---
title: "Video Shows Man Flying Through Times Square on Giant Drone"
description: "A new video going viral on social media shows a helmeted daredevil shooting through Times Square in New York City — while flying on a hoverboard."
date: "2021-06-21"
modified: "2021-06-22"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/times-square-giant-drone"
categories:
  - "Drones"
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "drone"
  - "drones"
  - "manned quadcopter"
  - "quadcopter"
  - "the digest"
---

# Video Shows Man Flying Through Times Square on Giant Drone

![A new video going viral on social media shows a helmeted daredevil shooting through Times Square in New York City — while flying on a hoverboard.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/times-square-giant-drone.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Rex Chapman via Twitter\</em\>*

## Green Goblin IRL

A [new video](<https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1407000396233687041>) going viral on social media shows a helmeted daredevil shooting through Times Square in New York City — on what appears to be a giant, eight-rotor drone, cruising a solid ten feet above the ground.

It's a stunt particularly reminiscent of the Green Goblin, played by Willem Dafoe, flying through NYC in director Sam Raimi's blockbuster "Spider-Man" (2002).

Is this really future of personal transportation — or was it a reckless stunt that could've gotten somebody hurt? Either way, it's pretty wild to watch.

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1407000396233687041

## Human Drone

It's still unclear when the video was taken or who the pilot is — but there's a chance we may have seen him before. In late April, [a video emerged](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/man-flying-giant-drone>) of a man shooting through a city landscape on what looked like a very similar high-powered drone featuring eight propellers.

In fact, a YouTuber named [Hunter Kowald](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYNDtecCHHP6sdKWHAbEd3w>) may have been behind the stunt. Recent [behind-the-scenes videos](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv5JQnmD1Yk>) uploaded to his channel show all the prep work that went into a similar-looking stunt in late April.

It's unclear, however, if the channel was behind the Times Square stunt as well.

We don't know if the latest joyride through Times Square was permitted by local law enforcement — but it certainly managed to turn many heads.

*Update: An earlier version of this story misidentified the manufacturer of the giant drone.*

**More on the stunt:** *[Man Sighted Flying Through City on Giant Drone](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/man-flying-giant-drone>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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