Matthias Dolderer has been one of the most promising newcomers to the Red Bull Air Race since his debut in 2009. He made the podium in his first season, taking third place in the finale in Barcelona, Spain. Dolderer has become a wellknown athlete in the Germanspeaking world thanks to his unbridled enthusiasm for the sport, his network of media and business contacts, and his ability to convey what is so special about the Red Bull Air Race to a wider audience of the uninitiated. Highly competitive, Dolderer was one of the first pilots to invest heavily in the newest high-speed version of the Zivko Edge 540, the V3.
Dolderer, who compared the precision flying of the Red Bull Air Race to trying to park a car in a garage while travelling at nearly 400kph, took his first flight with his father at the age of three. He grew up at his parents’ flight school and at the age of five was hooked. He took his first solo flight at 14 and his life has revolved around aviation ever since. Dolderer earned his glider licence on his 17th birthday, and the same year took third place as the youngest competitor ever at the German Championships in a competition that he won three years later. He has been a team member of the German National Team and has competed in four
German, two European and one World Championship.
THE TEAM
Dolderer’s Team includes team managers Claudia Maur and Elisabeth Hake and technician Tobias Odewald. Having previously worked as team co-ordinator for Hannes Arch, Maur returned to Team MD21 for 2014. Odewald began his aviation career at Extra Flugzeugbau in 1995, where he worked as an aircraft mechanic. He now holds the A&P licence and is responsible for all technical aspects of Team MD21’s plane.
MATTHIAS DOLDERER GERMANY ZIVKO EDGE 540 V3 DATE OF BIRTH: September 15, 1970 BIRTHPLACE: Ochsenhausen, Germany HOME: Hörbranz, Austria TEAM: Tobias Odewald (technician), Claudia Maur, Elisabeth Hake (team managers) WEBSITE: matthiasdolderer.com RED BULL AIR RACE RESULTS: 2010 8th 2009 9th RED BULL AIR RACE MagazinE 17