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Flugtag 2021 at Vienna, Austria Flying Puch Maxi, Die Flügelmütter
Flugtag 2021 at Vienna, Austria Flying Puch Maxi, Die Flügelmütter
The 'Flying Pub' at the Flugtag 2003, Hyde Park, London
The 'Flying Pub' at the Flugtag 2003, Hyde Park, London
Flugtag 2011 at Strogino Beach, Moscow
Flugtag 2011 at Strogino Beach, Moscow

Red Bull Flugtag (German pronunciation: [ˈfluːkˌtaːk], 'airshow' lit.'flight day') is an event organized by Red Bull in which competitors attempt to fly home-made, human-powered flying machines, size-limited to around 10 metres (33 ft) and weight-limited to approximately 150 kilograms (330 lb). The flying machines are usually launched off a pier about 9 metres (30 ft) high into the sea or body of water. Most competitors enter for the entertainment value, and the flying machines rarely fly at all.

Background

The format was originally invented in Selsey, a small seaside town in the south of England under the name "Birdman Rally" in 1971.[1] The first Red Bull Flugtag competition was held in 1992 in Vienna, Austria. It was such a success that it has been held every year since and in over 35 cities all over the world.[2]

Anyone is eligible to compete in the Flugtag event. To participate, each team must submit an application and their contraption must meet the criteria set forth by Red Bull. The criteria vary with location. In the United States each flying machine must have a maximum wingspan of 30 feet (9.1 m) and a maximum weight (including pilot) of 450 pounds (200 kg). In Australian Flugtags the wingspan is limited to 8 metres (26 ft) and the weight (not including pilot) to 180 kilograms (400 lb).[3] The craft must be powered by muscle, gravity, and imagination. Because the aircraft will ultimately end up in the water, it must be unsinkable and constructed entirely of environmentally friendly materials. The aircraft may not have any loose parts and advertising space is limited to 1-square-foot (930 cm2).[4]

Die Bienenweide - the plane, built completely from wood at Flugtag 2021 in Vienna, Austria
Die Bienenweide - the plane, built completely from wood at Flugtag 2021 in Vienna, Austria

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Selsey

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Birdman Rally

Birdman Rally

Birdman Rally is a competition where members of the public build home-made gliders, hang gliders and human-powered aircraft, ranging from very serious aircraft to mere costumes, leap from a river– or sea–side jetty, or from a bridge, and compete for distance and entertainment value.

Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants, and its cultural, economic, and political center. It is the 5th-largest city proper by population in the European Union and the largest of all cities on the Danube river.

Red Bull

Red Bull

Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks created and owned by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. With a market share of 38%, it is the most popular energy drink brand as of 2019, and the third most valuable soft drink brand behind Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Since its launch in 1987, more than 100 billion cans of Red Bull have been sold worldwide, including over 11.5 billion in 2022.

Teams

Die Flügelmütter with the object Flying Puch Maxi

On September 26, 2021 the Red Bull Flugtag returned to Vienna where the ever first event was held in 1992. The moped enthusiasts built a Puch Maxi scaled 3:1. The crowd and jury was overwhelmed from the detailed rebuilt. They won the event with 110 overall points. The insane jump from the pilot "TheRealRibens" wrot austrian history. The construction phase took the crew (Tschesn King, Banbana, Dax) three weeks of hard work. Most of the parts were built with wood, carton and paper.

Bee Maja with the object Die Bienenweide

Team Bee Maja entered the competition as the only Team from Vorarlberg. With their floatplane, completely built from wood and dedicated to a sustainable revolution in the flight industry they managed to fly a distance over 10m, only two meters shy of the winning team’s record. With a total of 96 points they fell only a few points short of a podiums placement.

Teams that enter the competition are judged according to three criteria: distance, creativity, and showmanship.[5]

'The Boston Creme Flies' from Motus, LLC at the Flugtag 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts
'The Boston Creme Flies' from Motus, LLC at the Flugtag 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts

World records

Distance

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.[6]

Attendance

The largest crowd was in Cape Town, South Africa with 220,000 attending in 2012.

