• The team has had sprint coaching from world-class sprinter Matt Shirvington
• Gary - chief designer won a NASA competition a few years ago
• Design resembles an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars

Taking inspiration from a paper plane and a kid's favourite toy, team Trans Vesperelli Aerobars is sure to soar high as they pull out all stops to capture the spirit of Red Bull Flugtag today.

Captain Jimmy Vesper is certain he and his team can pull off the crowd pick with their Bavarian themed take off. Complete with Party Polka by the Hermes House Band, it will come down to their unique three-wing design to take it home.

Team members Matt Rule, John Bruin and Gary Redman have all undergone intensive sprint coaching from Matt Shirvington, in preparation for takeoff. But it could all go seriously awry if their leather pants decide to split before the launch.

• Team members Bernard and Jane are siblings
• Inspired by Monkey Magic - the hugely popular TV series from the late 70s
• Each team member is taking on the character of a Monkey Magic character

Despite the weather bureau predicting clear skies for today, don't be alarmed if you see a giant dark cloud appear, it's just the Monkey Magic team and their magic flying vessel!

For those who aren't familiar with the characters - Monkey Magic was a popular 70s/80s TV series that originated from Japan and has had a longstanding cult following in Australia. The team refers to themselves as the characters Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka. Let's hope they don't take a little Trip-itaka down the launch pad themselves!

Working around the clock to get their aircraft completed in time for competition, the Monkey Magic Team is in it to win it!

• Torey is the baby of the competition who was too young to enter when Red Bull Flugtag first took place in 2008!
• Torey's teachers have been very supportive helping her choose the music for her performance and flight
• Only team from SA to compete

Doing it for the girls, pilot Torey Mowbray had a lot on her agenda prior to entering this year's competition. Noticing a lack of female pilots in 2008, team Bat Girl and Villains is out to prove all the boys wrong.

One 'boy' in particular is her Dad who competed in the last Flugtag competition. Torey is hell bent on getting further than her old-man and perfecting a lighter landing. Sabotage could be on the cards, but it's a family affair with mum Sharon and brother rounding out the team.

Too young to enter in 2008, Torey is the baby of the competition. As they prepare to launch, watch out as this little lady means business!

• The team is flying today in memory of team members Sarah and Ronnie's daughter who passed away last year at only 53 days old
• Their craft is inspired by Bumblebee from Transformers
• The only team from ACT to compete

Husband and wife team Sarah and Ronnie Tullipan are flying their craft today in the memory of their daughter who passed away last year at only 53 days old.

Taking inspiration from the Transformers films, their craft is named Bumblebee and the swarm will be decked out in yellow and black. Friends Brendan and Katrina make up the second half of the worker bee team. Balsa wood, bed sheets and cardboard make up the body of the hybrid car/aircraft.

With the perfect theme song to accompany their launch - classic 1980's Transformer - there's no doubt Team Pangaea will be creating a buzz as they take Bumblebee to the sky.

• Entered to celebrate the birthday of team mate Alysia (by throwing her into the harbour), but mainly so that David can make and fly his own plane - a dream he has had for years
• Damselflies are cousins to the dragonfly but apparently easier to build?!?!
• Alysia says she's the 'Damse' and she'll fly

A pub idea amongst a couple of mates will take this bunch of QLD folk to the skies, or so they hope. Armed with nothing more than some 2010 election signs and polyfoam glued together, team mates Alysia, Dave, Scott and Ian are hoping they have the right balance between the wings more than anything.

The Damselflies is a cousin to the Dragonfly... but easier to build, inspired by the brave few who have taken the 6 metre leap before them. Whilst the team consists of four engineers and an entomologist, none of them have the least bit of an idea regarding flight or fluid mechanics!

With little hope that their plane will fly, they are relying on their perfected dance routines to bring them over the line and score them some prizes!

• Team Captain David Zemel has worked in the airforce for the past 26 years
• The only team from VIC to compete

Yarraville represent! These guys have a lot to prove with their membership to the Sports Aircraft Association of Australia being the ultimate secret weapon.

Team Captain David Zemel has worked in the airforce for the past 26 years and is the Deputy Director of Aircraft Structural Integrity at Laverton's RAAF base. If that doesn't scare the other teams than they better be beware as Team SAAA pose a triple threat with their environmentally friendly design and Thunderbirds themed fashions.

