Hangar 109 - Episode 1
It’s Saturday the 23rd April. Sydney has just experienced weeks of record rainfall and everyone is ready for some sunshine! It’s not a normal day at Hangar 109, we have team member Jas starting her first day as Hangar Assistant and pilot Lucas has been checked to line for his first passenger!
The hearts of every Red Baron team member is filled to the brim, after watching Lucas undergo months of extensive Red Baron training, he is checked to line for his first Red Baron Passenger! And what a great flight it was, his passenger Craig loved it so much that he has booked-in to do the Top Gun experience with his wife!
Jacki chose the ultimate birthday gift for her boyfriend Jarrad. South-Bound from Newcastle early in the morning, Jacki surprised Jarred with the best Red Baron has to offer. The VIP experience. They took to the skies together as ‘Red Baron Formation’ tracking East towards the most beautiful harbour in the world. They flew overhead Sydney Harbour Bridge, with smoke on, they drew a trail in the sky over Manly and the Northern Beaches so onlookers could follow them to Palm Beach, where they embraced their inner Top Gun Maverick for the famous dog fight. Highly skilled Red Baron pilots complete incredible aerobatic manoeuvres to avoid being locked by the other.
Deb travelled the furtherest today, all the way from Canada to visit friends and family. After being taken along to airshows with her father as a child, it was a life long dream of hers to fly in the Pitts Special, Bi-Plane over Sydney Harbour and the world famous Opera House! We are so thrilled that Deb experienced her favourite city in the open-cockpit, before jetting off to the airport back to home.
The extremely talented @kahunaduo Aisha and Moz joined us for the Top Gun experience and there was no stopping them on their way to victory! It was a high adrenaline, heart pumping battle in the skies between Moz in the Extra330LX stunt plane and Aisha in the world famous Red Baron Bi-Plane as they attempt to “shoot” each other down. Enemies in the sky but they land in formation, band mates again, they treat the red baron team to an exclusive performance at Hangar 109.
A very wholesome family reunited from Dubbo and the Central Coast of New South Wales. Leisa + Brett have waited a long time thanks to COVID-19 lockdowns to use their Gift Voucher for the ultimate TOP GUN experience. The stars aligned and today was meant to be, Leisa had recently finished radiation therapy and is about to start chemotherapy, but we know she’s going to beat cancer in the tail just like she won the mid-sky battle! The whole family came along and it spectacular day filled with coffee and laughter! Thanks for flying with us Brett + Leisa!
It was a long day for the Red Baron crew, we cheered to a glorious weekend and for many more sun filled weekends ahead.