Red Bull's splashy, taurine-fueled crash festival will return to San Francisco for the first time since 2003 this November. The Flugtag, for those who may not remember the nascent days of hyper-caffeinated beverages, is an event where teams of builders create ridiculous human-powered flying machines which are promptly crashed in to the Bay and judged on creativity, flight distance and showmanship. It is wonderful.
Makeshift flying machines and their brave pilots will launch themselves off a 30-foot high platform in McCovey Cove next to AT&T Park on Saturday, November 10th. Potential pilots have a few days left to submit entries by the August 31st deadline. For inspiration/Monday amusement, here is 2002's winner, the rubber band-powered, angel-winged El Toro Guapo:
