Red Bull Flugtag

The flying machines are usually launched off a pier about 9 metres (30 ft) high into the sea or body of water.

The format was originally invented in Selsey, a small seaside town in the south of England under the name "Birdman Rally" in 1971.

To participate, each team must submit an application and their contraption must meet the criteria set forth by Red Bull.

In Australian Flugtags the wingspan is limited to 8 metres (26 ft) and the weight (not including pilot) to 180 kilograms (400 lb).

[4]The record for the longest flight is 258 feet (78.6 m), set on September 21, 2013, at the Flugtag in Long Beach, California, by "The Chicken Whisperers" team in front of a crowd of 110,000.

Flugtag 2021 at Vienna , Austria Flying Puch Maxi, Die Flügelmütter
'The Boston Creme Flies' from Motus, LLC at the Flugtag 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts
Red Bull Flugtag 2011 Moscow – participating machines 01
Flugtag 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden
Die Bienenweide – the plane, built completely from wood at Flugtag 2021 in Vienna, Austria
Red Bull Flugtag 2011 Israel – Kibbutz Gilad
Red Bull Flugtag 2011 Moscow – participating machines 04
The 'Flying Pub ' at the Flugtag 2003, Hyde Park , London
Flugtag 2012 in San Francisco, participants being interviewed about their 'flying machine'
Nashville 2017 First Place Winners – Team Ground Control