Hikado

There were a bunch of crazy aircraft designs at this first time event. Young and old spectators came out to line the shores of Concord Pacific to see the wacky, hilarious, and energetic teams as they launch their aircraft machines off a massive 20 metre ramp and into the water.

Every team is judged on three criteria:
A) Distance: How far their aircraft fly?
B) Creativity: Did their design suck? or was it neat?
C) Sportsmanship
A team is composed of 5 people (1 pilot and 4 pushers). Only the pilot is allowed to remain in the aircraft for the whole time, during and after the launch.

My favorite aircraft was shaped as a pig. Some of the teams had some awesome costume designs and others had some really wacky dance moves. The crowd was really hyper and rowdy which was sort of nice because, every team got a good cheer from the spectators before they launched their aircrafts.
The event was great! Most importantly the hot, sunny weather made the buff beach guys turnout without their shirts. OOoo la la!!!
I hope there will be another Flugtag event next year, because it was a blast to see all of these teams launch their creations off the flight deck. Wwhoooo!!!