Red Bull Pilots Fly Under Highest Rail Bridge in Europe

Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team nailed what it said was the first inverted group loop over Montenegro’s Mala Rijeka Bridge.

Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 04:00 AM ET

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The Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team, piloting four XtremeAir XA42s, performed the inverted group loop over the 650-foot-high Mala Rijeka Bridge northeast of Podgorica, Montenegro. [Credit: Predrag Vuckovic/Red Bull]

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Red Bull's Czech Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team performed the first inverted formation flight through and around Europe's highest railway bridge.
Piloting four XtremeAir XA42s, the team executed an inverted group loop under negative G-force over the 650-foot-high Mala Rijeka Bridge in Montenegro.
This unprecedented maneuver in a narrow canyon presented significant psychological and technical challenges, including no options for an emergency landing.

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Red Bull has pushed extreme aviation to a whole new level, executing what it said was the first inverted formation flight through and around the highest railway bridge in Europe.

Earlier this month, the Czech Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team, piloting four XtremeAir XA42s, performed the inverted group loop over the 650-foot-high Mala Rijeka Bridge northeast of Podgorica, Montenegro, near the Albanian border.