10 thousand people gathered at the National Harbor for National Red Bull Flugtag day to watch homemade planes take 30 foot dives into the Potomac River. The first Flugtag to make it to our nation's capial, the event was part of a five-city nationwide party to celebrate man’s dream to fly as the birds do. 29 Home Grown Teams Reign at National Red Bull Flugtag in DC.
Red Bull Flugtag, which means “flying day”in German, is a competition that dares both the brave and the brainy to design, build and pilot homemade flying machines in hopes of achieving human-powered flight. Distance only comprised one third of the overall team scores, with creativity and showmanship also being judged by a panel of local and celebrity judges.
With colorful costumes, like lumberjacks from Vermont, and creative crafts, like a spicy chicken wing from Buffalo, NY, teams from all across the Northeast brought their local pride as well as fans to the event. Coming in second place was New York Red Bulls soccer fanatic fan club Viking Army SC, followed by video game enthusiasts team Duck Hunt from Virginia whose wild duck craft placed third. But it was crowd favorite Made in ‘Murica from McGaheysville, VA whose “screamin’eagle“craft and American pride secured the People’s Choice Award with the most votes.
Washington DC Flugtag Winner
We certainly enjoyed our time at Flugtag. An impressive showing of participants and entertainment. We sure hope to see Red Bull bring back Flugtag to Washington Harbor, instead of Baltimore, next year!
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