RED BULL FLUTAG - THIS WEEKEND

This has to be the best event on the PDX calendar for the year. It is an event where people build flying machines and crash them into the Willamette River. It's sponsored by Red Bull and it sounds like the most exciting thing to hit P-town since we got Greg Oden in the draft.

It takes place this saturday August 2nd in the waterfront park just outside downtown. Here is the website http://www.redbullflugtagusa.com/Portland2008

I was looking at some of the teams that have entered this year and the competition is thick. It will be interesting to see who wins. Come one come all and did I mention there is free red bull! It gives you wings!



WHAT IS A FLUGTAG?

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.