FPV Skyscraper Diving

Prepare to be blown away by this first person view (FPV) drone video from the world's tallest skyscraper.  Top AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot MrFpv | manuelbass was able to dive the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai to capture footage for a promotional video for the 2021 blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home.  The movie grossed over a billion US dollars worldwide in less than a month, including huge audiences throughout the Middle East.  This video was the Winner of the Drone Video of the Week contest in late 2021.  

Prepare to be amazed by this stunning first person view (FPV) drone diving video from one of the world's tallest skyscrapers, compliments of top AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot Livyu FPV.  He was able to dive the 128 story Shanghai Tower, which has a roof height of just under 2.1k ft. (632 m).  When it was completed in 2015, it was the world's second-tallest building.  As of 2024, it's the world's third-tallest (surpassed only by Dubai's Burj Khalifa and Kuala Lumpur's Merdeka 118).  It's located in Shanghai's Pudong District.  

Prepare to be amazed by this first person view (FPV) drone video of an epic dive session over one of the world's most prominent skyscrapers, compliments of AirVuz contributor pilot n0i3e: Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg, Russia, which has the distinction of being Europe's tallest skyscraper as of 2021.  Completed in 2018, the ultra-modern "twisted" structure stands nearly half a kilometer (460 meters, or about 1.5k ft.) above the Lakhta neighborhood northwest of St. Petersburg's historic city center.  

Top AirVuz contributor and first person view (FPV) pilot BrooklynMarkFPV used a racing quad to "tackle" one of the world's great architectural landmarks: New York's Empire State Building.  Located at 5th Avenue and 33rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, the 102 story Art Deco masterpiece was completed in 1931, during the depths of the Great Depression.  Standing 381 meters at its roof height (1.25k ft.), it was the world's tallest skyscraper for four decades until dethroned by the World Trade Center; it remains one of the city's most iconic spots.  

What happens when the world's best freestyle first-person view (FPV) pilot takes on the planet's tallest building?  Find out in this epic piece by johnnyfpv, who managed to dive the Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper.  Completed in 2010, the 154 story behemoth rises nearly a kilometer (over a half a mile) into the sky - it's architectural height is 828 meters, or just over 2.7k feet. This video earned a nomination in the Cityscape category at the 6th Annual New York City Drone Film Festival.

In this first person view (FPV) video by contributor and drone pilot wons fpv, you'll see the tallest skyscraper in South Korea from an entirely new perspective.  Completed in 2016, the 123 story Lotte Tower stands almost 555 meters tall (just over 1.8k ft.) above the streets of Seoul.  Nearly twice as tall as the next tallest building in the capital city, it's the fifth tallest in the world as of early 2019.  Wons fpv advises that he flew with permission from the building and took appropriate safety precautions.    

Check out the tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong from an entirely new perspective - from a first person view (FPV) racing drone.  Contributor and FPV pilot ivan merino took on the 118 story International Commerce Center.  Completed in 2010, it's located in the Union Square development in West Kowloon across the harbor from Hong Kong Island.  The building stands 484 meters (just under 1.6k ft.) at the roofline.  As of the middle of 2019, the IFC was the world's 12th tallest building.  

Today's top first person view (FPV) pilots can tackle even the tallest skyscrapers, creating footage that would be literally impossible to otherwise capture.  Case in point is this fantastic piece by ilya_fpv.  He managed to FPV dive one of the world's most famous skyscrapers: Chicago's Willis Tower.  Once known as the Sears Tower, the 110 behemoth was the world's tallest building when it opened in 1973.  With an architectural height of 441 meters (1.45k ft.), it remained the USA's tallest building for over four decades.

Today's racing drones equipped with first person view gear are capable of diving the world's tallest skyscrapers.  In this piece by FPV pilot drew.drones, you'll get a one-of-a-kind perspective of one of China's tallest skyscrapers: the 101 story Shanghai World Financial Center.  Standing 492 meters (1.6k ft.), it was the city's tallest building when completed in 2008.  The second-tallest as of 2020, its trapezoid-shaped hole makes it one of the world's most distinctive modern skyscrapers.