Team members David Robbins, Brian Ham and John Lives are just hoping their reputations remain intact and their aeronautically engineered craft flies further than a hurled brick.

• Team Captain Stuart Gray is intent on beating his girlfriend Jessica and her team the Barnacle Bandits
• Team is made up of family and friends - a lawyer, doctor and physicist
• Watch out for a six legged bison!

Don't mistake this team for blue hued Naavi folk, because it's not what they're about. Forget the Avatar hype and just know team Captain Stuart Gray is intent on beating his girlfriend Jessica and her team the Barnacle Bandits.

The story goes like this, they recently got engaged and whoever has the best result gets to pick the wedding venue! They have actually taken their concept from a kids show called Avatar: The Last Airbender. Modeling their craft on one of the character's gliders, they want to bring the values of the show to light.

Team members Pete, Simon and Veronica are taking this competition very seriously with Veronica travelling to Hong Kong where she learnt the art of lashing bamboo. Let's hope this comes in handy as they attempt to bring home the glory and Stu the right to have his wedding wherever he damn pleases!

• Think "hells angels" meet "burkes Backyard"
• Long hair and handle-bar moustaches are going to give them a huge sense of confidence and Bravado!
• Being born in England, it's not so much about the winning but taking part that's important!

Team pilot Ben Reeve stumbled across Red Bull Flugtag when it took place in Sydney in 2008 and promptly added it to his 'bucket list'. Now seen as the coolest dad around for being selected, Ben is not going down without a flight!

With a team consisting of an ex-regimental Sergeant Major Rob Abroud, IT guru Andrew Todd to update the blog, and kindergarten friend Richard Allen, this team is sure to rock! And rock they shall with their Metallica song choice and their head-banging ways.

The flying craft is a structural masterpiece made from bamboo poles and covered in Dacron. As long as the Chopper style launch craft works, this team may just be able to break the record!

• All team members claim to love working with cardboard and hot glue guns!
• Already have a victory under their belt with The Ponds Land Boat Race
• Hoping to eliminate Team Avatar (a bunch of lawyers + suits)

Meep Meep indeed! The old school Looney Tunes cartoons have provided the Barnacle Bandits the inspiration to fly an anvil in this year's event. That's right, an anvil!

A band of designers themselves, watch out for Team Captain Jessica Leckie as Road Runner and her trio of Wile Coyotes. On a personal note, they are also hoping to cream team member Jasmin Gow's fiancee Stuart who is hoping to lead Team Avatar to victory.

Citing poking Voodoo Dolls of the opposing team as their secret weapon and hours of planning at the local pub, other team members Chris and Kristen can rest assure they will no doubt take the mantle for wholesome entertainment value.

• Theme based around the philosophy of a Ned Kellyesque escape
• Built the aircraft in a warehouse in Artarmon
• The team are a bunch of industrial designers - they do things like this for a living

Competing against giant Red Speedos as an apparent 'Australian icon', you be the judge as the Ned Kelly Gang comes out all guns blazing.

Reenacting an infamous and almost certainly false scene from ye olden days, watch the drama unfold as the Team Captain Tim Phillips ensues the perfect escape plan from his troopers (Craig Schroder, Michael White and Andy Johnson).

The gang consists of industrial designers, who wanted to work on a side project. See for yourself if their aircraft made from bamboo, assorted plastic materials and cardboard can withstand all obstacles and soar their way to freedom.

• The team consists of a lecturer, English teacher, designer and legal secretary
• Paying homage to Australia's national dish, the humble pie

Paying homage to Australia's national dish, the humble pie - Captain Leyton Smith will moonlight as a tubby chef as he mans their aircraft to a tasty finish.

Team members Ben Kelly, Sophie Johnston and Colin Gibson are pushing the pie over the edge as knife and fork accompaniments. The pie will sit amongst a bed of mushy peas constructed from hundreds of metres of glad wrap, 'borrowed' milk crates and balloons.

As previous Red Bull Flugtag contestants in 2008 with their Flaming Galah aircraft, the team are experienced and roaring to go. With a tune from Custard to go by, they're a two course meal that we'll all want to see finish.

