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

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

Because people are constantly coming up with new and exciting ways to stimulate the adrenal medulla, this is a video of people being blob-launched in a giant ball pit at some sort of trampoline park style amusement center. Admittedly, that does look like fun. I used to LOVE the ball

This is some bodycam footage from Valdosta, Georgia where police were making an arrest on the highway when a distracted driver launches off the ramp of a parked tow truck, traveling some 120 feet in the air before crashing back down. Holy smokes! The driver is currently being treated for

This is a video from RED SIDE visualizing and comparing the speeds of various aircraft, beginning with incredibly slow planes like the Wright Flyer (30MPH) and ending with modern jets like the SR-71 Blackbird (2,500MPH). And to think the Wright Flyer first took to the sky only 120 years ago.

This is a video of a Singaporean foursome performing a choreographed indoor skydiving routine at the 2023 World Indoor Skydiving Championships, complete with a bunch of flips and twists and hand-holding and all sorts of other fun stuff. You know, I’ve always considered trying this indoor skydiving thing, but I’m

This is some dashcam footage from a California highway where a truck loses its left front tire and a Kia Soul in the adjacent lane immediately hits it, launching the vehicle like it just reached the end of a Hot Wheels Ramp. I like how the driver applied their brakes

This is a video captured by the residents of a 21st story apartment in San Francisco, who witnessed their sofa fly off the balcony and attempt a half-hearted trip to Oz during high winds. Unfortunately for it, it only makes it as far as the road below. Fortunately for locals,