SURPRISE VLOG: Las Vegas

How much of the socializing during this trip was spent explaining the sleep plan to other people?

sounds like you aren't maximizing your misery

That sort of wing flex is actually completely normal. There’s some really cool videos of Boeing and airbus wing flex tests and they can bend way more than you would ever think even possible before they snap

That's an insane amount of toothpaste

Hey +CGP Grey, I'm a pilot from Las Vegas, and I can tell you that the bend you see in the wing is completely normal and necessary! If they were to stay rigid, they would be under significantly more stress and be prone to failure in several locations. The flexibility allows for the plane to carry heavier loads, be more agile, and just maintain a greater sense of structural integrity (great when in turbulent conditions too!). Think of a bird and how their wings still curve even when just cruising. It reduces the stress on their joints. Loved the vlog and your work! Keep it up man.

To me, Las Vegas looks like a Minecraft server: Lots of very pretty monuments that don't fit together, squeezed together without any global coherence :D

Grey’s time management skill is just so impressive.

Did you board this flight back to front, or window middle aisle?

That's actually not Las Vegas. I saw a video one time explaining that.... wait, you made that video.

Grey walks like he's in a video game.

Not sure if anyone else has noticed this...but this trip took place on March 11-13, 2017, which is interesting, because daylight saving time began in the US on the 12th. Which means that Grey actually lost an hour in the middle of this, and the time difference between Las Vegas and London changed from 8 hours to 7 hours (DST begins two weeks later in the UK). In the video, this happens at 7:48. So part of why people "stayed up way late" is because it went from 1:59 to 3:00 during that extremely long dinner.

"No one's going to be around at 4AM in Las Vegas-" Oh Grey, do you realize where you were? Having lived in Las Vegas, I can safely assure you, there are plenty of people "around" regardless what time of day or night it is.

"No one is going to be awake at 4am in Vegas." -CGP Grey Do you know what Vegas is?

of course the wing has to bend, how else do you intend to flap them enough to make the plane fly?

1:09 "What the heck is that!?" - That's what the airport fire brigade use to practice putting out aircraft fires.

6:24 Dvorak's String Quartet No. 12. You're welcome.

doesn't vlog, makes a better vlog than 98% of the vlogging community

optical image stabilization is built into his hands

Me watching post "hexagons are the bestagons" and remembering that thing about honey comb panelling. Watching the part where the wing gets real flexed and it makes me wonder if that contributed in some way to the hexagon vid.

I really wish i had even a fraction of his organization and planning skills