Among the wonders of New York City's gigantic Hudson Yards project is the Edge observation deck.  Located on the 100th floor of the tallest building in the complex, it stands 345 meters (a bit over 1.1k ft.) over street level on Manhattan's West Side - the tallest outdoor observation deck in the Western Hemisphere.  Definitely up there, but not too high for first person view (FPV) pilot and AirVuz contributor BrooklynMarkFPV, who tackled the Edge with a spectacular FPV dive with his racing quad, truly one for the ages.   

For a first upload to AirVuz, first person view (FPV) pilot Tszhin816 brings us this epic video record of an FPV dive of one of Hong Kong's tallest buildings.  It's the 72 story Bank of China building.  Distinguished by its illuminated white lines, the tower has a roof height of 315 meters or about 1.03k ft.  Opened in 1990, it was the city's tallest building for two years.  As of 2019, it's the city's fourth-tallest, after the International Commerce Center, Two International Finance Center, and the Central Plaza.  

The Telkom Landmark Tower is probably the most widely recognized landmark of the great metropolis of Jakarta.  Standing 220 meters (720 feet) above the streets of the Indonesian capital, it is home to the main national telecommunications company.  While it isn't Jakarta's tallest building, it's very definitely the only one with a hypnotic LED display that runs the entire length of its exterior.  In this epic first pwerson view (FPV) flight, pilot om.antonfpv shows us his talents as he dives the skyscraper during the day and the night!

Check out this unbelievable first person view (FPV) video of an epic diving session at South America's tallest building.  Contributor and FPV pilot prisvanrees strapped on his FPV goggles to take on the Gran Torre Santiago, the centerpiece of the Costanera Center office complex in the Chilean capital city.  Completed in 2013 at a cost of US $1 billion, the 64 story tower has an architectural height of 300 meters (984 ft.), making it the tallest building on the continent and one of the tallest in the Southern Hemisphere.

Trail any committed first person view (FPV) drone pilot and you’ll see for yourself that it can take hours of traveling and searching to find the perfect spot. The opening minute of this video by SH FPV is all about that drive, taking him to the center of the bustling business district in Bangkok, Thailand. There he was able to set up an epic dive of the city's tallest skyscraper as of 2019 - the 78 story King Power MahaNakhon, which rises 314 meters (just over 1,030 ft.) above the Bangkok streets.

First person view (FPV) racing drones have opened up new ways of looking at the world, and that includes our tallest skyscrapers.  In this video, contributor and FPV pilot Radikal_FPV takes on the world's seventh tallest building (tied) as of year-end 2018.  It's the Tianjin CTF Financial Center, which rises over half a kilometer (530 meters, a bit over 1.7k ft.) into the sky above the great city of Tianjin in northeastern China.  The building, which was under construction at the time, was completed in 2018.

Check out this epic first person view (FPV) video of a diving session at the newest landmark of Warsaw, Poland, compliments of Kukasz Lewenda.  It's the main tower of the Warsaw Spire, a sleek modern office complex that is probably the most prominent symbol of Poland's resurgence.  The 49 story tower has an architectural height of 220 meters, or about 720 feet.  Designed by a well-known Belgian architect and completed in 2015, it's the second-tallest building in the city after the Stalinist-era Palace of Culture and Science.

Check out this epic first person view (FPV) drone video dive of one of the USA's most famous skyscrapers, compliments of HellingerFPV.  Terminal Tower reaches a height of 771 ft. (235 m) over Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio.  Conceived during the Roaring Twenties by the Van Sweringen brothers, two of the era's most famous stock market operators, the tower opened in the early years of the Great Depression.  At the time, it was the world's second-tallest building.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in December, 2021.  

Get a unique first person view (FPV) perspective of one of Europe's great modern landmarks in this fantastic FPV skyscraper diving video by contributor L. Morandini.  The Torre Glòries is one of the most-well-recognized buildings of Barcelona, Spain.  Designed by the famous French architect Jean Nouvel, it dominates the great Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes public square of Spain's second-largest city.  Opened in 2005 in a ceremony attended by Spanish King Juan Carlos I, the 33 story tower has a roof height of 144 meters or 474 ft.  

