Adam Alberts RedBull Glider
Adam Albert, guided by who can tell what demented cosmic forces, sent this fine pic of his Red Bull Flug Tag entry. Red Bull who peddles a good time sport drink, promotes an event where folks of varying degrees of sanity make running leaps into the sea in contraptions of varying degrees of aerodynamic seriousness. Adam’s was one of the more thoughtful entries. He tells me his wife is doing the flying. It occurred, that this would make a fine entry in the scale glider towline event. So I inquired and was broken hearted to learn that inside the ring is a propeller powered by a 1 wp* engine. It was not, Alas! a glider after all.
The
following year Adam who was not the sort to be discouraged by failure created
the entry pictured on the right. He writes . . “The aircraft flew
well, but pilot seat broke off 20 [feet] after take off. The aircraft continued
for about 80 more feet before landing.” which seems like progress.
The propeller can be seen at the front of the aircraft.
*wp = wife power
