You start out on the mini planes — the ones that are merely shells casing encasing motorcycles — then you work your way up to the big planes. Minors. Then majors.

Okay, so to be frank, we have no idea just what the hell is going on in the following GIF. Apparently, it was taken from a Japanese citizen who taped it, then threw it on YouTube. Under this original posting, it said this team was part of “Maritime Self-Defense Force” — i.e. their navy. And these are little Lockheed P3 Orions. Or at least they’re supposed to be.

Because in reality, they’re bikes.