A Bunch Of People Discover They Can’t Fly

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!


September 9, 2008
Gaming

The NES Was Never Designed for Flight

I was lucky enough to attend Red Bull’s Flugtag event in Chicago last Saturday, but like most other attendees, I wasn’t lucky enough to actually watch the event as these flying machines (not really intended for flight) launched off a 30-foot pad that was perpendicular to the shoreline, facing into the water. Regardless, had I the pleasure to watch the event, I would have loved the Nintendudes who crafted a giant NES, Zapper and Duck Hunt duck for flight. To their dismay, vintage gaming gear does not scale to aircraft.