Photos: All of the Heart-Stopping Moments During Cincinnati’s Red Bull Flugtag

The Red Bull Flugtag – an event that challenges teams to build a flying machine and pilot it – came to Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove Saturday, Aug. 12. Thousands of spectators gathered as 40 human-powered crafts took to the skies. The teams, consisting of up to five people, launched the one-of-kind airships they made off a 27-foot-tall flight deck and into the Ohio River.

Keep scrolling to see all of the heart-stopping moments we witnessed during the Red Bull Flugtag.

Photos by Emory Davis