Wed, Jun 12, 2024
More Stupid Aero-Trix: Lamborghini Doing Donuts In A Dry Lake Bed Was The Target
Suk Min Choi, known to his million-plus YouTube subscribers as Alex Choi, has been arrested and faces federal charges for “causing the placement of an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft.”
The charges result from Choi’s allegedly being the mastermind behind a scheme to create a video showing a Lamborghini speeding and doing donuts on a dry lake bed as passengers in a low-flying helicopter shoot fireworks aimed at the car. The video is titled “Destroying a Lamborghini with Fireworks” and was captured in June 2023.
Choi is known for his “greatest car shenanigans” videos and though this one, filmed on 360-degree action cameras, shows dramatic interplay between the car and helicopter as fireworks streak down toward the car, it is blurry and often does not capture the helicopter and car together. Artistic and planning shortcomings aside, the legal issues are multiple and in addition to the federal complaint Choi could also be charged in California since fireworks are subject to stringent laws in that state. The lack of permits or waivers required for aerial filming or explosives from BLM, ATF, and FAA are of prime concern to those agencies and could result in additional enforcement action against Choi.
The helicopter pilot has already had his certificate revoked for low altitude flying, firing or allowing the firing of fireworks from the aircraft, and having his transponder turned off for several hours while filming.
The federal complaint was filed by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General, as analysis of tire tracks indicates the filming took place on federally owned areas of El Mirage Dry Lakebed in southern California. The video has since been removed from YouTube but fragments of it can still be found across the internet. Some in the gaming and “stunt video” world have voiced amazement and admiration of the video’s idea and content, albeit emphasizing a desire to see such a video redone with all the proper permits, planning, and cinematography in place.
More News
Pilot Also Reported That Due To A Fuel Leak, The Auxiliary Fuel Tanks Were Not Used On June 4, 2025, at 13:41 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-23, N2109P, was substantially damage>[...]
From 2023 (YouTube Edition): Reflections on War’s Collective Lessons and Cyclical Nature The exigencies of war ought be colorblind. Inane social-constructs the likes of racis>[...]
Pilot Reported That He Was Unfamiliar With The Single Seat Amateur-Built Airplane And His Intent Was To Perform High-Speed Taxi Testing Analysis: The pilot reported that he was unf>[...]
From 2023 (YouTube Edition): First Kits to Ship October 2023 Having formerly resurrected the storied shape of the Ryan ST—in effigy, anyway—Montrose, Colorado-based Tim>[...]
Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) [ICAO] Area navigation based on performance requirements for aircraft operating along an ATS route, on an instrument approach procedure or in a d>[...]
NTSB Prelim: Piper PA-23
See All