Man flies with set of homemade bird wings?

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Is this for real?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17468907

Looks good but not sure...

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Yes. It's real CGI

Moggy

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I know it’s impossible but I had to look at that several times before I was certain it was CGI (I couldn’t hear the commentary as I’ve no sound on my computer at the moment); if that’s ‘home made’ CGI it’s pretty good...

...it won’t be long before we really can’t tell the difference!

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On a Dutch TV show named, with utter Dutchness, De Wereld Draait Door, the man previously known as Jarno Smeets--of the Human Bird Wing video, in which he flies under mostly his own power--confessed to faking the whole thing. Dude's name isn't even Jarno Smeets! It's Floris Kaayk, and he's a "CGI artist" with degrees in animation. Apparently the video was part of a documentary, the subject of which is unclear (but could totally be "how to fool the internet with an obviously fake video").

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and theres me thinking his name was Icarus!