- Birdman Rally
Birdman Rally is a homemade
glider and human-powered flight competition. Depending on the venue, entries can range from very serious aircraft to mere costumes. Birdman rallies occur in multiple locations around the world, including theEnglish Channel in theUnited Kingdom , theYarra River inMelbourne , Australia andLake Biwa inJapan .The oldest birdman rally in the world started in
Selsey ,West Sussex ,United Kingdom in 1971. Moved to Bognor Regis, where it was known as theInternational Bognor Birdman throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the event moved along the coast toWorthing in 2008. The Australian competition started in 1976 occurs as a part of theMoomba festival in March. Started in 1977, the Japanese competition takes place every year in August, and the majority of competitors come from engineering programmes at universities.External links
* [http://www.birdman.org.uk/ International Bognor Birdman]
*Japan's Quirky Festivals: [http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/jzinefestivals.htm Japan International Birdman Rally]
* [http://www.ytv.co.jp/birdman/ Japan International Birdman Rally (in Japanese)]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kazuhito/sets/602604/ Photo gallery of 2005 Japanese event]
* [http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=13660 Video coverage of Australian event]See also
* Japan Birdman rally (in Japanese)
* Japan Birdman rally (in Chinese)
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