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| Name |
Matthias Dolderer |
| Nationality |
Germany |
| Date of Birth |
15 September 1970 |
| Residence |
Tannheim, Germany |
| Flight hours |
6.500 |
| Aircraft |
Edge 540 |
| Race no. |
21 |
| Interests |
Tennis, skiing, biking |
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Matthias Dolderer from Germany advanced into the elite circle of the Red Bull Air Race
after years of determined effort. Dolderer has 24 years of flying experience and runs
his own flight school on the rim of the German Alps. He knows the race hierarchy will
be torn wide open in 2009 with the arrival of four hungry rookies but believes with a
bit of luck he could crack the top 10.
Dolderer, who once colourfully compared the precision flying of the Red Bull Air Race
to trying to park a car in a garage while travelling at nearly 400 kilometres per hour,
first went flying with his father when he was three years old.
He was raised at his parent’s flight school and at the early age of five became hooked
on machines and fast cars making his first solo flight at 14. His life has revolved around
aviation ever since. “Flying was my passion from the very first moment and my inspiration.
I’ve spent my whole life in hangars, on airfields and in cockpits,” says Dolderer.
The lifetime aviator gained his glider and microlight licence at the age of 17 and the following
year obtained his private pilot’s licence. Just a few days later he finished 3rd in the German Championships.
At 21 he became the youngest flight teacher in Germany. He and his sister Verena took over Tannheim Airfield
to continue their family’s vision: ‘To establish a meeting place for aviators, enthusiasts, amateurs as well
as professionals.’ The legendary Tannkosh event, Europe’s biggest Fly-In, became a reality in 1993.
Dolderer has spent almost 300 days of his life in the cockpit in more than 100 different aircraft types,
with 23,000 landings all over the world and has performed in many air shows across Europe since 1993.
In 2002 he became an official pilot of the Flying Bulls, Austria, where he still performs with different aircraft.
Dolderer describes himself as “extremely passionate, very ambitious and straightforward with a fearless style of flying”.
To endure the physical demands of each flight session, he maintains a demanding training schedule, working out 250 days a year.
Until his 15th birthday he was training hard for careers in skiing and tennis and has also trained hundreds of students in his flight school.
He is the father of an 11-year-old daughter, who he is already teaching to fly. He picked race number 21 because it’s his lucky number.
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Flying achievements |
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Flying Bulls |
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| 2008 |
Qualified at the Red Bull Air Race Qualification Camp and selected to race in 2009 |
| 2008 |
German Aerobatic Championships, 4-minute freestyle program 2nd place |
| 2008 |
German Aerobatic Championships, “Unlimited” Category, 1st place |
| 2008 |
World Aerobatics Cup, Czech Republic, “Unlimited” Category, 2nd place |
| 2008 |
European Aerobatic Championships, “Unlimited” Category, 19th Place |
| 2007 |
Participation World Aerobatics Championships “Unlimited” Category |
| 2007 |
Participation German Aerobatic Championships “Unlimited” Category |
| 2006 |
Participation German Aerobatic Championship, “Advanced” Category |
| 1991 |
Microlight European Championships, German Champion |
| 1990 |
Microlight World Championships |
| 1988 |
Microlight European Championships |
| 1988/91 |
Microlight German Championships |
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 For nearly 20 years the growing number of technical and historic airplanes that make up the Flying Bulls have been collected from all over the world. Matthias Dolderer became an official Flying Bulls pilot in 2002, where he stills performs with different types of aircraft when not flying at the Red Bull Air Race. His favourite plane is the Chance Vought F4U-4 "Corsair".
The idea of the Flying Bulls was born in the early nineties – at first, it was just a tight-knit group of pilots and technicians collecting and flying fascinating aircraft from the great eras of aviation until the incorporation of “The Flying Bulls” in 1999. In early 2003, the Flying Bulls received their own maintenance hangar in the form of Hangar-8; static displays can be seen in Hangar-7 (www.hangar-7.com). The collection includes the Chance Vought F4U-4 "Corsair", North American B-25J "Mitchell", P-38L "Lightning", Douglas DC-6B and lots more.
More information on www.flyingbulls.com |
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Matthias’ home base is at the Tannheim Regional Aiport, one of the very few public airfields in Germany, which are family-owned and operated. Every summer aviation enthusiasts gather for the unique experience of TANNKOSH. This FLY-IN, which was established by Matthias and his sister Verena Dolderer in 1993, has grown and become well-known over the years - enhanced by the magic mood from pilots all over Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, France and lots more countries.
Nowadays, thousands of pilots and their families and friends, aircraft builders, and major aircraft companies visit Europe's biggest FLY-IN with their biplanes, aerobatic and historic aircraft, helicopters, ultra lights, parachutes, war birds, etc. to fly formations or solo displays, perform in front of an enthusiastic audience, or just party at the "Rock in the Hangar" — a platform for a lively and international communication and understanding between aviators.
Log on www.tannkosh.com for more. |
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