I’m not much of an aviator, but I still appreciate this insane video of a STOL competition plane landing in just 17 feet and taking off in an alarming 10. Granted, there’s a lot of wind working in the pilot’s favor, but it’s still pretty remarkable to see something like this in action.

Virgin Atlantic plane livery time-lapse movie from johnson banks on Vimeo.

Do you want to ride in a plane that looks like it’s been exposed to hours of direct sunlight, its paint chipped and dinged from debris? Of course not! Still, it’s tough for me to imagine that part of my ticket cost is going toward paying all of these people just to repaint a plane. I’ve also never noticed how dingy a plane really is until I saw the plane at the end of this video. That thing is glowing.

At any rate, a very cool video about what it takes to make a plane look brand new again, luring you back in to a sense of security about one of the more unnatural things human beings have found a way to accomplish.