Hey Nick,
You should come show off your kickball moves.
Hang out with the Regulators, down some beer, talk a little trash, kick some balls and have a good time.
Show us some Fluge moves!
Laura
Break the World record flight of 195 ft at Flugtag!
1480′s – Leonardo da Vinci Studies of Manned Flight
Notable Craft: The Ornithopter
1799 – 1850′s – George Cayley’s Early Gliders
Notable Achievement: Shaping Wings to Allow Air Correct Air Flow
19th Century Efforts
Notable Achievement: Surving more than 2500 flights before succuming to gravity.
1903 – The Wright Brothers First Flight
Notable Achievement: The first heavier-than-air flight of 120 feet at Kitty Hawk.
1991 – The First Flugtag
The first Red Bull Flugtag took place in Vienna, Austria, in 1991. Contestants took turns throwing, jumping and hurtling themselves off of a 25 foot high pier to see who could “pilot” their craft the furthest. Since then, more than 35 Flugtags have been held around the world — from Ireland to San Francisco — attracting up to 300,000 spectators. The record for the farthest flight-to-date currently stands at 195 feet set in 2000 at Flugtag Austria. The U.S. record stands at 155 feet set in Nashville, TN in 2007.
2008 – The First Fluge-tag
Can Nick stylish and gracefully pilot his home made Flugemobile further than 195 feet?
The world will have to wait to find out..
Notable Craft: The Flugemobile?
Teams are judged on three criteria: distance, creativity and showmanship. What constitutes a craft is purely up to the imagination of the participating teams. Past Red Bull Flugtag entries have included a pregnant cow, a diaper-delivering stork, a pimped-out Cadillac, a giant Oompa Loompa, and yes folks — a lobster named Larry
A little Fluge Ingenuity goes a long way….
