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Birdman Rally is a competition where members of the public build home-madegliders,hang gliders andhuman-powered aircraft, ranging from very serious aircraft to mere costumes, leap from a river– or sea–side jetty, or from a bridge, and compete for distance and entertainment value.
Birdman rallies occur in multiple locations around the world, includingBognor Regis andWorthing in theUnited Kingdom, theYarra River inMelbourne, Australia andLake Biwa inJapan and in China, which has been created by regular entrants in the Bognor Regis event.
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The oldest Birdman rally in the world started inSelsey,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 to Worthing in 2008 and since 2010 annual rallies have been held in both Bognor Regis and Worthing.
The Australian competition first started in 1972 inGlenelg,South Australia but now occurs as a part of Melbourne'sMoomba festival in March.[1]
Starting in 1973, the Dutch edition (called 'Vlieg er eens uit') led to a series of TV shows calledTe land, ter zee en in de lucht (On land, at sea and in the air) which ran until 2011. From 1977 onwards, the Dutch TV series not only featured a Birdman, but among others a bath tub race, walking on water and reverse gear car racing.
In New Zealand, the Birdman Rally ran from 1974 to 1979[citation needed] and beyond including 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019.[2][3][4] Festival organiserMartin Wilson ran them as an annual event on theWellington Waterfront.[5]
Started in 1977, the Japanese competition takes place every year in July, and the majority of competitors come from engineering programmes at universities. Known in English asThe Japan International Birdman Rally [jp] the event takes place atLake Biwa and since 1986 has had separate glider and human-powered divisions with the tournament record standing at a few hundred metres shorter than 70 km for the human-powered triangle course.
Since 1991,Red Bull has been holding its own Birdman Rallies under the nameRed Bull Flugtag.
Drawcard events such as the Birdman Rally and the Moomba Parade had already been called off due to the pandemic.
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