Episode 101: Red Bull Gives You Wings. Maintainers Keep Them Flying | Flying Bulls - Part II
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The Vertical MRO Podcast continues its special Flying Bulls conversation with Anthony Hill and Werner Horvath from the Red Bull Flying Bulls. Following Vertical MRO’s milestone 100th episode, hosts Jon Gray and Faith Ortega reconnect for part II with the Flying Bulls technical team in Salzburg, Austria, while recording from the Vertical MRO studio. Anthony and Werner take a deeper dive into the realities of maintaining and restoring historic rotorcraft, including the Flying Bulls Sikorsky S-5...
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