Hangar-7

The Hangar-7 at Salzburg Airport is a multi-functional building, which houses a collection of historic aircraft, helicopters and Formula 1 racing cars. It can accommodate a wide range of exhibitions and serves with his restaurant " Icarus ", two bars, an outdoor lounge, and a coffee shop as a venue and meeting place.

• 2.1 Further aircraft
• 2.2 helicopter
• 2.3 Vehicles 2.3.1 Formula 1 racing car
• 2.3.2 Other

• 3.1 Restaurant Ikarus
• 3.2 Carpe Diem Lounge - Café
• 3.3 Mayday Bar
• 3.4 ThreeSixty
• 3.5 Outdoor Lounge
• 3.6 events

History and Building

When planning began in October 1999, the Hangar- 7 was originally designed as a home of the Flying Bulls, whose fleet had become in the late 1990s too large for the available space at the Innsbruck airport. The hangar was designed by Austrian architect Volkmar Burgstaller, construction work on the premises of the Salzburg airport commenced in January 2001. On 22 August 2003, the building was officially opened.

Meanwhile, the building annually attracts more than 200,000 visitors.

For the restoration and maintenance of the flying machines of the Hangar- 8 was built opposite the Hangar- 7. It is very similar but slightly smaller than the Hangar- 7 in its construction. In contrast to the Hangar- 7 Hangar- 8 for visitors is normally inaccessible.

Architecture

The shape of the building is reminiscent of a grand piano. The 1200 -tonne steel frame construction built by the Waagner Biro AG, and, like the following construction of the hangar -8 on a design by ATELIER Volkmar Burgstaller. Despite the approximately 380 tons of special glass, spread over 1,754 glass panels of the outer casing, radiates from the building momentum and gravity. Inside the Hangar- 7 into an endless sky over the exhibits seems aufzutun. The steel and glass ellipsoid extends over 100 meters long, 14.5 meters high and 67 meters wide.

Exhibits

A Douglas DC-6B is the largest exhibit of the museum and also the largest aircraft in the Flying Bulls. The aircraft is the former President of the machine Yugoslav marshal and later President Tito. Due to the height of the vertical tail of the machine a special folding element had to be incorporating above the door of the hangar to go at all the machine in the hangar can.

More aircraft

• Boeing Stearman PT-17
• Fairchild PT -19 M -62 A ( since October 2007)
• Lockheed P- 38L
• North American B- 25J " Mitchell " (since 2001)
• Chance Vought F4U -4 " Corsair "
• North American T - 28B " Trojan " (since 2001)
• Alpha Jet
• Cessna CE 208 Amphibian "Caravan"
• Extra 300L
• Cessna 337 push-pull
• Pilatus Porter PC-6

Helicopter

• BO 105 CB
• Bell 47 G -3B -1 ( Soloy )
• Bell Cobra TAH -1F
• Eurocopter EC 135

Rolling stock

Formula 1 racing car

• Sauber C14
• Sauber C16
• Sauber C17
• Sauber C18
• Sauber C19
• Sauber C20
• Toro Rosso STR1
• Toro Rosso STR2
• Toro Rosso STR3
• Red Bull RB2
• Red Bull RB3
• Red Bull RB4
• Red Bull RB5
• Red Bull RB6
• Red Bull RB7
• Red Bull RB8

Other

• Red Bull X2010 S. Vettel
• Numerous other cars and motorcycles

Plant

Besides the numerous flying objects and vehicles, including a number of large exotic plants are on display in the hangar.

Catering and Events

Restaurant Ikarus

The Ikarus restaurant located on the first floor of the Hangar- 7 and has 40 seats.

Since 2004, one of the biggest challenges and visions of culinary lived and reacted with the guest chef concept of the restaurant Ikarus. Every month, another takes over international celebrity chef the scepter in the kitchen of Roland Trettl. Under the patronage of Eckart Witzigmann been followed by many chefs in the best restaurants in the world of invitation to Salzburg, including, among others, René Redzepi, Rainer Becker, Jean- Jorges Vongerichten, Xavier Pellicier, Carlo Cracco, Grant Achatz, Sergio Herman and as a semi- professional chef Gérard Depardieu.

Due to the changing monthly cooking style to the kitchen staff must constantly adapt to the individual style of cooking of the guest chef. Also, this creates a high logistical effort.

Gault Millau Austria rated the restaurant with 18 points ( four covers ) for Highest creativity and quality, the best possible preparation.

Carpe Diem Lounge - Café

The Carpe Diem Lounge - Café is located on the ground floor of the Hangar- 7. In addition to specialty coffees and drinks as well as snacks and pastries are served. In Carpe Diem Lounge - Café offers a direct view of the historic aircraft and exhibits in Hangar- 7, just a few meters - standing in front of the tables of the cafes - and only separated by a glass front.

Mayday Bar

The Mayday Bar on the 2nd floor of the house offers cocktails and Smart Food, healthy food, developed by Executive Chef Roland Trettl and the Swiss nutritionist Marianne Botta.

ThreeSixty

The Three Sixty bar is housed in a glass dome under the roof. The transparent case back made ​​of safety glass gives a 360 - degree panoramic views of both the mountains and to the exhibits free. The bar was integrated only after completion of Hangar -7 in the building and is accessible via a kind of bridge from the gallery. Because of the construction regulations, the number of visitors is limited to 20 people. The bar is closed for some time.

Outdoor Lounge

The restaurant concept was supplemented in 2010 by the Outdoor Lounge, are offered in the main barbecue specialties. It is open only during the summer season when the weather is nice.

Events

The Hangar -7 serves as a stage for many different events. In addition to music and art events of the Hangar- 7 also serves as a venue for TV formats Servus TV. The Hangar -7 can also be rented for private events.