• Co-workers make up competitor team 'Bon-Die' - a fierce rival!
• Some workers in the office have been victims of believing the Dropbear legend - the inspiration behind the craft
• The soundtrack for their performance is 'Genesis' by Justice

"Watch out for those Drop-bears! They are like Koalas, only bigger and they drop onto unsuspecting people!" A group of four Design professionals, the team is trying hard to stay true to the Australian joke/legend of the drop-bear whilst also making it glide.

Robert Overend, Quinn Chow, Ruben Ocampo and Kyle Vice all work together at a strategy and design consultancy called Second Road.

Their secret Weapon is prototyping! They have built countless, scaled down models to test and refine their full scale model. This combined with the adrenaline junkie attitude of Robert may just see this drop-bear drop into the record books.

• Tony Abbott provided the inspiration for this team's crazy contraption with his infamous sluggers
• Team mate Gary Meakin is an aeronautical engineer for Qantas - the team's secret weapon!
• This team means business - they have their own website, twitter page, facebook page and sponsors

A team of self-proclaimed creative geniuses; the Great Budgie Smugglers' quintessentially Australian design was inspired by none other than devoted slugger wearer Tony Abbott.

Flying a giant pair of red speedos, the team firmly believes they have the 'goods' to pull off the longest distance record...their secret weapon? An aeronautical engineer (Gary Meakin), mechanical engineer (Andrew Thompson), production manager (Matthew Roberts), and the team's captain, Ben Angus - an Art Director.

With their creative geniuses and technical handyman, rumour has it, they're unveiling some top-secret performances before launching off the 6-metre platform.

• Fourth team member, Ross Williamson has dabbled in engineering - perhaps the team's secret weapon!
• The team don't like their chances at flying very far, but think their creativity will win them a prize
• The craft has been constructed on site at the Coogee Bay Hotel

It's a bird...it's a plane...no - it's a giant schooner of beer! It would be a godsend to many Aussies if it were real, but this one is a makeshift Super Schooner from the team at Coogee Bay Hotel. Team captain, Saskia Valkema is the lucky one who stuck her hand up to be pushed off the platform in the giant schooner, hoping its Superman qualities will shine through in flight.

This creation has been a real team effort from a host of people at the hotel, but the team has General Manager, Tony Williams to thank for encouraging the idea. The craft wouldn't look as spiffy as it does today without the help of resident artist, Jessica Woolston and the very handy hotel maintenance team.

• Caspian is an artist and has used paper mache to create the face of the bat
• The team is quietly confident the wind will carry their aircraft to victory
• The team will be performing to the theme tune of Batman

Doing it for the home crowd - that is the flying fruit bat population of Sydney's inner suburbs, Scott Marriott and team are paying homage by appointing the mammal as the official mascot and inspiration for their aircraft.

Take off will be accompanied with the television theme tune of Batman and team members Mitchel, Caspian and Joel will dress as a variety of characters including Robin and The Joker. Wanting to compete for a long time, Scott's dream will finally be realised when their bat mobile takes to the sky.

With a little bit of chicken wire, cedar wood and pot luck, Team Bat Power are sure to send sonar waves through the air as they test their creative and aerodynamic design out.

• Have enlisted the help of aeronautical engineers
• The team is raising funds and awareness for Camp Quality

The chances of seeing a shooting star in broad daylight is slim but Team Captain Kevin Houlihan of the Fallen Stars, wants everyone to see theirs for a brief shining moment.

Raising funds and awareness for Camp Quality, the team members are all employees of Star City Casino Lodge, hence the star theme which is their company's logo. With plenty of laughs along the way, watch out for the choreographed dance to be performed by Andrew, Anita and Graeme.

Their flight today is dedicated to their friends who have been through cancer. Cheer them on as they support a great cause and bring smiles to everyone along the way.

• The team's inspiration has come from Aussie culture
• They plan to beat their co-workers who are competing in team Dropbear
• The team members are colleagues from Second Road, an innovation and management consultancy in Chatswood.

On the beach and under the waves of Australia's most famous beach lies something best left alone. With all that lurks beneath the surface, team Bon-die want to flesh it out and make it fly. Co-workers of the 'Dropbear' team, the Bon-die group will not just be flying for victory but also bragging rights in the office!

