Red Bull Flugtag event is taking place on Saturday July 24 at Harriet Island in St. Paul in Minneapolis. Thirty seven teams are competing in Red Bull Flugtag event 2010.
RED BULL Flugtag event kicks off today, Saturday July 24, at Harriet Island in St. Paul in Minneapolis. Thirty seven teams are competing in Red Bull Flugtag event 2010. Flugtag, which means “flying day” in German, started in Vienna in Austria in 1991.
This will be Red Bull Flugtag’s debut in the Twin Cities, and this Land of 10,000 Lakes promises to deliver quite a show. On Saturday, July 24, teams from across the Midwest will fly above the Mississippi river in front of thousands at Harriet Island Regional Park near Downtown St. Paul.The record for the farthest flight-to-date currently stands at 195 feet and was set at Red Bull Flugtag Austria in 2000. A new U.S. record was set in 2007 at Red Bull Flugtag Nashville when a flying banjo flew 155 feet.
Teams who are competing in the Red Bull Flugtag event on Saturday July 24 at Harriet Island in St. Paul in Minneapolis:Goldy Gopher & the Maroon Baron, Major Trouble and the Dirty Dixies, Favre's Wingmen, Team Narwhal, Team Bacon, Team Guintag, Back for the First Time, Even A Caveman Can Drink Red Bull, North Star Roller Girls, SS Treasured Chests, Flugyville Slugger, Gordan Bombays "Minnesota Miracle Men", Team Griswold, St. Paul Sprocket Rockets, Team S.W.A.T., The Perfect Getaway, Two Minutes For Flying, Band of Bunyans, Zorbaz Flying Food Squadron, CyGlide, Special Delivery, 99th Lithographic Flying Squad, The Spooners, The ACME Rockets, The Bathroom Five, Team FORE Play, The Peanuts Gang, Chicks-On-A-Stick, The Platypi Pushers, Team Dangerzone, St. Paul Vulcans 2010 Krewe, Barn2Fly, Batmoburger, His Royal Badness, ST. PAUL STATE OF MIND and Team Gongshow.