This is a 3D visualization created by the folks at MetaBallStudios comparing the sizes of various fictional flying machines. It was fun enough to watch, but I’m more than a little upset they forgot to include my favorite fictional flyer of all time. “Rose from Titanic.” Ahahahahhaha, I showed this

This is a video of thrillseeker and paraglider instructor Hasan Kaval taking to the wild blue yonder on the custom sofa and television paragliding rig he built. I dare say the thrills Hasan was seeking were successfully located. Still, can you believe he forgot– “A safety harness?!” What? No —

This is a video of a bunch of kite landboarding tricks. Kite landboarding is like kite surfing, but takes place over land (typically hard-pack beach) with a sort of offroad skateboarding longboard with bindings that you just slip your foot through so the board can be removed in air for

This is a short video of a paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) with strips of reflective tape around its body launching itself off a tree branch and traveling some 30-feet horizontally while in the air, thanks to a complex series of undulations. Some more info while I undulate all sexy-like

Note: Language. This is a video of a student in the U.S. Air Force’s Introduction To Fighter Fundamentals course getting a dogfighting lesson in a T-38 Talon and his instructor getting very excited in the process. Sounds like a fun instructor. My flight instructor? He’d scream bloody murder every time