With no aeronautical engineering behind their design whatsoever, watch for all your typical Aussie tourist attractions in their craft. A mash up of The Jaws theme song will set the tone as they attempt to blow their co-workers out of the water.

Let's just hope Red Bull gives them wings!

• Team consists of a designer, marketing manager, used car salesman and milkman
• The team have used pool noodles as part of the construction - a smart, lightweight choice

A BBQ is on and you're all invited! Look out for the steak as it aims for 'well done' by the end of the race. Tim van Beek is leading his team of kitchen utensils and condiments to push the BBQ further than the backyard patio.

Flaming hot dancing will be performed by team members Michael, Lachlan and Peter who will be dressed as a gas cylinder, tongs and a bottle of sauce. Brothers and mates who share a passion for golf, the team will need to take their best swing at launching the BBQ with its 8 metre wingspan.

The boys want to be remembered for their distance, creativity and showmanship and hope to go by the name of Aviation Crew of Excellence by the end of the competition.

• Their craft is inspired by the iconic Australian investion - the hills hoist
• The craft is partly constructed with PVC piping and lightweight plastic tarpaulin
• Every Sunday since the day they were notified has been spent working on the craft

After an unsuccessful entry in Red Bull Flugtag 2008, the boys are back and better than ever! With a background in building billy carts and tree houses; Alex Hull, Andrew Liptrott, Daniel Leaf and Blake Wilson think they have what it takes to grab the win!

A lightweight clothes line is set to spin them into the history books but let's just hope their clothes stay dry! With lightweight materials and a 6 metre wingspan in use, this may just take the humble hills hoist to new levels.

Not so confident on how their aircraft will fare, the team is sure to put a smile on everyone's face with their crazy contraption.

• Group GSA's logo colours are yellow and black - hence the Bumblebee design
• The team's design has been modeled on the Gossamer Albatross design which was the first human powered craft capable of controlled and sustained flight
• Second "bumblebee" inspired craft in Red Bull Flugtag 2010 (also Team Pangaea)

Black and yellow seem to be the colours of the moment with Group GSA entering the mix as a bunch of architects hoping to send their Bumblebee inspired aircraft over the line as the winning team.

The design has been modeled on the Gossamer Albatross design which was the first human powered craft capable of controlled and sustained flight. With that sort of pressure, who needs a plan? Luckily Tim and team mates Barbara, Kelly and Peter have Red Bull to give them wings.

• Member Russell was also involved in the Red Bull competition called Art of Can
• Team members work as engineers
• The team wanted to promote sustainability by re-using other materials for their craft

Is anyone heading to Falls Festival for NYE? Need a home? Feel free to contact the boys from team The Tent That Flew, after the event as there could very well be a free tent up for grabs!

Don't be fooled by its simplicity, the team is part of an engineering firm who are confident it will fly. Interested in a challenge and making something that is socially sustainable, Pilot Jason McDermott has also listed his concerns on the team's very own Tumblr blog. Complete with sketches, one of the risks listed was over consumption of Red Bull!

Fellow team members Russ, Alex and Liam will also have to dodge falling off the platform and not getting swept up in The Tent That Flew.

• Also friends with Team Bridezilla - who have a similar concept
• The blokes are dressed in drag - inspired by Cinderella characters

Looking to take on the younger competitors, Cindy's Pumpkin is a drawn-out Cinderella-esque concoction; created by mates who clearly had too much time on their hands.

Dressed to the nines in their pretty as peach dresses, Pilot David Rudd is hoping their pumpkin carriage will magically transform into a man-made flying machine. This isn't Disney Davey boy, but here's hoping for a happy ending with the help of team members Greg, Ross and Colin.

Garnering sponsorship for their efforts, the guys just want to have fun and go one up from a team mate's former attempt in the 2008 competition.

• Rod Stewart is tipped to provide their tune for launch!
• The team's craft is a flying replica of Captain Cook's 'the Endeavour'
• Today is Captain Cook's birthday - inspiration behind the craft

What better way to respect Captain Cook's birthday than to build a flying replica of 'the Endeavour'. Hoping to sail into history books just as Cook did, Queenspark local Tadhq Deasy will have a 6 metre fall to look forward to before touchdown.

Tadhq always wanted to be a part of Red Bull Flugtag and she jumped at the chance when she saw it advertised on TV earlier in the year. Hopefully the other team members Colm, Gerard and Tim have something else to celebrate when they sail the Endeavour for a photo finish.

