More Photo's

http://www.pbase.com/davesimages/flugtag&page=all

Photo's on flickr.

here's a more complete photo set on flickr.com.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28491699@N05/sets/72157606590229292/

Awesome.

just a couple of good photo's.

Success.

We did it. The Flugtag experience was amazing.

We "flew" 39 feet and landed in a wheel-shattering crash. Our pilot stayed on for the entire ride.
We were second in people's choice voting.

We'll have photo's together soon, and Red Bull is sending us DVD's in a few weeks. We'll keep you posted.

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Thank you to all of you who helped us get there, help get us votes, and helped us have one hell of a good time.

Really. Thanks.


- Jon

share the love.

We love all of our fellow flugtag teams. Even the ones that are insanely jealous of our Detroit Red Wings...

Share the love. Vote for us for people's choice.

Text "Team 28" to 72855 (RBULL) on Saturday.

shirts!

we printed more shirts, and we have koozies as well.

Ten bucks a shirt...let one of us know if you want one - they are going fast.

More pics. Almost done!

Ode to a "Fluger"

Recently the Wheeled Wingers have been trying to be promotional experts to support the funding of our build for the flugtag in Chicago. In the process of doing so I have come to the realization that most people don't know what it means to partake in the flugtag and what it is to be a "fluger". As I was asking around if people would support our team by purchasing a t-shirt with our team logo on it (located in photos below) I realized that most people don't have an appreciation for the finer things in life (or what in the hell i was asking them to support). While pondering the people's reactions I decided that it was time to share the fluging experience with the rest of the world (or at least anyone who is crazy enough to take the time to listen to the group of flugers ramble on about their building experience and adventures). Most people can pick up on what Flugtag means from the German language, but that doens't mean that you know what it is to be a fluger! A fluger is someone who is adventerous and wants to do something out of the norm for a certain period of time in their life, it's someone who wants to be able to drink enough Red Bull that they become dependant on it throughout the day, and if they don't consume at least two a day they will get a headache from the lack of taurine seeping through their bodies. It is someone who wakes up every morning thinking about how to grind a bolt down on a craft that will only end up flying for 7 glorious seconds before it plummets to its watery grave. It is someone who thinks holding a frozen bottle of booze on a scolding hot bolt will magically cool it down enough to not continue to melt through the PVC. It is someone who is crazy enough and creative enough to find, quite possibly, the craziest 80's song possible and decide to dance around to it for a minute and fifteen seconds. Being a fluger requires so much passion and determinatin that you are willing to bleed over this flying machine (or at least wrap extra PVC in foam and beat eachother senseless until you can't stand anymore). It means that you will dedicate every available Sunday that you have (this is serious, the DAY OF REST) to the successful build of this craft.
People will never understand what it truly means to be a fluger until they are covered in insulating foam or PVC dust and until you have so much PVC primer in their bloodstream that they think they are starting to have kidney failure. When you have consumed enough left over Little Caesars Pizza to feed a small village and grilled enough hotdogs to re-create the ass of the pig and cow, then you can start to call yourself a fluger. Believe me people, this is not something for the timid and weak. This is for all of the people who feel that they can rack their brain with creative ideas, and who ignore all of the employees at Home Depot when they tell you that there are no video cameras allowed in the store. This is for everyone who feels like they will have to have the support of friends to break their Red Bull addiction, or who fear for the lives of their friends because they are afraid he will break his skull open during a 30 foot drop, or to the group of people who will go that extra distance to make sure that shirts and beer koozies are produced for the betterment of a good time in Chicago. This is for the FEW, the PROUD, the FLUGERS!!!

we got links!

http://www.dearmissie.blogspot.com/

check it!

theme music

Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh what's becoming of me

Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh don't you see what I mean

Gotta get away....
Holy Diver


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You're crazy if you're not all pysched for this thing yet....

pie huh?

"CHEESIEST Red Bull Flugtag team EVER."

no doubt.
someones a little bitter about losing the cup.

yeah

so flugtag is coming up.
get hyped!


later-

new pics! and joe likes hotdogs!

printed!

Shirts! Ten bucks!

Awesome

This is probably the coolest flugtag craft I have seen. I love that they are all riding on it. And that there's glasses behind the bar. 

Ad in Chicago

A friend in Chicago sent me this....

not too long now!

New Pics

more to come....

Hang Gliders

Disappointed by the increasing number of teams that build a hang glider attached to a base. Where's the creativity???

You know who you are. And we think you're lame. 

oh man shirts?!?!?!

yeah thats right, peep the new threads.

Some early construction shots.

That's all for now. 

Derek smells of cheese, but at least he's not a Blackhawks fan.

said it all in the title. 

hey all

hi im derek, im the best one on the team.
why you say?
because i have the most fun and the best ideas
always.

therefore we will win the flugtag in chicago this year.

ender ender.

Fluuuuuuug!

alright, so we're getting closer and closer to Chicago, and still have a bunch to do, but things seem to be coming together. 

Recent news and things:

- We've got the Wheeled Wingers site up for donations. 

- We're building allll weekend this coming weekend. 

- We've got Ricky, our pilot, on a strict diet and weight loss schedule. He'll be running in trash bags and eating nothing but salad very soon. 

- The fundraiser event at JD's Key Club in Pontiac is next Thursday at 7 p.m. Should be a blast. My grandma is coming, and I'm going to get her drinking Red Bull and vodka.

- T-shirts are in the works and should be finalized for printing this weekend. 

more to come...

Wheeled Wingers Blog Start!

So, I figured we could get one of these going to track out progress and stay in touch in a way where everyone can contribute and comment.

We can also link this to the wheeledwingers.com website.