Red Bull Flugtag Twin Cities July 24, 2010

Red Bull Flugtag challenges the brave and brainy to design, build and pilot homemade flying machines off a 30-foot high flight deck in hopes of soaring into the wild blue yonder…or often, plunging into the waters below. Flugtag, which means “flying day” in German, pushes the envelope of human-powered flight, but competitors need more than airtime to reach the podium. Teams are judged on three criteria: flight distance, creativity of the craft, and showmanship. This criteria has inspired flying tacos, prehistoric pterodactyls, winnebagos with wings and even Snoopy and the gang to grace the Flugtag flight decks! And after a year with no Red Bull Flugtags in the US, 2010 promises to be bigger and better than ever.

Since the first Red Bull Flugtag took place in Vienna, Austria, in 1991, more than 40 Flugtags have been held around the globe, attracting up to 300,000 spectators for a single event. The record for the farthest flight-to-date currently stands at 195 feet and was set at Red Bull Flugtag Austria in 2000. A new U.S. record was set in 2007 at Red Bull Flugtag Nashville when a flying banjo flew 155 feet!

The Twin Cities will host its first ever Red Bull Flugtag this summer on the banks of the Mississippi River at Harriet Island Regional Park. If you’ve got the creativity, the brains and the guts to jump off the flight deck, then don’t miss your chance to soar. Get your application in before April 16th for your chance to fly!

This will be Red Bull Flugtag’s debut in greater Minneapolis, and this Land of 10,000 Lakes promises to deliver quite a show. This July, more than 30 teams from across the Midwest will fly above the Mississippi River in front of thousands at Harriet Island Regional Park near Downtown St. Paul.

Want your wings? Get your team and get going! Applications due April 16! Full event details at http://www.redbullflugtagusa.com/TwinCities2010

Official Website: http://www.redbullflugtagusa.com/TwinCities2010