• The team is planning on indulging in a secret hypnosis session before take-off!
• They claim to be 'doing it for the glory'
• A team motto: 'Chicks dig scars, pain heals but glory is forever'

A few beers around a campfire with a few mates always lead to good things. For this group of Morriset locals, that good thing just happened to be entering Red Bull Flugtag! Armed with an aeronautical engineer and thousands of hours of research, this team thinks they can make the usually rock solid Flinstones light enough to fly!

Wing design and raw push power is what Team Hardcore are relying on to get that extra distance. They are doing it for the glory, because chicks dig scars and pain heals, but glory is forever!

Yabba Dabba do! Watch out for all your Flinstones favourites - Bam Bam, Wilma, Barney and of course Fred as they take us back to the stone age for a chance to re-write history.

• No secret weapons, just want to have fun and compete
• Some team members have engineering skills

Ladies pay attention!! The boys from the Flying Stud Muffins are out to impress with their sickly sweet aircraft good enough to eat, let alone fly.

Team members Tony, Kok and Andy work in the Engineering Department at UNSW and John is a mate who has come along for the ride. No real story behind the inspiration, it just came to Tony over a coffee one morning.

Complete with coloured paper rolls as the sprinkles on top, they will be launching their aircraft with rollerblades. Listen for the mash up of 'Have you seen the Muffin Man?' from the Shrek soundtrack. Who ordered the muffin with a side of water?

• The team thinks their air guitar performance will be hard to beat
• They are all self-confessed KISS fanatics

Don't be alarmed kids! Makeup and excessive black clothing aside, it's just the guys from team KISS my Flugtag in all their glory. Armed with their flying V guitar shaped aircraft, they are looking to blow the competitors away with their air guitar skills and overall craziness.

Self-confessed KISS fanatics, Chris Wood and his team mates Andrew, Alexandra and Stuart have designed their aircraft so they can rock out in their costumes and give the crowd a full-on rock experience. Gene Simmons would be proud!

With hang glider like wings, let's hope the guitar can smash the current record so we can get the guys back for an encore!

• The team hopes to captivate the crowd with their tailor-made ALERT rap mash-up
• The Bandaid is known to heal a lot of wings, but they want to prove one more thing - it can fly!
• The team have an extensive support crew - the 10,000 volunteers they're representing

Not your normal St John Ambulance crew, team ALERT (Air Lifted Emergency Response Team) are thrill seekers. Danger hunters if you will, looking for any opportunity to push themselves over the edge.

Very ironic since they're the guys who help bandage the injured. Watch out for their flying band aid as they unleash their crazy side and attempt to do it for the 10,000 St John's volunteers who work endless hours for the Australian community.

Andrew is heading the fearless team along with Didier Danger Nurse, Charlotte the cheerleader and Brent who just wants to push his pilot off the launch pad. Check your pulse, as their hearts skip a beat in their attempt to take home the win.

• The original design concept was a crane - but that was soon scrapped when they thought about how badly it might fly!
• The team has been fueled on Red Bull to keep them going

They can build for others...but can they build for themselves? They work with the stuff for a living, but this is about to get serious! A team building idea from the workers at Kane Constructions has inspired the Kane-A-Kazis to launch with their 'tradie-inspired' contraption!

The team have Wendy Schmidt to thank for encouraging the crazy idea, but it will all come down to the flying efforts of team pilot, Benny (dressed in his Evel Knievel inspired jump-suit) who was chosen simply because he was the lightest in the company!

You definitely can't miss this team - decked out in their stand-out safety vests and tradie uniforms, they're promising a mighty effort with their positive motto, "The only way is up!"

• Raising money for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation to raise money for equipment for the Manly Maternity ward
• Three of the four team members recently became fathers

For Manly local Jonathan Sharp, he owes the life of his new born baby and wife to the midwives at Manly hospital. Vowing to do something to raise money for them, he is taking to the sky...and the water with Red Bull Flugtag!

With three of the four team member being new fathers, it's close to all of their hearts!Not wanting to go with a novelty plane, they began building something that would actually fly! All of the nights of sketching and researching led to the tri-wing concept - a front rotating wing plane - simple, yet elegant!