AirVuz contributor Flysabunch earned a spot on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in early March of 2024 with this fantastic FPV dive down one of the tallest skyscrapers in Houston, Texas.  The Williams Tower is a 64 story building in the city's Galleria area, southwest of Downtown.  Standing 902 ft. tall (275 m), it's the fourth-tallest building in Texas as of 2024.  When it opened in 1983, it had the distinction of being the world's tallest building not built in a downtown district, and it remains the tallest such building in the USA.  

With the streets of Boston, Massachusetts nearly empty in early April, 2020 due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, first person view (FPV) pilot troncat_fpv used the occasion to create this rather haunting but fascinating video from America's oldest city.  Filming in the Back Bay area around Copley Square, he used his racing quad to dive some of the city's most prominent skyscrapers, including the John Hancock Tower; at 240 meters (790 ft.) it's the tallest building in the New England region as of 2020.

In this epic first person view (FPV) video, AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot 2lcfpv takes us on a dive for the ages down the tallest skyscraper in Vietnam.  It's called the Landmark 81, and it's located in the commercial capital, Ho Chi Minh City (known as Saigon prior to Reunification).  Named for its 81 stories, the mix-use tower was completed in 2018.  It has an architectural height of 460 meters or about 1.5k ft.  Its top three floors are an observatory, one of the world's tallest.  

Since it was completed in 1953, the Main Building of Moscow State University has been the most visible landmark in Moscow.  And yet, you've probably never seen this (rare) Stalinist architectural masterpiece from the perspective of a racing drone.  That's right.  Flying his racing quadcopter with first person view (FPV) goggles, award-winning contributor pushkinflyteam took a dive down this massive structure, for decades the tallest building in Europe, winning a spot on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in February, 2021.

Check out this first person view (FPV) video of an epic dive of one of South Korea's tallest skyscrapers, compliments of AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot Appa FPV.  He flew his racing quad up and over the Posco Tower in Songdo International Business District, a waterfront redevelopment project in Incheon, about 30 km (around 20 mi.) southwest of Seoul.  Completed in 2011, the 68 story mixed-use project has an architectural height of 305 meters or just over a thousand feet.  As of early 2020, it's South Korea's fourth-tallest building.  

Check out this first person view (FPV) video of a dive down New York City's tallest building outside of Manhattan, compliments of AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot elbuhofpv.  He used a racing quad to tackle the Skyline Tower in Long Island City, a sort of "satellite" downtown in the eastern borough of Queens.  Completed in 2019, the 67 story residential tower stands 237 meters or 778 ft., surpassing in height the Brooklyn Point development which had been the city's tallest outside of Manhattan.  

FlyLifeCo pilot Martin Novak most definitely has the pulse of the entire FPV community.  Not only has he long been a skilled pilot on the freestyling scene, he's also helping to gel the community with his popular 'FlyLife' podcast, where he interviews big names in the sport.  He definitely talks the talk, and - as we can see in this fantastic skyscraper diving video - he also walks the walk, making a solid case for his return trip to our FPV Pilots to Watch in February 2020.

AirVuz contributo HellingerFPV brings us this epic first person view (FPV) skyscraper diving video from the tallest building in Ohio.  The 57 story Key Tower stands 947 ft. (289 m) above Cleveland's Public Square.  Designed by world-reknowned architect César Pelli, it opened in 1992.  It was originally called Society Center but its name was changed following the merger between Cleveland banking companies Society Corporation and KeyCorp.  At the time of its completion, it was the tallest building between New York and Chicago.  

As America essentially shut down for business during the Covid-19 epidemic in the Spring of 2020, the downtown areas of even its largest cities came to resemble virtual ghost towns.  Against this backdrop, first person view (FPV) pilots were able to fly over spots that would normally be difficult to access, all the while maintaining proper social distancing.  Case in point is this FPV video by betodiaz, who was able to FPV one of the tallest skyscrapers in Houston, Texas: the 56 story Bank of America Center.  

After obtaining the requisite ATC permissions, contributor and first person view (FPV) pilot CreativeVisuals.sk put together this marvelous FPV video from the Slovakian capital city of Bratislava.  Until recently, this city on the Danube River was not known for its skyscrapers, but (like many cities) it's undergone high rise building boom in the last two decades.  Watch the video for some great FPV dives of the city's tallest buildings as well as the Most SNP Bridge (sometimes called the UFO Bridge) and other spots in this Central European city.  

