Yesterday, I participated in the 'Worldwide Paper Plane Contest' which was sponsored by RedBull. There was a contest for distance, hang-time, and artistic flight. I decided to only enter in both the distance and hang-time competitions. Unfortunately, I didn't represent the (209), (916), or the (415) very well, but I did manage to build a paper plane that had a hangtime of 7 seconds. It doesn't sound like a lot, I know, but you'd be amazed how difficult it was. The top hang-time for this Graz tournament was just over 10 seconds. However, the world-record for hang-time is 26.7 seconds!! The other competition I entered in was the distance competition, but I'll not even mention to you how poorly I did there. Nothing but crash-n-burn! Anyway, here are some pictures from the event...
For those who don't know the history of this energy beverage, RedBull was first conjured up by an Austrian named Dietrich Mateschitz who was the creator of the drink. He actually got the idea for from a Thai beverage called Krating Daeng. However, he took was he learned and partnered with a local pharmacy to manufacture the beverage in 1984, and they took stakes in his firm, Red Bull GmbH. And that was the start of it all!
This was my hang-time design.
The competition was held indoors, in order to cut-down the "wind" factor.
This guy was the winner, with a hang-time of just about 11 seconds.
Check out the form, nice!!
There weren't many girls or foreigners in the competition, and so this drew some attention by the local media and after a small interview with us, they placed this picture in the local media. :)
The award ceremony was pretty fun as you see below.
Plenty of free RedBull and Vodkas for everyone!
Here is the website to the event, which may still be open for participation in your area... http://www.redbullpaperwings.com/
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