08.04.04
Flight of the Bumblers
From Wired News, on an event held here in Portland:
Creativity is far easier for most teams to achieve than flight. A mullet “hairplane,” an A-Team van from the old television show, a giant Scottie dog piloted by a team of kilt-clad pilots (“If it’s not Scottish, it’s crap!,” noted Scotland the Brave pilot Bill Macfarlane), fur-ball alien Alf, the one-eyed Willies from the cult movie hit The Goonies, and the Five Flying Elvi also did a free fall into the river on Saturday.
Art Alexakis, lead singer of Everclear and Oregon Democratic delegate, judged the event. He confessed he had no idea what he was signing up for when he agreed to participate in Flugtag Portland.
“I thought Flugtag was some kind of political event. Now that I’m here, I can’t believe the magnitude of it all. It’s wild! This was really fun to be a part of,” Alexakis said.
Be sure to check out the pictures!