Contraptions Fly, Crash At Regatta’s First Flugtag Competition

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A much anticipated event at the EQT Three Rivers Regatta kicked off on Saturday: the Red Bull Flugtag competition. It is the first time the attraction has been in Pittsburgh.
People spent months creating their flying machines, hoping to win the competition. Flugtag means “flying day” in German. Hundreds of people lined the banks of the river at the Regatta, ready to see if the contraptions would fly, or crash.
John Hamelly, who came down to watch the competi