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On January 1st, 2014, I uploaded the first "Things You Might Not Know" video. Once the initial rush of videos settled down, I aimed for one video a week, and while there have sometimes been guest videos and occasional blatant filler: to my own satisfaction, I never missed a week. But now, it's time to stop.

I never got to space. I never got to the ocean depths. And I never got to fly off into the sunset, harnessed underneath a helicopter. I couldn't find an excuse for that one.

CREDITS

Producer: Cambria BaileyJones
Director: Guy Larsen
DoP: Jamie MacLeod | https://www.jamiemacleod.co.uk/
Stunt Coordinators: Dilwyn SandersonJones; Scott Heffield
Drone Team: Lec Park; Andrew Lawrence
Pilot: Will Banks
Refueller & Ground CoOrdinator: Gary Wise
BTS: Bryn Williams | https://www.brynscamera.com/
Editor / Colourist: Jamie MacLeod
Composer: Ben Squires | https://www.benjaminsquires.co.uk/
Sound Mix: Dan Pugsley | https://www.cassinisound.com/

A Penny4 Production | https://www.penny4.co.uk/

Special thanks to Abi Hensby and the team at GB Helicopters | https://gbhelicopters.com/

"Lifted" by Benjamin Squires is available on streaming platforms: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ben...


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   • GForces, Gliders, and Graveyard Spirals  
   • My unlicensed hovercraft bar is techn...  
   • The world's only wingsuit tunnel  
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   • Flying a plane with fireworks on the ...  
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