Check out this unbelievable first person view (FPV) video from Chicago based pilot and top AirVuz content creator Ilya_fpv, which was picked as the FPV Video of the Month for March, 2020.   His crazy creative flight over the empty canyons of the Chicago "Loop" gives us a unique perspective from the heart of the Windy City.  The highlight is probably the footage of the Ceres statue atop the Chicago Board of Trade building. This video was also selected for inclusion in our FPV Pilots to Watch list.  

Get a unique perspective of one of the world's tallest hotels in this first-person view (FPV) skyscraper diving video by top AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot MrFpv | manuelbass.  Dubai's Burj Al Arab is one of the most recognizable buildings on the Persian Gulf city's legendary skyline.  Located on an artificial island and completed in 1999, the building has an architectural height of about 1.05k ft. or around 320m.  Managed by the Jumeirah chain, it is distinguished in part by its sail shape as well as its helipad.   

Get a unique perspective of the tallest building in Rome with this epic first person view (FPV) of the Torre Eurosky, compliments of contributor and FPV pilot CataFPV.  Completed in 2012, the 35 story residential building has a spire height of 155 meters (around 510 ft.).  It's located in the Torrino neighborhood, which is next to the EUR area.  EUR is Rome's equivalent to the La Defense District of Paris - it's located outside (south of) the core city center and is home to the city's tallest buildings.  

The skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles make for a compelling backdrop in this first person view (FPV) video by contributor and FPV pilot teenofpv.  Against a nighttime background, he takes on two of the more notable skyscrapers from the city's financial district.  The first building dived is a skyscraper known as Figueroa at Wilshire, a 53 story office tower located at the intersection of two of downtown's main thoroughfares.  The second building is E&Y Plaza, a 41 story building located a block down on Figueroa.  

Top AirVuz contributor and first person view (FPV) pilot craig_dt earned himself a spot on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in August, 2020 for this epic nighttime piece diving the modern skyscrapers of Moscow, Russia.  The skyscrapers shown are part of the Moscow International Business Center (sometimes called Moscow City), the Russian capital's swank new business district which lies west of the core city.  As of early 2019, this gleaming district is home to six of the ten tallest buildings in Europe.  

Check out this first person view (FPV) diving video of one of New York's most iconic skyscrapers, compliments of contributor and FPV pilot Sparkitekt.  The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is located at Madison Avenue and 23rd Street in the Flatiron District.  When it was completed in 1909, the 210 meter tall tower (710 ft.) was the tallest in the world, although it didn't hold the title for long - in 1913, it was surpassed by the Woolworth Building.  The Met Life Tower was inspired by the St Mark's Campanile in Venice, Italy.

Check out this amazing first person view (FPV) video of Kansas City, Missouri, compliments of top AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot Flylifeco.  Lying on the banks of the Missouri River, on the Kansas border, KC is one of the most important cities in the USA's Midwest region.  The focus of the video is a set of dives of the city's tallest skyscraper: the 42 story One Kansas City Place.  Standing just under 200 meters above Main Street (624 ft.), it's the tallest habitable building in Missouri.  

AirVuz contributor and first person view (FPV) drone pilot Master_fpv brings us this outstanding FPV diving video of one of Mexico's tallest skyscrapers.  The building is the 64 story Torre KOI, and it's located in the northern city of Monterrey.  With an architectural height of 917 ft. (just under 280 ft.), Torre KOI is the tallest building in Monterrey and the second-tallest in Mexico as of 2022.  The building represents the last phase of a mixed-use development called the VAO Complex in the city's  Valle Oriente District.  

Check out this fantastic first person view (FPV) diving video of a famous landmark of Brooklyn, New York, compliments of AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot Sparkitekt.  The Williamsburg Savings Bank was completed in 1929, just months before the stock market crash which ushered in the Great Depression.  With a roof height of 156 meters (512 ft.), the 37 story tower was the tallest skyscraper in Brooklyn until 2010.  Extensively renovated in 2006-7, it was converted to a luxury residential building now known as 1 Hanson Place.  

