This is a video of Youtuber ProjectAir constructing and testing what he believes to be the world’s largest RC rocket plane, a radio controlled balsa glider that gets an initial blast of propulsion from a giant model rocket engine. It works surprisingly well, and the first test flight goes off
This is a video of the host of travel site EYNTK demonstrating how he believes Aerosmith’s ‘Sweet Emotion’ lines up perfectly with the takeoff of most airplanes, from the moment of engine revving to wheels leaving earth. He claims the song works on 95% of the flights he’s taken, and
These are a couple clips of the latest iteration of the Jetson One personal electric VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) vehicle. Apparently they’re happy enough with its current state that the company will begin delivering to customers later this year ($128,000 — no pilot’s license required in the US!). Exciting
These are a couple videos (including a POV version) of TikTok user aladdin_skylab taking to the skies aboard a real flying (falling) carpet, just like Aladdin in his self-titled movie! The carpet operates very similar to a wingsuit, and the effect is pretty spectacular. Am I going to launch myself
This is a video captured by drone pilot liulangCooki from Mount Everest’s base camp to its 29,000-foot summit. The whole flight took approximately 43-minutes (with stops at various camps along the way), which was timelapsed down to just 4 minutes in the video below. That’s good, because I don’t have
This is a video of Dutch aerobatic pilot Narine Melkumjan during a training session in an Extra 330LX plane when the cockpit canopy slides open and shatters, leaving her exposed to the wild blue yonder and in desperate need of a quick landing. In her own words: “…during my second
This is the music video for Louis Cardozo’s ‘Fly’, in which he performs the song on piano while paragliding over the English countryside. Louis says no special effects were used during the filming, just balls of steel and a can-do attitude. “That’s right suckers, no CGI involved in the making
Because, occasionally, Red Bull really does give you wings, this is a video of Redbull wingsuiters Marco Fürst and Marco Waltenspiel jumping out of a helicopter, flying along the River Thames and through the gap in the London Bridge, then parachute landing on two floating platforms in the water. That’s