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Home made flying machines launched off a 6 metre ramp in to a deep river. Ambulances and frogmen on standby...this is one event we had to see!

Extreme Trifle went undercover in Belfast to suss out the competition...

Having managed to blag press passes so we could get close to the action and queue jump the other 35,000 people it would seem that in this event "flying" is entirely optional. 90% of all the competitors plummeted straight in to the River Lagan the instant they left the ramp. This is great news for us because it means that there is more emphasis on arsing around than actual engineering.

  • Is this a rival for Captain Custard? Based on performance then definitely...their flying machine didn't even leave the ramp but crashed pitching the pilot over the front and in to the river...top marks for style!

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  • The overall winner "The Hillbillies" launch off to set a new distance record of 10 metres...
    going...

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  • going...

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  • gone!!

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  • But this was our personal favourite - the human catapult!!

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We would like to apologise the for the absence of any Miss Custards...Oz was too busy pretending to be a journalist and Jim was floating around on a boat in the middle of the river pretending to be a photographer...

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