Arrgghh me Flugtaggers,

As we have had a new member join the crew, we have updated our family photo.

London Flugtag winners 2008

Sinclair "refreshment expert" Phillips

Craig "Handy man" Swampy 

Leighton " The Legend" Jones (new member)

Chris "Commando" Girdwood (team leader)

Loony Toons - Straight down the karzy.

Extreme Triffle - Gonna get well creamed.

Extreme accountants - ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Icarus - Wax and wane.

Blond Bimbos - Good buoyancy aids.

I love wood - You will defiantly have wood when you see us.

E4 - Expire!

To be continued.....

The team solemnly participating in the ceremony of the blessing of the Bird, to guide their flying creation to the heights of success...

The PhotoPaint brush slipped... 

Hi Flugtaggers

I think we have a problem!

Did some of you get a visit by a mysterious man called ALAN FAGEN???

By luck, I found this on the internet: 'THE MAGIC OF FLUGTAG'

It looks like he is stealing your Flugtag Ideas to cash in the 1st Prize on the 7th!!!!

Please have a look (http://www.bebo.com/magicofflugtag) and stay alert!!!

See you soon ;)

David 

Hey Y'all

 Hope your building is going well - ours has hit a little technical hitch - but at least we havea team  - check out the video.

The Capital Radio Red Bull Flugtag Team

And also don't forget to see the second video

  Welshy Red Bull Flugtag 2

we had some visitors from outer space to oversee the construction of our flying Anvil... we think they were much impressed... 

Contemplating the deeper meaning of building a structure with which to launch a collegue off a ramp and into a mass of water: 

Team photo!! :-D 

Aarrhh me flugtaggers!

Where do I start? The past month or so has been kaos, so I apologise for not keeping you all updated. Sadly we lost a team member a few weeks ago so we had to fight off a long queue of people wanting to replace him. I will post a new team photo with our new recruit in a couple of days.

UMTV came out to film us, which was a good laugh. They brought a smoke machine with them and we had to dress in our ghostbusters overalls and dance for the camera. It will be aired on one of the ITV channels a week after the event, so I warn you now we are all fleeing elephants.

The build itself is coming along nicely with just a few minor details left to do like windows. We will be ready for spraying after this weekend, giving us two weeks to work on the glider. 

WHO YA GONNA CALL!

Kate is: "Alice in sexyland"

Pete : Is the Mad Hatter

Sam B: Knave of hearts and Crowd "Fluffer / Pleaser" 

Jay : Our Enormous Bunny - but whats under teh bunny outfit - hes promised us a Playboy Bunny!

Bondy is : THE Queen of hearts

Dear Flugtaggers

It's official!!!!

Please check out the teams section on www.redbullflugtag.co.uk to see the running order on the great day or how I call it: Who gets wet first!!!!

I hope you are all as excited as I am, just sleep a bit more than I do =)

See you soon. Soooo looking forward to Flugtag!!!!

David

Hello Fellow flugtaggers,

It has been a long time since you have heard from ICarus. As we are students we had a minor issue of 3 weeks of exams to negotiate before we could get back stuck into our build. Last Wednesday we finished our exams and a lot has happened since then including us now being able to work full time (that's right 9-5 mon-fri on our build) :D.

On Thursday of last week we were invited up to Milton Keynes to meet Airkix. They had decided that they thought they could help us by teaching us to fly. As you can see from the video we still have a lot to learn in terms of our own flying ability but it was definitely a great experience. ICarus is now officially know as ICarus Airkix thanks to the support that Airkix has shown us. We are trying to organise a bit of a trip for our supporters to come with us and try out the Airkix experience at a bit of a discount. Will let you know more details when this is organised.

Anyways onto the video, as you can see we definitely had the grin factor but none of us are all that good. There are a few things to watch out for though. The first flyer is Alex who had a pretty good first flight and the bit at the end where you get flown up high is pretty sweet. Next we have Andrews second flight in which he actually managed to learn how to control the height he was flying at, we were all impressed. Next is David Mac's second flight in which things started going well and he was rising until he got scared and ... (it's worth the unexpected :D). It was out pilot Dave's turn next and clearly his flying skills need a lot of work if we are going to go far in the flugtag. Finally we have Liz who also had a pretty good second flight. Also included at the end is some footage of our instructor showing how it's meant to be done. :D As a team we would definitely recommend giving it a go.

