Gallery: 'Flying' Sharks and Angry Birds Invade Miami
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*Sharks are awesome. Flying sharks are even more awesome. Behold "Fins of Fury."*
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*The best seat in the, er, house was atop a Jet Ski or boat anchored near the 30-foot ramp in Biscayne Bay.*
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*There were roughly 110,000 people at the Miami episode of Flugtag, and the guys in the über-skilled Red Bull Air Force were the only ones who really knew what they were doing.*
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*Even Air Force One showed up. "I think it'll fly," said pilot Robin Moran. "This has the president in it. It has to fly." It did. Sorta.*
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*A bunch of Miami Hurricane engineers dressed as Angry Birds handily won the "People's Choice Award," taking 26 percent of the vote.*
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*There's never a shortage of people willing to watch other people break their necks. Some 90,000 people attended the Flugtag in Miami. That's a lot, but nothing compared to the 250,000 who showed up in London in 2003.*
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*What goes up must come down, usually very quickly after going up. None of the "aircraft" made it farther than 138 feet.*
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*The top three teams took home countless memories, the pride of a job well done and, of course, a whole lot of free Red Bull. And a trophy. Because everyone likes trophies.*
