🤔Tyler Perry is very good at flying RC airplanes?

Tyler Perry is very rich. So he pays people to make RC airplanes for him. Big ones. No, even bigger! However big you think, bigger than that.

I don't know what I'm supposed to do with this information, but I have it. And now so do you too I guess.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hsdbRyvEvX8

Flying the world's biggest RC Airbus A380 for the first time with Tyler Perry

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@mekkaokereke whatever it is, it’s 1000x more interesting than anything Musk or Bezos have ever done.
@mekkaokereke I'm sure it will change both of our lives, knowing this. Somehow. Also not sure how. :)
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This is maybe the time for me to remind folks that Michael Dorn owns and pilots a collection of (disarmed) fighter jets.
https://www.slashgear.com/1693122/michael-dorn-star-trek-worf-military-jet-collection/
Every Military Jet Ever Owned By Star Trek's Michael Dorn - SlashGear

Worf from "Star Trek" is an iconic sci-fi personality that flies in a giant spaceship, but the real actor behind the character flies military jets.

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@ohmu I saw him at a convention shortly after it was announced he’d be joining DS9. When asked why he accepted, he replied that he needed to pay for his jets.

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Honestly I was prepared to be irked or annoyed or...something with this, but instead I'm just like 'wow, that's actually a fairly wholesome hobby, and he's not harming anyone. Good for him! I hope it brings him a lot of joy!'

"Not harming anyone" is a bit of a stretch, given the amount of greenhouse gases jets pump into our atmosphere.

@Oggie @mekkaokereke

@EverydayMoggie @Oggie @mekkaokereke it's in the noise. Lots of fun/hobbies have minor GHG impact. Spin class, instead of biking to work, has GHG impact.

In the US, jets, all of them, are only 1/9 of car and truck emissions.

@EverydayMoggie @Oggie

The good news is that the model version of the A-380 airplane is electric powered, not jet fuel.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCXBVItjwvA&t=825s

Ready for the first flight, World's biggest RC Airbus A-380, Final

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@mekkaokereke I used to go to a model airfield with my grandfather and watch the hobbyists. One guy had a legit ram turbine plane and it was sick.

I am disappointed in Tyler Perry's lack of color in his garage lineup though. Dude you're rich, have cars that are colors!

@mekkaokereke but is it a model or a drone in disguise 🥸
@mekkaokereke wow. It even has flaps, spoilers, and thrust reversers! That's so cool!

@mekkaokereke awesome. 800 lbs! Absolutely awesome!

Money and success should let one pick up an eccentric hobby. Like. This.

@mekkaokereke good for him 🤷🏻‍♂️
@mekkaokereke Ukraine can use another drone pilot in case he needs a plot for his next Madea movie.