Flugtag 2008

Team Yakama

In the pit area

An estimated 80,000 spectators

In line ready to go.

Killing time while in line (practicing for the flight?)

On the ramp, suiting up with life jackets and helmets

Moving up to the "stage"

Beginning our "skit". Our skit consisted of transforming the obviously non-flyable big wheel into something that as the announcer said, "has a flying chance".

However the yellow vinyl proved to be problematic and wouldn't come off so easily.

It's starting to look like a hang glider.

Almost ready

RUN!!

Click on each of these images for a video of the "flight"

Higher resolution of previous clip, click HERE

The junk heap. ALL good things come to an end

WE WON 1st PLACE!!! (the prize: a trip to Austria)

MORE VIDEO CLIPS (as if you haven't had enough already)

The ENTIRE skit
The "skit" was only supposed to be one minute, but "technical" difficulties on stage doubled that to two minutes of chaos. Here is the whole thing.

News coverage
(good overview of Flugtag showing most of the flights)

Click HERE to see the coverage by Channel 2 News. Their cameras were well located for a good vantage point (but you are going to have to watch an advertisement)

Clip that showed up on YouTube of most all of the skits. Ours is the second to the last.
(opinions expressed on the video are that of the person who posted it to YouTube and not mine)