Juan Velarde has been performing aerobatic flights since 1999 and is currently one of the leading Spanish pilots, showcasing solo and formation in aerobatic displays. He has been a part of the Spanish National Aerobatic Team and has an extensive track-record with two gold medals, four silver medals, and one bronze medal at the Spanish National Championship. In 2010, Velarde won the Spanish Overall Aerobatic Championship and was the only Spaniard to compete in the Red Bull Air Race.

He is a commercial pilot for Iberia Airlines, flying as a Captain of long haul flights on the Airbus A330. He began flying gliders at age 15 and after finishing school he went to Anchorage, Alaska for a private pilot course. Once he returned to Spain he worked towing gliders while studying to become a commercial pilot between Madrid and Florida. He later became a flight instructor in Texas and back in Spain he worked as a freight pilot and joined Iberia at just 22 years old.
Juan began flying aerobatics when he was 25 and later joined the Spanish National Aerobatic Team. He took part in all the European and World Aerobatic Championships between 2004 and 2015, winning two Silver and two Bronze medals on Teams. He has been the Spanish Absolute Aerobatic Champion and has accumulated more than 25 medals in National Competitions.
Since 2014 until 2019 he has been the only Spanish pilot in the fastest motorsport series on the planet: the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, what has been considered the Formula 1 of the skies and where he has achieved several podiums and round victories.

He also performs solo and sinchronized aerobatics displays and, as an aviation enthusiast, he flies historic aircraft with the vintage airplane collection Fundación Infante de Orleans.

– 2025 and 2024 Spanish Free Style Aerobatic Champion (Gold Medal)

– Over 25 medals in Spanish Championships (Gold, Silver and Bronze)

– Silver Medal in Wold Championships and Silver and Bronze Medals in European Championships in Teams Classification.

– Former Red Bull Air Race Master Class pilot.

Martin Sonka is a Czech pilot who began flying at the age of 17 and distinguished himself in his country’s elite military ranks as a fighter pilot in the 211th Tactical Squadron and a member of the prestigious Air Force demonstration team. In 2014, he made his debut in the Red Bull Air Race and developed a lasting passion for air racing as a sport. He racked up several podiums, winning races in Abu Dhabi and Porto in 2017. In 2018, he surprised once again by winning the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.

Also known as “The Quick Corsican” Nicolas Ivanoff is one of the most famous French pilots and flight instructors. He competed with the number 7 in the renowned Red Bull Air Race World Series and, during the 1990s, in various aerobatic competitions, he consistently ranked among the top 10 in Europe and the world. In 2005, he joined the Hamilton team as an ambassador and has participated in various international races, as well as airshows, including Oshkosh, Wisconsin (USA), Free Flight Shows (France), and Red Bull Air Races around the world, where he dazzles the audience with incredible aerobatics.

Mikaël Brageot became the youngest French pilot to represent his country in international competitions and made his debut in the Red Bull Air Race in 2014. He secured a victory in his third race and achieved many more in European championships. Aviation, sports, and competition form a perfect triangle for Brageot, who developed this passion at the age of 12 when his grandfather gave him an aviation baptism.

Petr Kopfstein (born 1978, Karlovy Vary) is a Czech airshow and air race pilot with over 2,500 hours across more than 30 aircraft types. He joined the Czech Aerobatic Team in 2007, earning the Czech National Championship title in multiple categories including Unlimited, along with podiums at international championships. He made history in 2014 as the first-ever winner of the Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup, backing it up with multiple race wins in 2015 before earning his Superlicence and stepping up to the elite Red Bull Air Race Master Class in 2016. His best season came in 2017, when he claimed a podium finish in Chiba, Japan, and ended the year 5th in the World Championship standings. Since the Red Bull Air Race series concluded in 2019, he continues performing at airshows across Europe, and participated in Air Race X. He also flies professionally as a business jet pilot.

François Le Vot is a French aerobatic pilot and former military aviator who has become one of the most accomplished figures in competitive aerobatics. He began his aviation career in the French Air Force, where he developed advanced flying skills on high-performance jets before transitioning to civilian aerobatic competition.

Le Vot is a multiple-time champion in international aerobatic competitions and is widely recognized for his precision flying, consistency, and technical mastery in advanced aerobatic routines. He has represented France in major championships and has also competed in the Red Bull Air Race
, where he demonstrated his expertise in high-speed, low-altitude precision racing.

Dario Costa (born 9 May 1980, Manchester, United Kingdom) born to an Iranian mother and an Italian father, is a professional race and stunt pilot, aerobatic performer, paradropping pilot, author of the book “il Tunnel Perfetto” and is currently writing his second scientific publication.
Dario is the first ever Italian to qualify, to compete and to win in the Red Bull Air Race. Dario lives in Salzburg, Austria since 2013 and is mainly known for over 25 world-first flying stunts and world records including his childhood dream to take-off and fly inside a tunnel which he turned into reality on 4th September 2021 becoming the first ever to fly an airplane through a tunnel, to take-off from inside a tunnel and flying through two tunnels. with a race plane at an average of 303,8 km/h on an Istanbul highway taking off from inside another tunnel back in 2021 which had set a total of 5 world first records in a single 43,44 seconds flight.

His parents fled from Iranian revolution in 1979 and Dario spent his early childhood traveling across North Africa and Europe building up his passion for flying, then, at the age of six, moved to Bologna, where he started to learn piloting while at high school where after formal flight training he did his first solo flight at the age of 16 in 1996. Earned his living initially as gardener, swimming pool cleaner, postman and later on as theoretical instructor at his flying club and former high school enabling him few years later, after winning a scholarship and flying as safety pilot, working as hangar boy and teaching, to obtain his commercial pilot, flight instructor and aerobatic flight-instructor qualifications.
Teaching as the youngest aerobatic instructor in Italy and competing in aerobatics, Dario evolved with the sport and in 2011, while still teaching full-time, was contest director of the 2011 FAI World Aerobatic Championships and became Chief Flight and Ground Instructor at the biggest Italian flight school obtaining in the meantime also the Master CFI-Aerobatics US qualification.
In October 2013, Costa joined the Red Bull Air Race World Championship as flight operations manager, development and ferry pilot with the goal to be racing soon.
In 2017 became a Red Bull Athlete to push boundaries of aviation and setting so far over 25 world’s first pioneering records from flying formation aerobatics with an helicopter flown by Mirko Flaim to flying a slalom in between fast moving America’s Cup boats or in sync with a high cliff diver or a dancer or a freestyle skier, or flying an F1 and a MotoGp and the steeper Downhill ski track or flying low level
aerobatics in between Namibian dunes or landing on and taking-off from a moving train in February 2026.
In 2024 Dario became the first Italian and the youngest ever to win the “Bob Hoover – Freedom of Flight Award”.

Daniel Genevey is a French aerobatic pilot and aviation professional known for his involvement in aerobatic flying and air display performances. He has built his career around precision flying and advanced aircraft handling, taking part in aerobatic training, demonstrations, and aviation-related projects.
Genevey is recognized within the aerobatic community for his technical flying skills and experience in high-performance aircraft, contributing to the promotion and development of aerobatic aviation in France and internationally.