Flugtag comes back to Portland

Flugtag came back to Portland yesterday for the first time since 2004. If you ever have a chance to see this event, you should.





What is Flug (from the website):

Red Bull Flugtag challenges teams of everyday people to build homemade, human-powered flying machines and pilot them off a 30-foot high deck in hopes of achieving flight! Flugtag may mean "flying day" in German, but all these crafts ultimately splash into the waters below. They are judged not only on their flight's distance, but creativity and showmanship as well.

The 'aircraft' and I use that term very loosely were really fun and creative. We didn't stay for the whole event, but watched about 10 'Flights'. Our favorite was the flying Winnebago by team Space Balls which won the people's choice award.



This one looked like a jet made out of giant lego blocks (it flew about as well as lego)



OK - so this is clearly not on of the flying machines, but from where we were watching on the Hawthorne Bridge I was able to get a couple of pictures of the USS Blueback (see OMSI)