Oh, the humanity!

Does it throw dollar bills out?

Reminds me of the flashback scene in Airplane!

"You'll have to decide ... You'll have to decide ... You'll have to decide"

@ILovePaleHoseandPaleHos: Isn't it 'OH THE HUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHMANITY'?

We're like angels. Only instead of wings, we've got a blimp.

It's good to see they modeled it on a blimp, a vessel with a long and storied history of safety and reliability.

Where are those people falling from? Was the Sun Devil holding them?

Clay,
You have been suspended 6 games for making it rain.
-Rogg

This is going to go over like a lead...oh, nevermind...

@Suss--: I don't think I'll ever be over Macho Grande.

They've smartly decided to make a latin airplane, which is easier to control.

They'll be fine as long as Lt. Hurwitz isn't at the controls.

Why does it look like a condom? Pacman's a bareback rrrrrriderrrrrrr, dawg.

From the first picture I thought he was entering Ninja Warrior.

Looks like that lake's easier to get into than Arizona State

Red Balls, Its cocaine in a can!

THREADJACK

really? we're gonna let it all come down to Mike Rabelo?

/THREADJACK

@BigTenObsession: I thought I was looking square into the jaws of hell -- A large devil with people jumping to their respective deaths.

That Sun Devil reminds me of a cartoon Michael Conley, Jr.

"They've smartly decided to make a latin airplane, which is easier to control."

Flugtagus eunt domus?

Clay, the only way to win is to fill it with hydrogen. If you're not cheating, you're not...on fire.

fantastic. they hold this in nashville the summer after i move away. thanks a lot, red bull.

Why, oh why couldn't it have been Doyel entering and risking certain death?

If they want my vote they need to perform, leave, then return and shoot up the parking lot.

@Refreshments_in_the_Narthex: I had that same joke lined up, and Nibbles ate it. So I'll say +1.

@flubby: it's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether!

Look at those dirigibles!!!

oops, wrong thread. I thought I was still in Lima Time.

"We're not sure he's gonna make it."

I'm no aeronautical engineer, but I agree. Those battery powered fans probably aren't going to do much.

@goathair: Eerie

@Refreshments_in_the_Narthex: Maybe true, but I bet the female coeds of Arizona State are easier.

Where's Gregggg's entry? Is a giant flying phallus too graphic for Deadspin?

@Big Daddy Drew: A large vessel full of hot air should, scientifically, do pretty well.

Is that thing supposed to lodge in a giant papier-mache spine?

Nibbles can eat a bowl full of dicks.

Pacman surely appreciates the dildo-esque qualities of Clay's design.

I'm impressed with the 30 foot Sparky. Would like to meet the ASU dropouts that built that.

Does anybody else see those videos and think of the end of "Tremors?"

STAMPEDE!!!!!

Can you fly????

Last on the materials list: duct tape. From experience with my '78 Honda Accord, I know that shit can hold anything together. This will totally work.

I first met Clay Travis when he was flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong.

Baba isn't impressed with your 30 foot jump into water. Throw yourself off a 30 foot cliff and have to nail the landing in order not to get taken away by an avalanche and we'll talk.

does money fly out of this when it gets in the air cuz Pacman may be waiting in the water trying to get it back.

@apostles03: was his ego writing checks his body can't cash?

Apropos of everything, the Flugtag website has crashed.

Seriously, what the hell part of that giant-ass thing would allow it to FLY at all? Now, I'm not a engineer with an ASU degree, but I believe you'd want some sort of wings - not just waving the middle finger.

@SuperFrankieLampard: There's one in Austin this year as well... not sure if that helps. In fact, it probably doesn't.

@Oops Pow Surprise: +2, I honestly spit a little diet coke

The only thing on CBS that will sink quicker than 'Making it Rain' are the ratings for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric!

@Lady Andrea: I swear to God one night that came on Cinemax or something and I was eating a huge calzone that looked just like the space worm after it landed.

I still kept eating. I was hungry.

@The Ghost of Blackhawks Past: Flying the farthest doesn't necessarily win you the contest. Showmanship, creativity, entertainment value, they count for quite a bit.

Now I'm extra sad I missed the Flugtag in Tempe last year (I think). I know ASU events people and they were very strong in letting me know this wasn't going on again near ASU, EVER. Too many (underage) people, too much (free) red bull, too much (snuck in) vodka, and some dumbass gets in a wreck on the way home and sues everyone involved.

That big a$$ Sparky gives out a heck of a shocker, I bet.

Honestly Travis's design looks like it was ripped straight from an episode of "The Flintstones." Unfortunately I doesn't have an ironic pterodactyl to provide color commentary and actual flying ability, so I'll take the under on this contraption.

Yabba-dabba-hold on to your hat Clay!

Only an ASU grad/dropout would build something that's supposed to fly and not have wings or a propeller. ASU sucks.

I was at this event in Tempe last year. They actually were supposed to have a guy in a hang glider on top who was going to fly off the top of the head. However, it was too windy and he kept almost blowing off. Good times.