Then on Friday we had the TV Crew with us which was a great experience although we did have to go for a few different takes to get things right. :D

 As I said we are now working fulltime and I will have more videos and photos of our progress coming shortly. We also have our own TShirts made and will be getting more done in the near future. :D

 Keep building and supporting hard,

ICarus Airkix,

We have a new and improved team logo! Wile E Coyote has gone pro. For a rare chance to bag yourself one of the awesome T's with this grand new logo on it (because we know you want one) all you have to do is turn up and vote TEAM FLYING ANVIL!!

Jeanette

 We have a couple of tickets for you and We will be round soon with the Red Bull we promised you!

Thanks

lots of Love the Mad hatters

“Does it have to fly?” he continued. Just a splash will be fine with us Bob. Just get on with it.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td3lnX4OTmA

Hello again all you E4 fans and FLUGTAG lovers.

So, the time seems to be going by very quickly indeed, and I for one am stressing.  We're not doing too badly, but there's still loads to do and not much time to get it done in!  I thought I'd post a few pics of our progression so far, just so you can see what you're up against!  Plus we made the local papers today (Evening Echo, Southend) with an almost full page on our FlugTag entry, so that's all good!  Ok, photos...

The sphinx is taking shape.  Polly, our dog, likes to hinder our progression by wanting to play frisby all the time!

The wings are looking good.  They're gradually being covered with some heat sensitive plastic that shrinks to fit (I'm not good with this technical stuff ok!).  Plus the tail plane is coming along nicely.  Ade has now started joining in the 'fun' too!

It turns out that papier macheing is actually the most boring pass time ever!  This took 2 of us over 3 hours, it felt so much longer!

Finally, our newspaper page.  Sorry it's a bit small, I can't seem to figure out how to make the images bigger!

Ok, that's it for now!

Debbie. x. 

So here we are putting together Foxy's head. Despite the glorious weather this weekend and so far this week we have laboured long and hard in our workshop, shunning the cries of our families to spend the weekend with them we started to put together the Fox.

With Rob Hudson away on his hols, it was up to the rest of the team, so 3 cheers to Emma, Chris, Rob (the other one), Phil and Me (Kate).

Here's a couple of pictures of the production and one of the official team snack of an icecream and raspberry sauce filled Yorkshire Pud

Ok, So we might be sitting in 38th place according to the poll, but that doesn't mean we won't fight back.  Actually we plan to BITE back!!!

Below is the toothy grin of ScAirBus, who has recently told me that it would like to sink it's teeth into the following:

• Cheesey Bread (or Loaf)
• BBQ Bird (Vulture seems to be his favorite, but he will settle for some Cock O The North or Royal Swan),
• Fried Badger
• Turtle and Ginger Soup
• Extreme Triffle (for Dessert)! 

He also mentioned something about doing the same to a Blonde Bimbo, but I don't think for the same reason as the previously mentioned menu!!!

More new on how our build is going in the next couple of days...

Hello from The Vampire Flyers,

Just a quick hello and update from us!

My laptop is out of use I think the stress of the flugtag has made it self destruct!

We're waiting on some welding but while that's been going on we've almost got the bad head finished (I say bat but it looks a little bit more like a mean greyhound!)

We have almost got the special (suprise) effects done too! It's all moving on nicely!

Not long to go EEK!!

xx

Less chaff Whitox. You've talked the talk.

It's now time to walk the walk.  

It's 6.45 am on Saturday the 10th May 2008.

The Wolf is already up and on the project, securing a huge sponsorship deal with Sainsburys PLC. Yes as many cardboard boxes as he can carry. fantastic.

This weekends plan is to complete the cake, add wheels and a pushing bar. Paint it pink and add varnish. 

From the humble acorn, the giant oak grows.

Just a flavour of what we are doing at HQ!

Hi Flugtaggers

I now either risk a few drop outs of this year's Red Bull Flugtag or, what I stronly hope, encourage you to work even harder on your designs.

Because what you are about to see is the longest flight by a Red Bull Flugtag team so far.

Can you believe, the record was set in Austria (yeah, the little country in the heart of Europe, where they have the EURO) in 2000 and the distance was a mind- blowing 195ft or 59.4 meters!!!

The video is in Austro-German, but what they are literally talking about is moving the security boats because they didn't want to hurt anybody....looks the team knew they will fly far...

We can now either throw the towel and get hammered during the weekend or we make sure that the Austrians had long enough the honour of setting the record!

I count on you!!!!

David

Hi Flugtaggers

Good news on a sunny Thusday!!!!

The video problems should now be fixed!

FLV videos (FLASH format) and Windows Media Files should now work fine!!!

