A Bunch of People Discover They Can't Fly

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Red Bull held a "Flugtag" contest for homemade human-powered flying machines in Sydney, Australia over the weekend, which meant that a lot of people in goofy costumes fell into the water. Come look at some of them!

Flugtag, which means "Flight Day" in German, is a Red Bull-sponsored contest/P.R. stunt held all over the world in which goofballs in costumes make their own flying machines and launch them over a body of water. Here are some of Sydney's:


(These guys—Team SAAA—won the contest with a flight of 20.5, an Australian record.)

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