Dario Costa

Dario Costa was born in Manchester, UK, with a dual citizenship. Growing up in Bologna, he started aviation as a 13-year-old in high school. Shortly after, he flew his first solo flight in 1996 at the age of sixteen. Dario lives in Salzburg, first working as Flight Operations Manager and Development Pilot in the Red Bull Air Race Team. Dario is currently competing in the Red Bull Air Race Challenger Class to qualify for the prestigious Master Class. 

Dario has achieved more than five thousand hours of flight on more than 50 different models of airplanes. He is also known for some firsts in aviation; in particular, in 2021 an incredible challenge earned him 5 world records: he was in fact the first in the world to fly inside a tunnel, making the longest flight ever (1730 meters).

He is the first Italian to have participated, raced and won in the Red Bull Air Race.

Dario Costa complete biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Costa