The team members are the secret weapon with Braun, Brains and fearlessness! Johnathan Sharp will be leading his team consisting of new dad Jeff, Brainiac Evan and surf board designer Shane.

• With any excuse to break out the Elvis outfits, the boys wear them when working on the aircraft
• Already recognised as an 'Elvis entertainment group', with coverage of their appearance at the 2009 Parkes Elvis Festival and listing in the Parkes locality guide

If you start to see double, don't fret it's only the Fat Elvises making their break dancing entrance. Self confessed fans of The King and one time former colleagues of AMP, Hank Opdam and his team are emulating the spirit of Elvis by flying their Cadillac aircraft into the sunset. That's the plan at least.

Extendable wings are supposedly going to appear just before takeoff, with the help of team mates Mike Sacco, Ben Gamble and David Pearson's ultimate pelvic thrust. Falling into a state of 'Elvis Depression' after returning from a festival wearing nothing but their outfits for 2 days straight, the boys are hoping to relive their glory days - bare chests and all.

Let's hope these bunch of doppelgangers do the King proud as they aim for a flying distance of 30 metres. I'm certain that not splitting their outfits whilst break dancing will be accomplishment enough.

• The musical soundtrack to this team's performance is a unique Chinese track from Sa ting ting
• The team want to introduce more people to Chinese Sichuan Opera
• Lightweight materials have been used to maximise flight distance

It's amazing what bored architects and engineers can come up with! Inspired by the 300 year old culture of the changing face which is an important aspect of Chinese Sichuan Opera, Team Zouk has it all.

Combining the talents of architects, engineers, a dare-devil pilot, surfer and avid West Tigers fan, it's an eclectic mix promising to provide results.

This team is not only going for the win, but also to share and introduce the fun face changing Chinese Culture! With a no pain, no gain attitude this team will surely be a hot contender! Team members Shaun, Susana, Sophia and Jeffrey have collected materials including bamboo and parachutes to take this time old oriental calendar fixture to the fore front.

• The team has refused to give up any secrets they have up their sleeves
• All team members are avid aviation nuts

Look out - the Blues Brothers are back! They're running from the police in their 'modified' 1979 Monaco Dodge. This time though, they've got one unexpected surprise for the coppers - they can fly!

The team, lead by Captain Tim Lorr is looking pretty slick in their outfits. Made up of a group of long-time mates Dieter Both, Luke Fussel and Dieter's dad, Jorg.

Fascinated by aviation, Dieter is training to be a pilot! The Blues Mobile has been a labour of love and the lads admit it's been worth every second of their time. They're about to make way in their trendy Blues Brothers gear as they launch off the platform to the very fitting soundtrack Flip, Flop and Fly.

Let's hope there's a little less flip and flop and a lot more fly!

• Collaborative effort, they all work for the company Soap Creative
• The Fail Whale twitter icon was designed by an Aussie artist - the inspiration behind their craft
• The Fail Whale has become an international icon through Twitter.

The Fail Whale team is quite happy to admit they're not going for the longest distance, they just want the Twitter fail whale to be at the bottom of the Ocean! Apparently nobody likes the Fail Whale which is shown on the Twitter site when the site has hit capacity. No wings, just a big blubber!

The team has made it very clear they want the pilot Ash to have the most embarrassing and...vertical flight to date. They are hoping for a Twitter friendly crowd to score them points! Behind the scenes, worker Tamara has put in the hard yards but was not stupid enough to jump off the platform like the rest of her team mates.

Aaron, Mark and Rob have got the task of ensuring The Fail Whale makes one last appearance before disappearing from our Twitter screens and skies forever.

• The team entered as a practical joke but was delighted to be chosen!
• The accompanying tune will be retro inspired of course

When they weren't playing for a hen's night at the Retro at Sydney's Bristol Arms Hotel, the disc jockey team of Absolute Infinity was holed up in a secret hanger working on their magnificent aircraft.

You're not mistaken, it is a Giant Boom Box. Combining their love of music - the boys Charlie, Michael and Adrian will attempt to go where no other boom box has gone before. Wanting to give the audience what they want- a giant boom box in the sky....they are confident their creativity and passion will take it home.

Request a tune from the boys; let's hope it's not their Swan Song.