So no more excuses for not using our video cameras ;)

Additionally, do some of you have a BEBO account (www.bebo.com)?

Maybe we could also use bebo for the videos?

What you think?

Great video footage by the way. Brightens my morning every day =)

Best regards

David 

Just to provide fellow competitors with a small insight into our HQ!

Two weeks into the build and we have managed to to constuct the carcus of the Ghostbusters car. We are now concentrating on the panel work using mounting board and papier mache. Still tryng to get hold of the wheels though. Apart from that happy with the progress.

 . . . then, may I introduce 'The Cock Of The North!' . . . .

 Hi guys

 As Flugtag seasoned vetrans (we 'flew' the Pink Flamingo into 5th place in 2002) - we've somewhat rested back on our collective Lorals in our smoking jackets and spent our time sipping fine port, and nibbling on ripe stilton.   Safe in the knowledge that we've built a flying machine before.

On seeing this board, and taking a cursory glance at the calander, we realised that our apathy was somewhat misplaced, and in a sense of panic - dusted off the welding equipment.

Given that 'Red Bull give's you wings, we've dispensed of the ones that we'd planned to attach, thus bringing us back on track with our build plan.

Given the fierce level of competition this year, we've decided to keep our design largely under wraps.  The sceptics amongst you may be inclined to believe that it's because we haven't got a clue what we're doing . . . far from it!  It's also that NASA have asked us not to disclose this prototyped technology.

We have a very dark picture of the craft so far - the pylon that you would see you  was result of a days worth of welding (and the associated burns that come with that!) - It is actually the neck of the craft - there are strict guidelines with regard to wing span, wheel base, weight - but no (clear) restrictions on height . . . we've gone for height! - I'll try and establish how I add a pic!

Looking forward to seeing all the crafts progress - and can't wait for the pre-flugtag party, and the day itself.  If it's half as good as 2002, we're all in for a fantastic time!

 . . . and remember - if you're wife wants a baby: come and see the Cock of The North!

After team member Andy stopped by yesterday we had a good ol fashioned drinking sesh! Filled with love for the vampire flyers we headed into town and the rest well it's self explanitory when you see the pictures!

         

Not the world's best blagger, possibly the worst.

Couldn't even talk the local newsagent out of charging me 25p to put a Wanted poster in the window, in a plea for a Pin Stripe suit for The Doctor.

That is poor.

Our applogies, Doctor..When asked what we thought our chances were, we actually said, 'well, we've not got THE craziest machine, theres a Flying Toilet and a Tardis among others..tsk tsk, the press, what can you do??

So, who's managed to blag the most free stuff so far? Fear we're severley lagging behind in this particular field, but very interested to know who are the BIGGEST blaggers to date..

We've finally made a start on the build and serious progress was made on the plane. Not to mention some less than serious progress at Paddington.

So basically we are four crazy chaps from Norwich. Yes, we are the token team from East Anglia, representing the more laid back attitude to life and stuff.

Here we are at work (supposedly) from left to right we hav Bernie - our proud pilot, Neil - our technical and planning wizard, Kirk - our captain to keep us in line and Tim.....well he's just Tim really!

More interesting news and stuff to follow in later blog entries. We just thought we'd get something on here in the meantime now that us norfolk folk have discovered that wonderful internet thing.

Word to you mama.

Disrespecting The Doctor at your peril Team Tally Ho.

The Doctor reads The Swansea Evening Post don't you know, 

Don't forget we can travel back in time until we come out on top.

You will be deleted. 

Hello from Swansea and Team 'Tally Ho!', the team building Foxy, the Flying Fox!

We've got off to a slow start, but we're motoring now, and we've managed to get a HQ to build Foxy for free [big thanks Aled!!], so things are really gonna get moving now!!

We've been nagging the local media to get us known, and theres a feature in the South Wales Evening Post today [www.thisisswansea.co.uk - enter Tally Ho in search and you'll find it - thanks Rich], and the local radio station The Wave [serving south a west Wales 96.4FM best radio station in Wales - Sation bosses, are you reading this? Free advertising on the worldwide web - you know you want to sponsor us don't you, ha ha! ] Big big thanks to DJ's Siany and Claire Scott for supporting the cause.

We've also set up a group on facebook [Team Tally Ho (Foxy) Red Bull Flugtag] anyone can join or just come along and have a nose at whats going on.

We've got a blindin' vid to upload for you all once we sort the glitches out, it'll be worth the wait, trust us!!

