AndytheBull Posted July 20, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 1,479 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/22/2003 Share Posted July 20, 2008 My favorite was the USF team....although they didnt do much of a skit. They even had a pic of Coach Leavitt on their "aircraft". I met them in the hangar area before, really nice seemed to be hardcore Bulls fans. And there was even a USF chant going right before they flew. And they went further or about the same distance as the team of UCiF aerospace engineers. lol I agree about it getting a little boring after awhile, they should probably cap it at 25-30 teams. And w/ it being so hot I had to go into the Convention Center to cool off and get something to eat for awhile, but I still had a great time. btw, they estimated the crowd to be 100,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag Pie Posted July 20, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 2,307 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/09/2003 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I agree about it getting a little boring after awhile, they should probably cap it at 25-30 teams. And w/ it being so hot I had to go into the Convention Center to cool off and get something to eat for awhile, but I still had a great time. btw, they estimated the crowd to be 100,000. Yeah, I still don't buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stier Posted July 20, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 1,387 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/10/2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I thought it totally sucked! I have never seen such an event run so poorly!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On_the_Chip Posted July 20, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 1,297 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/07/2006 Share Posted July 20, 2008 It was OK..........I think the heat killed it for me. We got there three hrs early to get a good spot, then watch about 5 floats go over and left - the heat was just too much. By the time I made it to the Rays game, and to the MC concert.....who was horrible by the way.......I was starting to fall asleep at the concert. Long day. But man, the paper est 100K around the Flugtag event. Awesome turn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulheap Posted July 20, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 509 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/02/2002 Share Posted July 20, 2008 no complaints about flugtag here. fun time. an absolute blast. I couldn't believe there were people, spectators not flying groups, jumping into and swimming in the bay. I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go.and how about tampa representing. the organizer's expected 50,000 in attendance, we blow away expectations and turn out 110,000!!! and send 30,000 text messages for fan favorite. new North American records both. you give Tampa a reason to party, we're gonna party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Blingstein Posted July 21, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 3,084 Reputation: 30 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/21/2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I thought the amount of people and the good excuse to be outside drinking was a lot of fun. But the contest was kind of boring. I ended up drinking in Jacksons and didnt even really pay attention after about 5 flights. I never seen so many hot girls sweat as bad as me and make it look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economics_Nerd82 Posted July 21, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 5,903 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/09/2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 The event would have been great had the turn around time between flights had been shorter. But, that's the kind of thing they have to clean up before anything can happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
813knight Posted July 21, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 639 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/18/2007 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I thought the amount of people and the good excuse to be outside drinking was a lot of fun. But the contest was kind of boring. I ended up drinking in Jacksons and didnt even really pay attention after about 5 flights. I never seen so many hot girls sweat as bad as me and make it look good. It was just another excuse to party during the day, I had a lot of fun, plenty of scenery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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