Results

International

  • Johannesburg, South Africa, 2000
  • Auckland, New Zealand, 2002
    • Winning team: Greatest American Hero
    • Winning distance: 22 m
    • Aircraft Description: Carbon fibre and mylar glider, pilot lying prone.
  • Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2002
    • Winning team: Stonebird
    • Winning distance: 17.5 m
    • Aircraft Description: Catapulted pilot
  • Sukoro, Hungary, 2002
  • Antwerp, Belgium, 2003
  • Tel Aviv, Israel, 2003
    • Winning team: The Dragon from The Yarkon
    • Winning distance: 10.5 m
    • Aircraft Description: Flying dragon
  • London, United Kingdom, Sunday, August 3, 2003
  • Hamburg, Germany, 2004
  • Wellington, New Zealand, Sunday, March 14, 2004
    • Winning team: Klinging On
    • Winning distance: 23.5 m
    • Aircraft Description: Starship Enterprise
  • Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, June 25, 2006
    • Winning team: Easy Money 3
    • Winning distance: 30 m (98.4 ft)
    • Aircraft Description: Wooden frame, Styrofoam and Fiberglass with all-moving tailplane
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2005
    • Winning team: Cre8tive 1
    • Winning distance: 26 m
    • Aircraft Description: Polystyrene and aluminum.
  • Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, June 26, 2005
    • Winning team: Red Arrows Brno
    • Winning distance: 32 m (105 ft)
    • Aircraft Description: Wooden frame, Polystyrene profiles, paper, all-moving ailerons
  • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2006
    • Winning team: The Big Shooter
    • Winning distance: 26 m
    • Aircraft Description: Kevlar, aluminum, titanium, carbon fiber and mylar.
  • Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2006
    • Winning team: Aquaphobia
    • Winning distance: 30 m
    • Aircraft Description: Aluminum sheets and wrapping plastic.
  • São Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, September 17, 2006
    • Local : Parque do Carmo
  • Kuwait, Kuwait, Friday, November 2, 2007
    • Winning team: The Flying Stars
    • Winning distance: 12 m
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, November 23, 2007
    • Winning team: Snoopy vs. the Red Bull
    • Winning distance: 21 m
    • Aircraft Description: Styrofoam, cardboard and Fiberglass flying wing with canard
  • Sydney, Australia, Sunday, April 6, 2008
    • Winning team: Team Mullet
    • Winning distance: 18.2 m
    • Aircraft description: Giant Flounder on a fishing trawler (overall winners)
  • Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 25, 2008
    • Winning team: Flying Turkeys
    • Winning distance: 26.9 m
  • Poznań, Poland, Sunday, June 1, 2008
  • London, United Kingdom, Saturday, June 7, 2008
  • Moscow, Russia, Sunday, August 9, 2009
  • São Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, August 15, 2009
  • Bogotá, Colombia, Sunday, September 14, 2008
    • Winning team: Piragua del Aire
    • Winning distance: 8 m
  • Marseille, France, Sunday, September 27, 2009
    • Winning team: Savonus vs Virus
    • Winning distance: 23.0 m
    • Aircraft description: Household soap ("Savon de Marseille" in French) on a huge facecloth.
  • Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 19, 2010
    • Winning team: Kuz'kina Mat'
    • Winning distance: 12.0 m
    • Aircraft description: The biplane with a cob of corn instead of the fuselage.
  • Hong Kong, Sunday, October 10, 2010
    Flugtag 2011 in Israel
    Flugtag 2011 in Israel
  • Kuwait, Kuwait, Friday, November 5, 2010
    • Winning team: Dragonfly team
    • Winning distance: 11 m (36.0 ft) by Divas team
    • Aircraft description: Wood & Polystyrene
  • Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, May 22, 2011
  • Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 3, 2011
    • Winning team: Arigami
    • Winning distance: 21.0 m by Team Dumbo & Co.
    • Aircraft description: Polystyrene and aluminum.
  • Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, July 3, 2011
  • Moscow, Russia, Sunday, August 7, 2011
    Flugtag 2011 in Moscow, Russia
    Flugtag 2011 in Moscow, Russia
  • Cape Town, South Africa, 2012
  • Vienna, Austria, 2012
  • Mainz, Germany, Monday, May 28, 2012
    • Winning team: Don Canallie und seine tollkühnen Schurken
    • Winning distance: 69,79 m by Die Rückkehr der Teichfighter
    • Aircraft description: Wooden Hang Glider
  • Kuwait, Kuwait, Friday, October 19, 2012
    • Winning team: Dragonfly team
    • Winning distance: 18 m (59 ft)
    • Aircraft description: Aluminum and Polystyrene
  • Sentosa, Singapore, Saturday, October 28, 2012
  • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, December 13, 2012
    • Winning team: TeamSaher
    • Winning distance: 25 m
    • Aircraft description: Foam, Wood and Aluminum
  • Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 26, 2013
    • Winning Team: Angara Börds
  • Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 2, 2013
  • Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, June 22, 2013
    • Winning team: Flyin’ figuar
    • Winning distance: 19.59 m
    • Aircraft description: Aluminium, Polyethilene, PVC
      Flugtag 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden
      Flugtag 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 30, 2013
  • Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 28, 2013
  • Valparaíso, Chile, Saturday, February 8, 2014
  • Hong Kong, Sunday, May 11, 2014
  • Cascais, Portugal, Saturday, September 6, 2014
  • Bangalore, India, Sunday, September 28, 2014
  • Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 26, 2015[7]
  • Gothenburg, Sweden, Saturday, August 22, 2015[8]
  • Oslo, Norway, Sunday, August 23, 2015[9]
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, November 27, 2015
  • Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 19, 2016
  • Lima, Peru, Saturday, June 25, 2016
  • Varna, Bulgaria, Saturday, July 2, 2016
  • Zürich, Switzerland, Saturday, July 16, 2016
  • Hong Kong, Sunday, November 27, 2016
  • Moscow, Russia, Sunday, August 13, 2017
  • Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, May 20, 2018
    • Winning Team: The Pink Panther
  • Bremen, Germany, Sunday, July 1, 2018
  • Sydney, Australia, Saturday, November 10, 2018
    • Winning team: Chip off the Old Block
    • Winning distance: 22m
  • Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, June 30, 2019
  • Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 28, 2019
    • First Place: Time Flies
    • Second Place: Nine Eggs
    • Third Place: Universal Twine
  • Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, August 4, 2019[10]
    • First Place: Coffee Lovers (La Marzocco Turkey)
    • Second Place: Mother Force
    • Third Place: Vecihi Team
  • Moscow, Russia, Sunday, summer 2021
  • Lausanne, Switzerland, Sunday, September 19, 2021
  • Vienna, Austria, 2021
    • Winning team: Die Flügelmütter (member: Ribens, Tschesn King, Banbana, Dax)
    • Winning distance:12 m
    • Aircraft Description: Red Puch Maxi scale 3:1 with white paper angel wings. Material wood, carton
  • Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, August 14, 2022[11][12]
    • First Place: Red Kids On The Sky
    • Second Place: Suuuus'hi Team
    • Third Place: Air Kiss