• Friends with the team Cindy's Pumpkin
• Team members are taking on different female characters who are failing to find love

Unleashing their inner brides, the boys from team Bridezilla have a bone to pick. Their goal is to rid the city of annoying bride monsters! Their characters are loosely based on the gals from Sex and the City. I don't think Cosmo Bride will want to shoot them anytime soon but their wedding cake aircraft may just make it over the line.

Former competitors in Red Bull Flugtag 2008, Suranjan, Phillip, Peter and Matt are looking to go one up from their previous results. Dressed to nines in Sydney's op shop's finest, they're all engineer pals who work for the company AUSTDAC.

Looking for a win, they just hope their two tier cake will perform on the day.

• The other team members are decked out as toy army men
• The team are dressed in Toy Story outfits

Kids at heart, the lads from team Falling with Style are moonlighting as the characters from Pixar film Toy story. Stepping up as Buzz Lightyear, pilot Glen Lucas wants to put on a good show and try to make it 30 metres without falling.

With their aircraft akin to a motorised toy car, let's hope the other members Paul, David and Jason can steer them to success. The team promise to bring loads of energy and they just want to have fun with their theme.

Engineered to win, let's hope they smash the record just like Toy Story at the box office.

• The boys all met through uni
• Douglas has attended other Red Bull Flugtags in the USA
• Some team members are relying on good looks and dance moves not flying or pushing skills

With an American as the captain and a bunch of Engineers to back it up...Captain planet and the Engineers are going the distance! Claiming to be quite the experts with glue and scissors, let's hope for their sakes, they get a good gust of wind!

The pilot, Douglas Jones has been dreaming of flying since a young kid. He would try jumping off rooftops with a large garbage bag in an attempt to be superman. He came up with the idea behind this aircraft on a real plane though. All the passengers thought he was crazy when he told them he was going to fly a plane using only his thoughts! Only time will tell how far his thoughts get them!

Other team members Greg, Andrew and Taru are relying on their dance moves and good looks. With their powers combined, they may just be the dark horse to take out the top prize.

• Team members are self-confessed Red Bull lovers
• Performance will include Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' dance
• Mark Webber has partly inspired their entry in Red Bull Flugtag

Having set their own personal record of consuming an exorbitant amount of Red Bulls, The Descenders want to add to their personal best and walk away with a win.

A group of engineers who have choreographed a performance to Beyonce's All The Single Ladies, it's hard to take them seriously. The inspiration for the aircraft was spawned from June 2010 European Grand Prix in Spain, where Mark Webber proved his Red Bull Formula 1 car has wings after launching off the rear of Kovalainen's Lotus.

Team members Scott, Michael and Chris are all hoping Pilot Rich can swim, but it's all part of the fun as they live out every engineer's fantasy and take their flying machine to the sky.

• The craft is inspired by the typically Aussie 'outback dunny'
• Dad Bob has a Scout's badge in wood work
• They can all swim!!

With two London Red Bull Flugtags under his belt, Andy Kershaw thinks his experience is what's going to bring his father and two brothers on to the podium! With one of the more outrageous planes being built, the Flugtagnuts will surely be there to impress!

Keeping it all in the family with dad, Bob and brothers Matt and Ben, Andy just wants them all to come out alive! The Ettamogah Pub in Sydney provided the inspiration for their flying outback dunny.

Complete with wings and sound effects, it's sure to cause a stir as it flushes out all other competition. They want the glory and the bragging rights, it's going to be an explosive sight but Kershaw boys are certain to provide the toilet humour and bring the win home.

• Craft is inspired by Julia Gillard, crossed with a flying fish
• The team spent 10-15 hrs each week working to get their craft ready for today
• The team invested plenty of money in Bunnings as they search for piles of equipment

Attracted to the competition by the simple dream of soaring through the sky, Team Jazz is made up of a group of workmates from Visual Jazz, a digital advertising agency.

There must be something about Aussies and our obsession with our national leaders this year. Facing off The Great Budgie Smugglers, this craft is a giant orange flying fish, designed to resemble Julia Gillard!

Very confident, they think their performance will cause hearts to soar and grown men to weep..and most importantly - they're going to fly! With a massive 6-metre wingspan, watch as this giant Gillard fish swoops across the Harbour for what the team hopes to be a second victory for Gillard.