A Trip to the Red Bull Flugtag!

[USAirways]

Man that was funny! lol .... Really like those Dash8 shots though :D

[LOT_Pilot]

I saw a clip of Flugtag on the news.... it's one of the funniest things in the entire world.... I have got to go! Neat action shots too :)

The pianos are the funniest by far.... :-lol :-lol :-lol

[jetBlueFLYER]

Hehehe glad you like it!

JBFlyer

[Bagman]

Hey!!! When were you in Burlington??? I'm only 1/2 an hour drive from there!!! I always like to meet fellow Simmers. And Wiat till AFCAD 2 is out. BTV will look really nice when i get through with it.

Brian

[jetBlueFLYER]

I was in Burlington from 9/13-9/14, for the sole purpose of trying out the Dash-8!

(Im not rushing to fly another one ,though... next time, Ill fly jetBlue!)

JBFlyer

[jasonb482]

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That's great, I actually saw the Flugtag in Santa Monica, pretty funny stuff. You got some nice shots of it though, I could only see it from a distance...

Just odd seeing these huge contraptions diving off the pier..:P
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[JrWingman]

HAHAHAHAH :-lol Nice Red Bull pics


The tower with the Dash 8 is a prop photo, get the right connection and you might be able to make some money off it.

keep it up,
Chris

[jetBlueFLYER]

Prop photo? Me confused!

Anywho, thanks for the comments!

JBFlyer

[JrWingman]

Pro photo I meant, looks really good!

Cya,
Chris

[jetBlueFLYER]

Hey all!
Its been a while so I figure Id go ahead and post some pictures of my trip out to NYC today to observe the Red Bull Flugtag!

Flugtag is German for Fly-Day and what people do is build crazy contraptions that must be human powered and run them off a 30' platform into the Hudson River- whoever gets theirs to fly the farthest winss! (Tho nobody ever really gets too far, in fact, the slogan for the event was "Youll Laugh. Youll Fly. Just not very far.")

Ill only show a few pics, but some highlights you wont see included "The Shnoz" which is a biiiiiiiig 25' nose.

Anywho, enjoy!

"The Flying Mozarts of Austria"
The runners jumped into the water while one man in a Mozart costume sat atop a wooden piano! (The piano being the flying craft)
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...16150498ce.jpg

"Enterprise"
Looks like the Klingons win this battle...
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...ae16b4baec.jpg

"Submarine #2"
Im not sure why it was called this, except for the fact that it sank sank sank!
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...6b17326a5b.jpg

"Biggest Paper Airplane"
This paper airplane was 30' by 30' and was truly made of paper.... paper mache that is. Not even this one could fly past 40'!
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...e0178da9fb.jpg

The plane before its flight:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...8a19cece28.jpg

"Urban Rodeo"
This flying machine was a biiiig squirrel with a cowboy on top!
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...b118c5e80e.jpg


The set up of the Flugtag:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...051a4164e4.jpg


Oh and what the hey... here are some pics from a recent trip to Burlington, VT on USAirways Express (Allegheny)

N807EX landing @ LGA
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...b31b103343.jpg
N839EX arriving BTV
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...cd1b4a8ce7.jpg
N807EX waiting to take us back to LGA
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...ef1b705dad.jpg
Our in-flight "meal" mmmmm...
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...331baa2b64.jpg
Seats on the Dash-8
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...0b1b7cdb9c.jpg

Well, thats it
I hope you enjoyed!

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JBFlyer
Ben Kaufman