Taichung, Taiwan, Sunday, September 18th, 2022

  • Winning team : 老闆,一個控肉刈包不加香菜不加肥肉 (member: 楊鎮濂, 徐寳璇, 黃俊穎, 蘇俊睿, 張東琳)
  • Aircraft name : 好大刈(一ˋ)包
  • Winning distance:32.75m
  • Aircraft Description: Green wings

Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, December 10th, 2022

  • First Place: Red Barren and Snoopy (formerly Greatest American Hero) (47m)
  • Second Place: DC3
  • Third Place: THE MO SHOW

United States

Flugtag 2012 in San Francisco, participants being interviewed about their 'flying machine'
  • Austin, Texas, Saturday, April 26, 2003
    • First Place: Pop and Fizz - 70 ft (21.3 m)
    • Second Place: Team Acme
    • Third Place: Winged Jalapeños
    • Most Creative: El Sombrerians
  • Chicago, Illinois, Saturday, August 9, 2003
    • First Place: Sync, Swim or Fly - 51 ft (15.5 m)
    • Second Place: Jake and Elwood
    • Third Place: The Kicken' Chicken
    • Most Creative: Candy Flyer
  • Los Angeles, California, Saturday, September 20, 2003
    • First Place: When Pigs Fly - 66 ft (20.1 m)
    • Second Place: West Coast Flying Machines
    • Third Place: The Marine Team
    • Most Creative: Red Bull Slugger
  • New York, New York, Sunday, October 5, 2003
    • First Place: Pedal Power - 39 ft (11.9 m)
    • Second Place: Mighty Whirl
    • Third Place: Bammr's Ballistic Bedrock
    • Most Creative: Urban Rodeo
  • San Francisco, California, Saturday, October 25, 2003
    • First Place: El Toro Guapo - 61 ft (18.6 m)
    • Second Place: Project S.T.O.L.
    • Third Place: Running of the Red Bulls
    • Most Creative: Snoop's Dogg House
  • Miami, Florida, Saturday, April 24, 2004
    • First Place: The Resurrector - 33 ft (10.1 m)
    • Second Place: Three Finger Salute
    • Third Place: Believe It or Not (It's Just Me)
    • Most Creative: Joy of Birth
  • Portland, Oregon, Saturday, July 31, 2004
    • First Place: 2004 X-Wing Glider - 39 ft (11.9 m)
    • Second Place: Flying Wonka Bar
    • Third Place: Oregon Santa Sleigh
    • Most Creative: Hair Force One
  • Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, July 31, 2004
    • First Place: Rover's Flying Glory - 63 ft (19.2 m)
    • Second Place: Aerobus
    • Third Place: The Stork
    • Most Creative: Flying Musical Sensation
  • Tempe, Arizona, Saturday, April 29, 2006
    • First Place: The Need for Speed - 26 ft (7.9 m)
    • Second Place: Air Farce One
    • Third Place: El Vuelo Del Lobo
    • Most Creative: Dipsomaniacal Devil
    • People's Choice: El Vuelo Del Lobo
    • Farthest Flight: El Vuelo Del Lobo
  • Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday, October 21, 2006
    • First Place: Victim's of Soi-cumstance - 81 ft (24.7 m)
    • Second Place: Jump the Shark
    • Third Place: F-10-75
    • People's Choice: 4-4-0 American Flyer
  • Nashville, Tennessee, Saturday, June 23, 2007
    • First Place: Rocky Top Rocket - 155 ft (47.2 m)
    • Second Place: No. 1 Lucky Flyer
    • Third Place: Yellow Submarine
    • People's Choice: Galapagos Flight Club
    • Farthest Flight: Rocky Top Rocket
  • Austin, Texas, Saturday, August 25, 2007
    • First Place: Skate and Destroy
    • Second Place: Superman's "Crip"tonite
    • Third Place: Billy Ocean's Flying Fish Taco
    • People's Choice: Congress Bridge Bats
  • Tampa Bay, Florida, Saturday, July 19, 2008
    • First Place: Team Tampa Baywatch - 109 ft (33.2 m)
    • Second Place: Air Gilligan - 32 ft (9.8 m)
