Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it is a tiny home-built drone from Cape Town that just smashed a world record.

On 11 December 2025, a home-built drone by father son duo from Cape Town reclaimed the Guinness title of the world’s fastest ...

Before Briggs, who created the Black Bird drone himself, the world’s fastest drone title belonged to one built by Samuele ...

Mike and Luke Bell’s high-speed drone, the Peregreen V4, has reclaimed the title of the world’s fastest drone after an ...

Ben Biggs, a 15-year drone pilot with a degree in aerospace engineering, has recently landed a coveted Guinness World Record after building a drone capable of reaching staggering speeds of more than 3 ...

The achievement highlights how compact, independent builds are now capable of rivaling technologies developed by major ...