Talented content contributor and first person view (FPV) pilot Lukasz Lewanda brings us this excellent FPV skyscraper diving video from Poland.  The subject of the dive is the SKYSAWA complex in Warsaw, the national capital city.  The first tower was completed in 2021, and the second tower is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2022.  The second tower, the taller of the pair, has a height of just over 500 ft. or about 150 m.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in June of 2022.  

Check out this fantastic first person view (FPV) diving video of the W Hotel in Barcelona, Spain, compliments of AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot L. Morandini.  Opened in 2009, it's already one of the most well-known landmarks in the great Mediterranean port city.  It's popularly known as the Sail Hotel (Hotel Vela) in reference to its design, which resembles a sailing ship.  The hotel is located in the Barceloneta District of the city, just to the east of Barcelona's busy cruise ship terminal and close to its most famous beaches.  

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is home to an impressive collection of skyscrapers: its Petronas Towers were the tallest in the world at the turn of the millennium, and its PNB 118 is the tallest under construction as of mid-2020.  Not surprisingly, the city's skyscrapers have caught the attention of talented first person view (FPV) pilots.  In this excellent FPV video, AirVuz contributor travelwithpatrick dives the skyscrapers of the Platinum Park development in central KL, earning him a spot on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in August, 2020.  

Top AirVuz contributor and first person view (FPV) pilot Wons fpv brings us this fantastic FPV reel from South Korea.  The highlight of the video is some epic footage from the skyscrapers of the Haeundae LCT The Sharp development in Busan, South Korea's second-largest city.  He uses his racing quad to set up an epic dive down the complex's Landmark tower a 101 story supertall which stands 411 meters (1.35k ft.) above the city streets.  For his efforts, this video was placed on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in April, 2019.

While "cinewhoop" style first person view (FPV) drones are usually associated with indoor and close-proximity flight, these ducted fan quads can take on targets that are usually associated with much larger drones.  In this excellent piece by AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot SlayTech, you'll see a BetaFPV 95x do some very impressive skyscraper diving.  The little quad was modified to carry a "naked" GoPro, in which much of the weight of the HD micro camera is removed,  This video made the FPV Pilots to Watch list in February, 2021.

In this video, contributor and pilot) pilotfarberrr_fpv gives us a unique first person view (FPV) perspective of Tampa, Florida.  Using an FPV-equipped racing quad, he was able to "dive" the tallest skyscrapers of the city, the center of the second-largest metropolitan area in the Sunshine state.  Check out the (literally) over-the-top views of Tampa landmarks like the 42-story 100 North Tampa Building (at 176 meters or 509 ft., the city's tallest), the 38-story One Tampa City Center, the 36-story Suntrust Plaza Center, and more.  

First person view (FPV) pilot L. Modandini earned a spot on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in March, 2021 for this amazing FPV diving video of a skyscraper on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.  It's called the Intempo, and it's a residential tower nearing completion in the city of Benidorm, on the Costa Blanca in the country's Valencia region.  With a very distinctive design, construction on the 47 floor skyscraper began in 2007, only to suffer years of delay following the 2008 financial crisis and succeeding sovereign debt crisis. 

In this first person view (FPV) video, InspireFPV takes on the skyscrapers of Oakland, California, the principal city on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay.  While the city has always been in the shadow of its better known neighbor across the San Francisco Bay, Oakland is a major city in its own right - with a population of over 400k, it's California's seventh largest city.    In addition to being home to Northern California's largest port, the city now has nearly a dozen buildings over 100 meters (around 330 ft.).  

This first person view (FPV) video from FPV Brothers will give you an entirely new perspective on the great city of Seattle, the informal regional capital of the USA's Pacific Northwest.  On an (untypically, for Seattle) reasonably clear New Year's Day, a GoPro Session 5 affixed to a TBS Crossfire racing drone was used to dive (piloting with video goggles) the 76 story Columbia Center; at 284 meters (933 ft.), it's the tallest building in the Pacific Northwest and one of the half-dozen tallest on the West Coast.  

Top AirVuz contributor and first person view (FPV) drone pilot nezartash brings us this amazing FPV diving video from Saudi Arabia.  The video was filmed over the King Abdullah Financial District, a modern skyscraper complex on the northern side of Ryadh, the Kingdom's capital and largest city.  The complex consists of over 60 towers and as of 2023 it was the largest LEED certified "green" mixed-use project in the world.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in November of 2023.  