    • Third Place: The Little Engine That Could - 21 ft (6.4 m)
    • People's Choice: Tampa Bay Derby Darlins
  • Portland, Oregon, Saturday, August 2, 2008
    • First Place: Team Yakima Big Wheel - 62 ft (18.9 m)
    • Second Place: Greased Lightning - 55 ft (16.8 m)
    • Third Place: Free Ballin'
    • People's Choice: Space Balls
  • Chicago, Illinois, Saturday, September 6, 2008
    • First Place: The Crustacean Avengers - 120 ft (36.6 m)
    • Second Place: New Style Flyers - 75 ft (22.9 m)
    • Third Place: Pie in the Sky! - 90 ft (27.4 m)
    • People's Choice: The USHE
  • Miami, Florida, Saturday, July 10, 2010
    • First Place: Team Formula Flug - 53 ft (16.2 m)
    • Second Place: Ibis Engineers
    • Third Place: One Giant Leap
    • People's Choice: Team TransPlace
  • Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saturday, July 24, 2010
    • First Place: Team Major Trouble and the Dirty Dixies from Inver Grove Heights - 207 ft (63.1 m)
    • People's Choice: Team FORE Play from West Des Moines, IA
  • Long Beach, California, Saturday, August 21, 2010
    • First Place: Team Peepin' It Real - 98 ft (29.9 m)
    • Second Place: Green Machine
    • Third Place: Airforce 1
    • People's Choice: Green Army Men
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Saturday, September 4, 2010
  • Tampa, Florida, Saturday, October 8, 2011
  • Miami, Florida, Saturday, November 3, 2012
  • San Francisco, California, Saturday, November 10, 2012
  • Chicago, Illinois, Saturday, September 21, 2013
  • Dallas, Texas, Saturday, September 21, 2013
  • Long Beach, California, Saturday, September 21, 2013
    • First Place: The Chicken Whisperers - 258 ft (78.6 m)
  • Miami, Florida, Saturday, September 21, 2013
  • Washington, D.C., Saturday, September 21, 2013
  • Portland, Oregon, Saturday, August 1, 2015[13]
  • Boston, Massachusetts, Saturday, August 20, 2016
    • First Place: Flite-Riot
    • Second Place: What Sphinx? (a Secret Boston team)
    • Third Place: Something Wonderful
    • People's Choice: Flite-Riot
  • Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, August 27, 2016
    • First Place: MMMad MMMax
    • Second Place: Dukes of Hazzardous by Kre8Now Makerspace - 82 ft (25.0 m)
    • Third Place: Kentucky Power
    • People's Choice: Mercy No Mercy - Mercy Academy
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Saturday, August 5, 2017
    • First Place: Flight at the Roxbury - 78 ft (23.8 m)
    • Second Place: Survivor Tractor - 121 ft (36.9 m)
    • Third Place: Left Field Loonies
    • People's Choice: The Flite Testers
  • Nashville 2017 First Place Winners - Team Ground Control
    Nashville 2017 First Place Winners - Team Ground Control
    Nashville, Tennessee, Saturday, September 23, 2017
    • First Place: Ground Control - 81 ft (24.7 m)
    • Second Place: His Majesties Royal Circus and the Flying Irish Woman
    • Third Place: YMCA
    • People's Choice: Team Smashville
  • St. Paul, Minnesota, Saturday, September 7, 2019
    • First Place: Spooners' Revenge - 54 ft (16.5 m)
    • Second Place: Ferris Bueler's Takeoff - 63 ft (19.2 m)
    • Third Place: Flying POS
    • 24 Hour Greatness Award: Spooners' Revenge
  • Milwaukee, WI, Saturday, July 16, 2022[14]
    • First Place: Flight For Your Right to Party - 61 ft (18.9 m)
    • Second Place:
    • Third Place: Bear-Naked Chonkers
    • People's Choice: FLYING SCHMEAT