Don't know how all you other teams are doing, but we have to admit Swansea businesses aren't the most blagger-freindly in the country - a special mention to a certain member of Swansea City Council, possibly the most miserable sod in the world! - 'no you can't have anything - if you have an accident you might sue us.' - but we shall overcome! 

And all you Swansea folk out there reading this - have you applied for your tickets yet? No? Why not? We want those Swansea-Paddington trains filled with Foxy supporters come 7th June!! If we win, we'll give £50 to the best banner supporting Team Tally Ho! [if we can find you in the crowd afterwards!]

Can't wait to see you all on the day, it;s gonna be awesome!!

Love Phil, Emma, Rob n Rob [and a big mention to Kate too!]

PS: Big shout out to Swansea City FC - Champions!!!

Just a quick message to introduce myself and the team!!

 The guy on the right ( who looks like hes posing for gap kids ) is none other than Mr Oliver Marsden! To his left with his arm raised proud is sir Alex Stewart.. The chap squatting on the floor is Mr Anthony Coster, and the guy with the ridiculous shirt on the far left is Me, Monseuir Mike Searle..

 All absolutely chuffed to be involved in this event, and after 2 of the team competed in the last soap box race we have high expectations of the mayhem ahead!! and we look forward to seein you all in the future!

please note this picture is 3 years old!! back in the days of trips to magalluf and trips to dam! we have all grown up (a bit) since then ... (honest)

 

HEY 'THE E4 EVEL KNIEVEL TEAM' FANS

WELL TONIGHT WAS OUR FIRST NIGHTS BUILD, AND IM VERY PLEASED WITH THE END PRODUCT PROTOTYPE . THE TEAM IS SIMPLY JUST BRIMMING WITH ENTHUSIASM AND CONFIDENCE AND JELLING TOGETHER LIKE A FINELY TUNED MACHINE ... (ER....YEH)

ITS EARLY DAYS YET BUT I AM EXPECTING A CALL FROM N.A.S.A AT ANYTIME WITH THIS BEAUTY. DOES ANYONE KNOW THE LENGTH OF THE LAKE?? AS THIS BABY, WELL SHE 'AINT A STOPPING!!!!

'HAPPY LANDINGS'                 YOUR CAPTAIN/PILOT     

                                      PHIL 'HOLLYWOOD' HATTON (AKA EVEL KNIEVEL)  ' I THANK YOU '    

Hi Flugtaggers

What a joy to see the Flugtag blog being so frequently used.

As most of us are also using Facebook to stay in touch, why do we not agree on one common group to communicate? Red Bull has already set up a page for all fans of Red Bull Flugtag and the participating teams: 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Bull-Flugtag/10418000839

What do you think? Let me know

see ya all soon

Dave

I set up a facebook group so it's easier to chat and talk directly to each other!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12152693332

xx

Just had our first visit from the lovely Danny! Not only have we got a life supply of red bull but some awesome tool belts, which I'm taking to the pub tonight! I'm so gosh darn it excited that my feet keep doing a little dance all by themselves!

Mad Mags the back up team member modeling this years tool belt, large pockets draw the eye away from unwanted areas, ideal for the chunky puppy!

my fridge, with stuff in it, that's a first!!

not long now folks!!

Stacie xxx

The Bad Habits have been busy Chillin, Thinkin, Drinkin & Plannin and making extensive lists....

....."So we reckon she''ll be built n ready to fly in a day or two captain!"

PICTURE 1-Sister Intrepidus Aufugio preparing on the stairway to heaven.

 PICTURE 2-Sister Audax Interfactor mimmicking the famous flight of the nun.

We'll be updating more soon, when we start actually building!!  GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & HAVE FUN !!

Bugger. I've just crash landed my TARDIS in North Leeds and am now having to rebuild the thing out of MDF and  Polystyrene in some plumbers garage. Apparently it's then gonna need a kick start off a big ramp in order to make it back into space. Meanwhile, Captain Jack has  set up a website www.flyingtardis.com where you can keep track on the reconstruction.

There is some good news though, Donna Noble didn't survive the impact, well she would have done if I'd not kept the door locked, so a vacany is now open for a glamorous assistant. Rose? 

A BIG ‘HOLLYWOOD’ HI TO ALL YOU ‘FLUGTAGGERS’ AND CRAZY FANS!

THE ‘E4’ EVEL KNIEVEL TEAM IS NOW AT FULL THROTTLE WITH A GREEN LIGHT TO GO,GO,GO! . WE HAVE A HECTIC TWO MONTH SCHEDULE AHEAD TO BUILD OUR ‘AERO (NOT SO) DYNAMIC’ FLYING MACHINE!

