Better than their last attempt, but still not realistic enough to believe. From around 0:35 the pilot's body is so jerky his internal organs would probably be squished from the g-force if it were real.

edit: Just saw the thread over on the kiting forum, and links to other discussions on it. Seems I'm not the only one to notice, but some people don't...

Think he would look like the incredible hulk with upper body strength to gain the lift required to support his body and move the wings.

Reminded us of a show that was on ABC last night !
Reference: tcaproject.org/

Technical statement



The Pig Wings project was developed in 2000-2001 during a residency in the Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication Laboratory in Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.



In the Pig Wings project three sets of wings made out of pig mesenchymal cells (bone marrow stem cells) were grown over/into biodegradable/bioabsorbable polymers (PGA, P4HB). The wings size is 4cm x 2cm x 0.5cm each, and they were grown for approximately nine months inside a rotary cell culture bioreactor. The original wings are coated with gold and kept in jewellery boxes.

Definately fake. At 0:17 one of the guys tries to turn on the helmet mounted go-pro by twisting the 'mode' button (the buttons on a go-pro are operated by pressing, not twisting)....
He might have fooled a heap of journos, but even the most sceptical journo is no match for the average seabreezer....

I'll go out on a limb and call it legit'.

Buster fin said...

I'll go out on a limb and call it legit'.

LOL

Must admit I was sucked in.

It's a fake:
www.foxnews.com/tech/dutch-filmmaker-admits-faking-viral-human-bird-wing-video

Buster fin said...

I'll go out on a limb and call it legit'.

Bugger