![DAVID JOLES ¥ djoles@startribune.com - St. Paul MN - July 24, 2010- Red Bull Flugtag - an amateur flying competition - came to Harriet Island Park in St. Paul, with 37 teams with homemade, man-powered flying machines launched their crafts off a 30-foot platform and attempt to fly or crash in the Mississippi River. In this photo:]Team Favre's Wingmen plunge toward the water.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/Y7ZOKDJKNGZL57WJS2Y2ILFFUM.jpg?&w=1080)
Flying high
Forty teams will make attempts at flight during the Red Bull Flugtag, a one-of-a-kind, human-powered flying competition. Teams that have crafted their own aviation machines will launch from a 30-foot-high platform and fly as far as possible over the Mississippi River. Teams will be scored by a panel of celebrity judges on how far their aircraft glides, showmanship and creativity. Some of the designed "planes" include a flying Juicy Lucy, raccoon and a Spoonbridge & Cherry glider. (Noon Sat. Free. Harriet Island, St. Paul.)
MELISSA WALKER
