Skills: some people have them, and one day I’ll find something that I’m good at. *lifts hand to reveal bloody fingers with pieces of plastic glued to them* It’s not model making though. This is a video of a drone pilot expertly maneuvering his copter through the tight quarters of
These are several videos of French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s traveling museum exhibition ‘From Here To Ear’, which consists of a large room full of 70 zebra finches flying around and playing electric guitars as they perch and peck at the instruments’ strings and visitors walk around enjoying the impromptu jam
An unpowered glider (no props or jets) just set a new speed world record for all R/C planes (including jets) at 548MPH (882km/h) using nothing but the power of the wind in a demonstration of dynamic soaring. What’s dynamic soaring? Let me Wikipedia that for you, since I guiltily donated
Mother Nature: she can be breathtaking. Case in point: these starling murmurations (swarming behavior) above Geldermasen in the Netherlands filmed at dusk by nature photographer Marco Valk. Why do starlings do this? Let me copy/paste that for you while I wish I had friends to fly with: Grouping together offers
This is a video of Youtuber Ant Lab’s quest to capture different insects taking flight in 3,200 frames/second ultra-slow motion. Featured in the video are eleven different species of insects spanning five different taxonomic orders. Timestamps while I eat the Totino’s Pizza Rolls I didn’t finish last night for breakfast
Bats: they’re humanity’s closest flying relatives. Is that true? I have no clue, I just run my mouth trying to sound convincing until somebody tells me to shut it, threatens to punch me, or punches me. This is a video from BBC Two of bats flying in both slow motion
Captured at Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage with the beautiful Chugach Mountains in the background, this is some almost unbelievable footage of U.S. Air Force Combat Command’s F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team pilot Major Josh ‘Cabo’ Gunderson performing some maneuvers in ultra-slow motion. Honestly, I feel like my eyes predominately
BMW, clearly recognizing the days of ground-based transportation are numbered and soon everyone is going to be zipping around wearing jetpacks, crashing into power lines and the sides of buildings, has released this video of its electric-powered wingsuit. The suit, which features twin impellers spinning at 25,000RPM mounted to a