One of my class mates posted yet another video of those autonomous quad-copters flying about and yet again worshiping what amounts to R/C helicopters..
So I began looking for a response. Then I thought, what better video to show something meaningful that is done all the time in aviation than that of the infamous RV Grin.
For those that do not know what that refers to, it refers to the grin on a persons face that flies his homebuilt Van's RV aircraft for the first time.
Here is one of those wonderful stories from start to finish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f9HXzZT1dE&feature=relatedA similar story but with a Midget Mustang in Italy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n221dnCKicg&feature=related