. It is a free museum built by the owner of Red Bull as a “thank you” for the success of Red Bull products. Hangar 7 includes the display of aircraft, cars, restaurant Icarus, two bars, an Outdoor Lounge and one café.
Vic in front of the Red Bull T-28. Vic flew the T-28 during USAF training at Greenville AFB, MS in 1954.
Jeff by a Lockheed P-38. All of the aircraft at Hangar 7 had been restored and were in beautiful condition.
Jeff by a North American B-25. The B-25 was used early in WW II for the first air raid to Tokyo for a symbolic mission that the United States was coming to Japan. Captain Don Smith from my home town of Belle Fourche participated in that mission as a B-25 commander.
Stairway to the lounge suspended from the hangar ceiling.
Refreshments at the lounge in the sky.
Hangar lighting changes color after sunset. Overhead view of hangar floor with blue lighting.
Overhead view of hangar floor with red lighting.
To Munich and Home
We left Salzburg early September 30, 2017 driving to Munich. We had not stayed in Munich because Oktoberfest was in full swing with inflated prices, wild crowds, gridlocked traffic, etc. (Oktoberfest is a misnomer and actually starts in September). It was Saturday and there was a plug of traffic seven miles bumper to bumper leaving Munich, but traffic was normal going to the airport. We turned in the car, said our farewells, and checked in to our respective flights. Jeff returned from Munich via London-Seattle-Anchorage. My routing was Munich-Reykjavik-Minneapolis-Rapid City. We arrived back home about the same time after 18 hours of travel. Donna picked me up in Rapid City and Jodi picked up Jeff in Anchorage. My thanks to Jeff who made all of the reservations and made it possible to cross off another item on my "bucket list". It has been fun to share the trip with those of you reading our trip adventure pages.