Hub’s would-be fliers offered a chance to soar in Red Bull fest

BOSTON – The competitors will soar into the air – they hope – this summer, during the Red Bull Flugtag,  a homemade flying craft battle slated to take place in the Hub for the first time in the annual event's 25-year history. Wannabe aviators will take wing – or not – on Aug. 20, getting an aerial jumpstart from launching off a "flight deck" 28 feet above the murky depths of the Charles River. The goal will be to break the 258-foot distance record set in Long Beach, California,

BOSTON – The competitors will soar into the air – they hope – this summer, during the Red Bull Flugtag,  a homemade flying craft battle slated to take place in the Hub for the first time in the annual event's 25-year history. Wannabe aviators will take wing – or not – on Aug. 20, getting an aerial jumpstart from launching off a "flight deck" 28 feet above the murky depths of the Charles River. The goal will be to break the 258-foot distance record set in Long Beach, California, in 2013's contes…