THINGS HAVE SLIGHTLY BEEN MADE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE FACT THAT ONE OF OUR TEAM, A CERTAIN MR DOUG ’STUPID’ HILL, IS ON THE MISSING LIST. LAST SEEN AT A BAR IN WEYMOUTH (POSSIBLY A LADYBOY BAR). A  CAN OF REDBULL REWARD WILL BE OFFERED IF ANYONE CAN FIND HIM, & KEEP HIM THERE!

THE TEAM IS NO STRANGER TO ADRENALINE RUSH FUN AND THIS EVENT IS TAILOR MADE FOR US.

HAVING SUCCESSFULLY COMPETED IN PREVIOUS HIGH ANTIC EVENTS, SUCH AS GUMBALL 3000 (HIGH JINKS CAR RALLYS WORLDWIDE) AND CANNONBALL 8000 (HIGH JINKS CAR RALLIES,WORLDWIDE) THE CANDYRUN (AS THE CANDY COP ‘A TONGUE IN CHEEK SHERIFF) AND NUMEROUS OTHER TV PROGRAMMES .HEY,AND EVEN SOME COOL CAR MAGAZINES! SO THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE YOU MAY, OR AS LUCK MAY HAVE IT, NOT SEEN OUR FACES ON THE TV FILMS.

HOWEVER AS A SPECIAL TREAT AND THANKS TO THE MARVEL OF THE INTERNET. I HAVE MUGSHOTS OF THE TEAM FOR YOU TO SPLIT YOUR SIDES AT!

CRAIG ‘CHARLIE’ RUSSELL.

AGE # FOURTY ‘YEH RIGHT’ SOMETHING

OCCUPATION# NUMEROUS, INCLUDING GET AWAY DRIVER!

HOBBIES# RUNNING, AND CLIMBING A LOT!

PAUL ‘CHOPPER’ HATTON

AGE# FOURTY ‘WELL’ SOMETHING

OCCUPATION# TOP WRENCH!

HOBBIES# BREAKING ITALIAN SPEED LIMITS,RESISTING ARREST AND ACTUALLY FLYING HELICOPTERS,SO THAT’S OUR AVIATION LINK SORTED!

DOUG ‘STUPID’ HILL

AGE# 50

OCCUPATION# CHILDRENS ENTERTAINER

HOBBIES# ER DRINKING ( IS THAT AN ACTUAL HOBBY??? )

AND ME, PHIL ‘HOLLYWOOD’ HATTON .TEAM CAPTAIN , DASHING TEAM PILOT , THE BRAINS, THE LOOKS AND OBVIOUSLY, THE WRITER!!

PHIL ‘HOLLYWOOD’ HATTON

AGE# THE BABY AT JUST 40

OCCUPATION# BUDDING FILM STAR,CREATIVE WRITER, A KIND OF TRIPLE XXX TYPE FIGURE.YOU KNOW THE KIND OF GUY THAT MEN WANT TO BE,WELL MAYBE NOT IN THAT SHIRT.

HOBBIES# RACING CARS (SMASHING!), RACING BIKES (OUCH!.SKIING (BADLY) SNOWBOARDING (OOH BETTER AT THAT), WATER SKIING (A GOD) TV AND FILM WORK (AHEM!) & ANYTHING EVEL KNIEVEL !!

SO THAT’S THE TEAM, IMPRESSIVE HUH?

WHAT ARE BUILDING? WELL WITH THANKS AND PERMISSION FROM EVEL’S SON KELLY, WE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED FOR THIS ONE EVENT,TO RECREATE THE FAMOUS SKYCYCLE LAST SEEN SOARING ABOVE THE ‘SNAKE RIVER CANYON’ WAY BACK IN 1974!

IT WORKS ON THE SIMPLE PRINCIBLES OF ‘THE MORE THE CROWD CHEERS US THE FURTHER IT FLIES! ’ SO COME ON EVERYONE GET BEHIND THE ‘E4’ EVEL KNIEVEL TEAM.

WE WILL BE RAISING MONEY ALSO FOR BREAST CANCER,A CRUEL DISEASE THAT TOOK MY BELOVED SISTER AND AUNT. SO PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH AS WE ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIP PER FOOT OF FLIGHT ALL MONIES TO OUR CHOSEN CHARITY.

