Holy crap! I was just watching this video again because somehow I didn't notice that it had a 4K version so I watched it and this time, as opposed to last, I watched every second and I missed something the first time around.
You want to see a guy that knows how to take his racer and fly it with skill and no fear? This, by the way, is at Big Sir which is IMO the most beautiful spot by a long shot, second to The Redwoods just a hundred or so miles north of here. This shot is on the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway, or The 1) and it is absolutely the most beautiful drive you can take. When we go to San Francisco to visit my business partner, my wife and family take a 8-9 hour PCH ride as opposed to maybe a 4-6 hour regular ride on The 5 and 101 so that you can watch with your mouth dropped for the whole ride. Lived out here for over a decade now and I still just am amazed every time I fly by it.
Last word off topic, but there is a place where this is a fresh water giant lake and about a quarter mile down is The Pacific and there is a little whole in the "wall" of the cliff that shoots out the coolest looking stream of fresh water into the ocean. It's hard to describe but this is the kind of stuff you see and the Big Sir bridge is one of the highlights, if not THE highlight in a series of them along that run, including many whales, dolphins, Sea Lions, Turtles, etc. If you are on the West Coast, do it. Hell, do it if you're on the East Coast. What's an extra couple hours on a plane instead of sitting on your couch watching Seinfeld re-runs and eating Doritos.
Ok, back on topic.
That video had the Big Sir bridge in it (which I knew) but the dude flew his (I'm assuming a 250). and not flew but traversed the ins and outs of this bridge eloquently and without fear. This is how I wish I could fly. This guy is so much better at flying that I am that it's humbling to the point that I think I should just keep my camera on the ground and just fly. ha. I mean I can fly but not like this. Not without fear that i would destroy the whatever. To be sure, there is no fixing whatever he/she is flying in this part. If it hits and through this bridge, it will fall at least several hundred feet and then be thrown out into the ocean. Basically, if he isn't perfect here, that thing is gone.
It's frustrating a tad watching this video because there are a couple things he/she could have done to make it from a cool thing to watch to epic. He should have softened some of the animation inside the cockpit. A little more blur would have made it more realistic. It's a common thing amongst even fairly advanced animators to not want to "grit up" their animation. In other words, they love it super crisp. They get married to it in post and then they can't change it. This is the biggest thing to overcome I think in the process of making VFX which if this guy is under 25, he will be very good at.
Sorry for rambling as usual but I think I made it so it started at exactly 1:00 which is where he begins to fly through the Big Sir bridge. **** it, now I've hyped it up too much. It really actually sucks. Don't even watch it (make sure you put it on 4K if you can):
EDIT: As I just watched that part again, I'm not even so sure that's not a practical (real) thing, like a toy or something and he just dropped a green/blue screen behind it which would have been a weird way to do it simply because it gives you less latitude to make it look real. By the way, I am not critiquing it as a negative, I think he/she did an amazing job and I love this, I am just talking to you guys. I still think more could have been done to combine the cockpit with aerial stuff to make it look less juxtaposed but man can this guy fly and make a cool video. BRAVO!