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Incidents

Serious injuries

Cancellation/termination by authorities

  • The Portland, Oregon, competition, held on August 1, 2015, at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, wherein craft were launched into the Willamette River, was ended early by the United States Coast Guard after an excessive number of spectator boats (over 500) filled the river, making it impassable to commercial traffic. One collision was reported between a spectator boat and a commercial vessel, though damage was minimal and no injuries occurred.[16]

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Spinal fracture

Spinal fracture

A spinal fracture, also called a vertebral fracture or a broken back, is a fracture affecting the vertebrae of the spinal column. Most types of spinal fracture confer a significant risk of spinal cord injury. After the immediate trauma, there is a risk of spinal cord injury if the fracture is unstable, that is, likely to change alignment without internal or external fixation.

Skull fracture

Skull fracture

A skull fracture is a break in one or more of the eight bones that form the cranial portion of the skull, usually occurring as a result of blunt force trauma. If the force of the impact is excessive, the bone may fracture at or near the site of the impact and cause damage to the underlying structures within the skull such as the membranes, blood vessels, and brain.

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, and the 68th largest city in the U.S. with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city anchors the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania; its population of 2.37 million is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 27th-largest in the U.S. It is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area that extends into Ohio and West Virginia.

Splenic injury

Splenic injury

A splenic injury, which includes a ruptured spleen, is any injury to the spleen. The rupture of a normal spleen can be caused by trauma, such as a traffic collision.

Traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury

A traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as an intracranial injury, is an injury to the brain caused by an external force. TBI can be classified based on severity, mechanism, or other features. Head injury is a broader category that may involve damage to other structures such as the scalp and skull. TBI can result in physical, cognitive, social, emotional and behavioral symptoms, and outcomes can range from complete recovery to permanent disability or death.

Lumbar vertebrae

Lumbar vertebrae

The lumbar vertebrae are, in human anatomy, the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis. They are the largest segments of the vertebral column and are characterized by the absence of the foramen transversarium within the transverse process and by the absence of facets on the sides of the body. They are designated L1 to L5, starting at the top. The lumbar vertebrae help support the weight of the body, and permit movement.

Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. As of 2020, Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area, making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area.

Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Oregon is a part of the Western United States, with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The 42° north parallel delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada. The western boundary is formed by the Pacific Ocean.

Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park is a 36.59-acre (148,100 m2) park located in downtown Portland, Oregon, along the Willamette River. After the 1974 removal of Harbor Drive, a major milestone in the freeway removal movement, the park was opened to the public in 1978. The park covers 13 tax lots and is owned by the City of Portland. The park was renamed in 1984 to honor Tom McCall, the Oregon governor who pledged his support for the beautification of the west bank of the Willamette River—harkening back to the City Beautiful plans at the turn of the century which envisioned parks and greenways along the river. The park is bordered by RiverPlace to the south, the Steel Bridge to the north, Naito Parkway to the west, and Willamette River to the east. In October 2012, Waterfront Park was voted one of America's ten greatest public spaces by the American Planning Association.

Willamette River

Willamette River

The Willamette River is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is 187 miles (301 km) long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Flowing northward between the Oregon Coast Range and the Cascade Range, the river and its tributaries form the Willamette Valley, a basin that contains two-thirds of Oregon's population, including the state capital, Salem, and the state's largest city, Portland, which surrounds the Willamette's mouth at the Columbia.

United States Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the United States military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its duties. It is the largest and most powerful coast guard in the world, rivaling the capabilities and size of most navies.

In video games

The Red Bull Flugtag is featured as a playable mini-game in a special "Red Bull space", called the Red Bull Beach, in PlayStation Home released on November 26, 2009.[17]

Source: "Red Bull Flugtag", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 5th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_Flugtag.

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Notes
  1. ^ First known Flugtag format event
  2. ^ Back, Adrian (22 June 2020). "The day a daring amateur aviator swooped into the history books". www.redbull.com. Red Bull. Retrieved 20 February 2021. ... the inaugural edition was held in Vienna in 1992, ...
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved July 28, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Red Bull Gives You Wings". Red Bull. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Stupid accident: Woman aged 26 breaks her spine after jumping on piano in Dambovita River". Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Chickens take flight at the Red Bull Flugtag". PressTelegram. September 21, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Red Bull Flugtag Moscow". Red Bull. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Red Bull Flugtag 2015". Red Bull. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Red Bull Flugtag 2015". Red Bull. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "4. Red Bull Uçuş Günü'nde Neler Oldu?". Red Bull (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  11. ^ "Red Bull Flugtag Turkey". Red Bull (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  12. ^ "Red Bull Uçuş Günü'nde Kazananlar Belli Oldu!". Red Bull (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  13. ^ "Red Bull Flugtag Portland". Red Bull. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  14. ^ "Red Bull Flugtag Milwaukee 2022". Red Bull.
  15. ^ "KDKA-TV's Dave Crawley was 'severely injured' during Red Bull Flugtag stunt last year, his attorney says". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  16. ^ "Coast Guard shuts down Flugtag after Willamette River traffic jam (video, photos)". oregonlive. August 2, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  17. ^ Locust_Star (November 25, 2009). "This Week in PlayStation Home: New Red Bull Space + Event, Fight Night Producer Chat & More". Sony Computer Entertainment. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
References
  • "The History of Flugtag." 1st Red Bull Flugtag Sydney. Red Bull. 14 Apr. 2008: [1].
  • "Events." Red Bull Flugtag USA. Red Bull. 2 Aug. 2008: [2].
  • "What is Flugtag?" Red Bull Flugtag USA. Red Bull. 2 Aug. 2008: [3].
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