Awesome Flying

A spectacularly shot reel of 60fps HD footage of U.S. Navy air squadron VFA-27 Royal Maces F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets in action. And this is just a teaser for the team’s full-length video That’s a Shack!, which we can’t wait to see.

Two fighter pilots demonstrate one of the benefits of the extreme environment inside their F/A-18F Super Hornet jet, as they take advantage of a zero-G moment to gracefully pass a candy bar from the front to the rear of the cockpit.

The international airport in Saint Martin is known for having its runway insanely close to the beach. Here, world traveler Paul Luning captured one of the landings in slow-motion, and it’s visual that’s so unreal that you’d think it was a VFX shot.

GoPro shares this exhilarating video of Brandon Mikesell zipping over the mountains of Walenstadt, Switzerland on his wingsuit. The song is Koto by Odesza. Brandon has a raw video of another run over the same line here.

You can’t fly a real jet plane indoors, but watch Martin Müller’s 1:22 scale R/C model of the Airbus A310-200, flown impeccably around this German airshow a few years back. Its inflatable fuselage gives it that dreamy feel as it flies.

Good Morning America and DJI used the Inspire 1 drone to stream live footage of Bardarbunga, an active volcano in Iceland. The reporter blabbered all through out, but to be fair she seemed genuinely amazed at what they were doing.

An autonomous drone delivers a chocolate bar across Hong Kong. YouTuber Sky Frog explains that it wasn’t a simple process. Read his guide on the video’s description to find out how complicated it actually was.

At just 70″ long, the AirBoard aims to be a flying Segway, offering personal transportation on a quadcopter style flying platform. A safe flying mode will limit flying to just five feet off the ground. Fundraising soon on Indiegogo.

When you’re flying around in a stunt plane during an air race, you’re not supposed to hit the pylons. But that doesn’t mean it’s not part of the fun for spectators. Here are a few of the best pylon hits from the Red Bull Air Race season.

The Bloodhound SSC team is building a car that can go 1000mph. Along the way, they had to test out the communication system and make sure it will work at high speeds. We think it was just an excuse to play with Jaguars, a helicopter and a jet.

We’ve seen how the Airbus A350 jumbo jet is made. Now watch in awe, as the French aircraft maker shows off the agility of their massive widebodied jetliners by flying five of them in a synchronized drill. Skip to 3:35 for the action.

Real life Rocketeer Yves Rossy danced in the skies of Dubai with aerobatics champion Veres Zoltán. The surprise at the end and XDubai’s tease that “the best is yet to come” makes us hopeful that there will be more videos.

Wingsuit expert Darren Burke takes us on a smooth, yet thrilling flight as he comes perilously close to the ground and treetops beneath him. We’d love to see this first hand, but don’t possess the balls to do it.

If you’ve ever flown on a jumbo jet and worried about the plane taking a steep angle or bank, this video should put your mind at ease – as test pilots show off just what the 280 passenger Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is capable of. More here.

This one-man helicopter is powered by hydrogen peroxide gas rockets attached to the tips of its rotors. While we’re guessing it’s not the safest aircraft ever made, we’re duly impressed that it gets off the ground at all.

These guys in Korea must have legs of steel to be able to pedal hard enough to get airborne in their wide-winged flyers. Though at times, this crash-filled competition reminded too much us of the Red Bull Flugtag.