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Flugtag! Nashville Red Bull Flugtag 2007

Josh, Jesse, and I headed over to the Redbull Flugtag at Riverfront Park on Saturday. I had been hearing about the event, but only in flash banner ads online and a few tv ads. I don't know how they did it, but over 80,000 people ended up going to the Flugtag. According to Red Bull, Nashville had the largest attendance of any U.S. Flugtag ever. That's really amazing considering how sweltering hot it was and how bad traffic was. One of the Flugtag teams set a North American Flugtag record with a flight of 155 feet with their "Rocky Top Rocket". Thats really an amazing feat considering all of the different "flying machines"(Red Bull term) that tried to jump. I think if we would have known how big the event was going to be, we would have planned a lot better. It was all we could do to find a good spot to stand and try to be comfortable at the same time. We didn't bother going over to the Riverfront Park side of the event. The crowd was as bad as the normal Fourth of July crowd. We ended up finding a spot close to a fence in front of LP Field. The entire event though was still a fun experience. Seeing 80,000 people come together just to watch a bunch of crazy people jump rickety "flying machines" off a ramp was great. It looks as though they don't do many Flugtags each year, but I hope that they decide to come back. Maybe, I'll form a team and jump. HA!

Here are two official event videos. I really liked the Eagle One: Colbert Flyer. I'm glad they put their flight online.

Here's the official video of the "Rocky Top Rocket"

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