Nashville Red Bull Flugtag
So Saturday afternoon, along with thousands of other Nashvillians and, I’m assuming, many out-of-towners, Jason and I went downtown to see the Red Bull Flugtag. Out of all the events, Saturday nights, and other times I’ve been downtown, this had to be the busiest I’ve ever seen it. We spent 45 minutes in the parking garage trying to find a space and finally found one as we were 5 cars away from leaving the garage. It was a nightmare, but we finally made it.
Unlike this guy, we had to wade our way through the humongous, hot crowd, but finally found the stairs that lead down the river and ended up hanging out on the “tarmac” where the floats/flying contraptions were lined up to take flight. From there we had a pretty nice view of the festivities and got a great preview of the contestants before they headed up the ramp.
One exciting thing is that we did get to see the world-record breaker, even though it was pretty much just a glider that sat on top of the actual themed piece and took flight as the other piece hit the water. It seems like there should be some rule about the pilot landing in a different spot than the actual float. Oh well.
The storm started to roll in around 2:45, so we left early, with about 4 or 5 floats left, so we didn’t get to see all of them. It was fun though. Once we got through the crowd, it was much more enjoyable. It was definitely the first event I’ve been to where Red Bull and Water are sold for the same price.
rockytopcaptian said,
June 25, 2007 @ 9:19 am
Thanks for coming to the event. Im the Rocky Top Rocket captian, the craft that won the event and set the new north american distance record. To comment about our craft. 1. In past events all of the distance records were set by wings that had detachable cart or vehicle underneath. In fact the 2nd place at this event had a cart that detached upon launch, also. Very common. 2. We designed our wing to look like a mountian top for our “Rocky Top Rocket” theme. Also, the wing was a total custom design that we made to fit within red bull rules of weight and length.
~rockytopcaptian
Colleen said,
June 25, 2007 @ 9:49 am
Wow, thanks Rockytopcaptain. Sorry for the critical remarks….jealousy is all it is really.
It was a pretty awesome glide. Kudos!