In recent years, Miami, Florida has emerged as one of the USA's top concentrations of skyscrapers; as of 2020, only New York City and Chicago have more buildings over 150 meters (about 500 ft.).  Not surprisingly, the vertical allure of the city has caught the attention of skilled first person view (FPV) pilots.  In this short-but-epic piece by top contributor NonexistentJay, you'll be treated to some great FPV skyscraper shots from the great city on Biscayne Bay.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in November, 2020.

AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot yuri parinduri brings us this excellent first person view (FPV) piece from the Indonesian metropolis of Jakarta.  The video opens with some nice shots flying over Jakarta Bay, but the highlight of the piece is the epic dive footage from the towers of Baywalk Mall, a giant shopping complex in this North Jakarta neighborhood.  Shot at sunset, the video also offers some extremely cinematic views of the marinas along the waterfront.  This was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in June of 2021. 

Prepare to be blown away by this first person view (FPV) drone video from the world's tallest building, compliments of AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot Surface Aerials.  He was able to FPV dive the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai, which has a roof height of just over 2.7k ft. (about 828 m), or a bit over a half-mile (close to one km).  When it was completed in 2010, it became the tallest skyscraper on Earth, a title it continues to hold.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in November of 2022.  

New contributor TonyVisionSha takes us on a thrilling first person view (FPV) drone dive down one of the tallest skyscrapers in Shanghai, China.  The building is Jin Mao Tower, which has a roof height of just under 1.4k ft. (420 m) and has 88 stories plus an additional five stories in its spire.  When it was completed in 1999, it was China's tallest building.  As of 2024, it's Shanghai's third-tallest behind the nearby Shanghai Tower and Shanghai World Financial Tower, which are located in the Pudong District, east of the Huangpu River.

Take a first person view (FPV) drone dive down some of the tallest skyscrapers in Europe in this fantastic video from AirVuz contributor kuznetcov.kirill, which was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in October, 2022.  The video was filmed in the Moscow International Business Center, an ultra-modern district located a bit to the southeast of central Moscow.  As of late 2022, the complex was home to seven of the ten tallest buildings on the European Continent, led by the 1.2k ft. (374 m) tall Federation Tower.  

Santo Domingo is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic, a Caribbean nation which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.  With a metropolitan population of nearly three million, Santo Domingo's architecture varies from colonial era churches to modern skyscrapers.  It's the "modern" Santo Domingo which AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot Lougedo tackles in this impressive video, which was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in August, 2021.  The video features some amazing skyscraper diving in this dynamic city. 

Scaling up and down the tallest buildings in the city, you quickly see why Concrete Surfing was featured on our social media pages. With dizzying amounts of loops and spirals, this video makes you feel like you're free falling out of the Wells Fargo and Bank of America buildings. We'd call this a pretty successful dive session. 

Drone pilot VANDALfpv has clearly packed a lot of FPV diving goodness into this quick (and quickly paced) flight.  He got all cinematic on us when he made the most of the quiet Tulsa city center, showing off some pretty nice climbs and dives along the outer edges of these skyscrapers (one of these is the Bok Tower, which is said to be a replica of the World Trade Center in New York City and was designed by its same architect). This talented pilot, also on the Gemfam Hobby team, was added to our March 2020 FPV Pilots to Watch list in recognition of this sweet flight.

Take an epic nighttime first person view (FPV) drone dive down Europe's tallest skyscraper, compliments of talented AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot Shamkhal_fpv.  The subject building is the Lakhta Center, which stands nearly half a kilometer (about 1.5k ft. or 460 m) above St. Petersburg, Russia.  Completed in 2018, it is, by a significant margin, the tallest building in Europe.  This video was picked by the AirVuz editorial staff for a spot on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in September of 2022.  

Top FPV pilot and drone racer JohnnyFPV, a regular on the Drone Racing League series programming, is the almost undisputed master of cinematic FPV flight; he also has the largest social media following of any FPV pilot. When those forces come together (like in this video)  it's a media pipe dream.  Watch this footage as he cruises the beaches of Miami with his racing drone and dives high rises that line the beach, chases yachts out on the water, and finds that coastal flow in this golden hour paradise.