Flugtag - from Sketch to Reality - Case 1

You know about alivenotdead.com's Flugtag design contest right?  Submissions are already rolling in,  but for those who still haven't picked up their paper and pencil,  here's the first case study from previous Flugtag's held around the world:

Sketch:

Read more

HK Flugtag press - Ming Pao

明報——鬥飛賽贏機師執照課程

HK Flugtag press - SingTao Daily

星島日報——維港辦自製滑翔機飛行賽

HK Flugtag press - The Sun

太陽報——港辦飛行日開亞洲先河

HK Flugtag press - Oriental Daily

東方日報

自製飛行器 十月比賽 亞洲首辦 玩飛墜維港

    須簽生死狀

HK Flugtag press - SCMP

South China Morning Post - Wacky flights of fancy to take off

HK Flugtag press - HK Economic Times

香港經濟日報——自製飛機飛行日 首現香江

HK Flugtag press - Apple Daily

蘋果日報——今年雙十西九有奇景

A TIMELINE OF FLIGHT

Red Bull Flugtag challenges teams of everyday people to build homemade, human-powered flying machines and pilot them off a 6-metre 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.

A TIM...Read more

The First Red Bull Flugtag prepares to take off in Hong Kong!

When was the last time you saw a chicken fly in Hong Kong? On 10.10.10, you probably will, amongst a host of many other objects that will hurl themselves off a 6 metre platform off the West Kowloon Heliport. The Hong Kong Air Cadet Corp, together with the Hong Kong Aviation Club Foundation and with the support of the Hong Kong Tourism Board andwith the endorsement ofAustrian Consulate Hong Kong, brings the first ever Red Bull Flugtag (Red Bull飛行日)to Asian soil.

Flug wh...Read more