Moscow Flugtag Thrills Attendees
Monday, August 8, 2011 at 9:26PM Thousands gathered on the banks of the Moscow River to watch a colorful array of homemade flying machines competing in the third series of the city's Red Bull Flugtag festival.
The 'aircraft', and i ue that term loosely, ranged from the implausible Flying Dog, to spinning tea cups, and rotating sombreros.
Thirty different teams of five crew members registered for the event.
If you aren't familar with Flugtag, competition rules state that all 'flying machines' must be engineless, should not be a replica of any sporting flying vehicle, should be made materials that float in water, weigh no more than 100kg, and have a wing span of no more than 10 meters.
Although almost all of the flying machines were destroyed after crashing into the water, the 'Illusion of the Flight' crew piloting a model of an airliner managed to fly a distance of 19 meters.
The best Flugtag flight I can find on Youtube is one from the 2010 Twin Cities competition.
The Moscow Flugtag
Twin Cities record flight
