The influence of 2014’s world record-breaking flight is evident in 2015, as a new generation of homemade flying machines takes to the skies. That doesn’t stop the creativity, though, and 80,000 spectators witness some of the craziest teams yet.

Local flavors rule the day, as teams dress up their homemade flying machines in honor of local delicacies, native festivals, and more. There’s even a group back for redemption after a famous failure at a previous Red Bull event.

Watch as some of the world's most interesting and creative flying machines ever created fly (or crash) into a man-made lake appropriately created for sea planes to take off and land.

The 'summer capital' of Bulgaria welcomes a crowd 20,000 strong to watch teams of amateur aviators fling themselves off a 6m (20ft) tall runway and into the air… and, for some sooner than others, into the Black Sea.

Perfect conditions mean it’s a great day for flying in Switzerland, and 50 teams are ready to try their luck. They’ll try to make it as far as they can in their crazy homemade flying machines before plunging into Lake Zurich.

The homemade flying machines are of questionable design, but 40 dauntless teams will try to fly them over the Ohio River anyway. Could anyone possibly make it all the way to Indiana?