{"id":11040,"date":"2012-12-19T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=11040"},"modified":"2013-05-27T12:22:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T10:22:51","slug":"red-bull-flugtag-2012-at-the-va-waterfront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/red-bull-flugtag-2012-at-the-va-waterfront\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull Flugtag 2012 at the V&A Waterfront"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sunday 09 December 2012<\/div>\n

The Red Bull Flugtag is an internationally-hosted event founded in Austria over 20 years ago, and was last held in South Africa in 2002. Cape Town proudly hosted the 123rd event in early December, and it was incredibly hot, crowded and entertaining.<\/p>\n

A staggering 220 000 people flocked to the Waterfront to watch over 40 home-made flying contraptions and their creators leap off a ramp into the cold harbour water below. I couldn’t stay for everything, but was there from the start till about 12.30, here are some photos…<\/p>\n

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A\u00a0buoy\u00a0in the water indicated the world record distance set in Germany, an incredible 69m. I’m not sure what the final winning distance was, but when I left, the current champs were at just over 19m.<\/p>\n

The participating teams and machines were on display along the quay, and rolled up to the ramp one by one to introduce themselves and perform a 30 second skit before plunging into the abyss.<\/p>\n

Some highlights included ‘The Mile High Club’, who set a record for height when their human catapult shot a brave dude to 20m or some silly height thereabouts, ‘Journey to the Sun: Vader meets Pegasus’ who had a bit of a lame entry into the water but were hilarious to watch and an awesome aerial aerobatics display by Glen Dell in the Red Bull-branded Eqstra.<\/p>\n\n\t\t