Fasten seat
belts, prepare for take-off! On 26 June, Kopaszi-gát will
be swarming with savvy engineers and daredevil pilots making their dreams come true, soaring
into the air in their crazy planes. After ten years, Red Bull Flying Day returns to Budapest, where wild machines try to gain momentum in the most
entertaining ways before, as usually happens, plunging into the water from the
sky above.
It's
worth visiting this free event from 10am, because then you can see the constructions
of all the teams in one place. At 10.45am, an air display by Hungary’s most famed
airman, Péter Besenyei, officially opens the event, which will be a special occasion
because the pilot will be flying over Budapest again after seven years.
The crazy
race starts at 11am, with 40 teams competing. The expert jury (Olympic champion
speed skater Sándor Liu Shaolin, singers Viki Lábas and Szabi Papp, influencers
Csaba Kajdi and Henry Kettner) will evaluate the performance of each team according
to three criteria – distance travelled, aircraft design and ramp display – before
valuable cash prizes are awarded to the top three finishers.
During the
afternoon, a concert by Valmar will liven up the audience and contestants, while
the event will be MC’d by Bence Istenes.
Admission is completely
free. For more information, click here. The event will
be well served by public transport, with no on-site parking. (x)