‘HAPPY LANDINGS’   PHIL ‘ HOLLYWOOD’ HATTON (AKA EVEL KNIEVEL)

EvelKnievelNO1@aol.com

What do you do when work gets in the way of your ability to promote and support your Flugtag Team? You promote your team and the event where ever you might be. Vas, one of the ICBM Ground Crew members has a job that cant keep him in the UK right now, so he has decided to tell the world about our ScAirBus whilst on the road.

Below Vas is seen on the Singapore Flyer (yes SINGAPORE!!) studying up for the big day.  It's too bad that his tool belt is not being used for it's intended purpose...helping the rest of us build ScAirBus!!! I'm sure he will make up for it in other ways.

To find out where Vas is going to pop up next, check out the Intercontinental Ballistic Morons group on Facebook. (Note to the promoters:  He will be with us on June 7th, we promise!!!).

us non London lot are having a bit of a dilema! We want to stay in London on the night after the event but where.....

If any of you local guys know a good place (cheaper the better!) can you let us know!

Cheers!

Vampire Flyers xxx

Whilst walking through the woods one beautiful Saturday afternoon in June, Jeremy "Jam" Hartley, Will Eaton and Mohammed "Vas" Vaseem (the three and only current members of ICBM) stumbled across an old, rusty, red double decker London Bus. As they statred to clean away at the grime covering the windows so they could have a peek inside, a large cloud of smoke started to pour out from the exhaust pipe sourrounding both the boys and the bus in front of them.  When the cloud finally settled and disapated, a genie was stood in front of them.

The genie started to talk "Do you know I have been a genie for the past 4000 years and I am sick and tired of people finding out where I live, doing a bit of a clean job for me and waking me up??? What does a guy have to do to get some peace around here" he bellowed.

After about five minutes of ranting and raving about how hard it was to find a home without people rubbing it and interupting his precious sleep, he granted the three boys one wish between the lot of them."After all! That's what genies do" he stated followed by an evil laugh.

The three only had to think for a moment when Jam started to speak "I wish we could have one of those new double decker jetliners..."

The genie interupted with "Your wish is my command", and just as quickly as he appeared, he disappeared into the sky.

When the ICBM trio turned around, they noticed that the old bus that was once standing there...was just the same old bus (although a bit cleaner) with a couple of wings bearing two engines underneath each. "Not quite what we had in mind old genie" Vas said sarcastically."I hope it flys!!".

Little did they know at the time but the genie had cast an evil spell and this AirBus would fly, just not as expected.....

To find out how the story ends, watch this space (or be in Hyde Park on June 7th)!!!

If you want to contact Intercontinental Ballistic Morons, you can do this through our Facebook group.

Left to right: Jeremy "Jam" Hartley; Team Captian and Pilot, Mohammed "Vas" Vaseem and Will Eaton           (our fourth is TBD).

Having done a few calculations we've realised we need 400 litres of premium custard to fill the cockpit so supermarket shelves in the South West may start to run dry...best pop out now if you want any on your on rhubarb crumble tomorrow.

Don't think the rest of you guys have much to fear seeing as we've designed something with the aerodynamic properties of a fridge freezer. But you never know, with a dollop of Angel Delight in the mix it might fly...

www.extremetrifle.com 

Just thought i'd show a picture of one of the team, already training hard for the big day.

I suspect I'm not unique with the fact that our flying machine might struggle a flight to London without some sort of assistance from an internal combusition engine - although we are searching for a rip in the fabric of time to get the TARDIS down South.

So, I'm wondering if any one else has started considering the logistics of van hire. Begging letters are going unanswered so maybe people power will help obtain a discount from a national firm.

Shout up if you're in need of van hire, and maybe someone like EasyVan will offer a tasty discount if we all looked to Stelios as a hire choice.

It's an expensive business this flying(!) machine lark, so every little helps!

cheers, Captain Jack  :)

Check out this shiney and new forum, who feels a little bit special? I know I do! This is the closest to celebrity I've got other than rubbing Richard Whitelys' flab (RIP poor sod)

Any hoo, can't wait for the day, although my flying bat looks a little bit like a pile of junk at the mo...ah well it will all come together soon enough!

happy building fellow nutters!

Stacie xxxxx

We are very excited here at Flugtag Central to the upcoming event, which is now a mere 57 days away - yes folks that's a little under two months to build your flying machines ready to launch them off the ramp in Hyde Park!

Each team is now fully aware of the challenge ahead and completely pumped to battle it out against each other to not only be crowned champion of Flugtag 2008, but also to make their region proud of what they have achieved!

 Good luck, and may the force be with you...