Video of the Week: Alaska Flying at Knik Glacier By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Last week we brought you a classic Tiger Moth doing aerobatic maneuvers over Australia. This week, we journey to the opposite end of the globe and serve up what YouTube user CrowBerry Dog modestly calls a "flight into known icing" over Knik Glacier in Alaska. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Tiger Moth Aerobatics Over Australia By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors AVweb reader Michele Travierso recently spent some time playing passenger during aerobatic passes — but unlike many of us who get the opportunity, he (a) had his videocamera handy, (b) was in what he describes as a "beautifully restored Tiger Moth" (what we can see in the video bears out his assessment), and (c) zoomed and flipped over some gorgeous Australian countryside. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: AIR22 Helicopters Flying Inside the Box By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors We're often amazed at the precision and care with which helicopter pilots carry out certain tasks, especially those who perform power-line maintenance. AVweb reader Adam Hunt reminded us of the many pilots who exercise tremendous skill and control as part of their work day, and we spent the rest of the afternoon surfing the web, watching these guys in action. Here's one of our favorite clips, from YouTube user FlyingLineman, depicting a pilot working in a tight spot, "inside the box." (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Float Plane Takeoff from a Moving Trailer By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors While we certainly don't recommend this, it does make for an interesting video. Lee Hilbert and Scott Ross found themselves with a Cessna 120 (O-290) on Edo floats miles from the nearest lake, and rather than tow it to the water, they came up with an interesting solution to get the Cessna airborne. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Air Show Fly Over Grinds to a Halt in Heavy Wind By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Our latest "Video of the Week" is one that's actually been sent to us several times over the last few months, especially when high winds and difficult landings take the spotlight here on AVweb. And to be honest, we're a little surprised to discover that we haven't shared this one yet, so here goes — heavy winds bring an air show fly-over to a seeming standstill, much to the delight of the crowd below. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Twin Otter Landing on a Frozen Lake By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors We see so many videos of pilots making mistakes and living with the consequences that it's always a pleasure to share a video of pilots dealing well with harsh conditions and guiding an airplane to a graceful (if challenging) landing. With that in mind, our latest "Video of the Week" stars a Twin Otter (along with her skis and, of course, her pilot) landing on a snow-covered frozen lake. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Red Bull Air Race Detroit — Practice Laps By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors With the Red Bull Air Races hitting Detroit, let's take a few moments to watch some practice laps, courtesy of our friends at Red Bull. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: P-51 Mustang Emergency Landing By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors We watch a lot of flying videos in the course of a week, but left to our own devices, we would still miss some of the best. Thankfully, AVweb readers like Robert Reid are there to send us links when they find great videos around the web. Here's one Robert recommended to us that shows a top-notch team handling a P-51 emergency landing. The Mustang's landing gear won't drop, and the ground team has scrambled to make sure everything goes off as safely as possible. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: "Living the Legend" with the Antique Airplane Association By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors AVweb reader Brent Taylor brought this little gem to our attention — a promotional video for the Antique Airplane Association's annual Labor Day Fly-In. (Yet another fly-in on our list of "gotta do that" destinations.) We've got aerobatics, crashes, and amazing builds on tap for the next couple of weeks, but for today, let's take a break from the excitement and marvel at some truly amazing aircraft in flight. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Boeing 777 "PTQ" ("Put Together Quickly") By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Wanna see a Boeing 777 put together from the ground up? Got five minutes? Thanks to the wonder of time-lapse videography and the thoughtfulness of AVweb reader Denis Donohue (who forwarded the video link to us), you can watch the whole process and not get caught by your boss. (No guarantees about that last part; we understand the boss comes around a little more often these days ... .) (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: F-16 Model (With Afterburner!) By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors It's been a while since we're run a radio-controlled airplane clip as our "Video of the Week," but when AVweb reader Taber Bucknell told us about this realistic-looking F-16 model with a working afterburner ("The information with the video says afterburner 'effect,' but still — it looks great!"), we couldn't resist. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Flying Low Under the Radar By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors We've seen some low-flying aircraft in the past, but this clip, originally from Military.com, gave a us a little thrill — on the rare occasions we weren't peeking between our fingers. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: High-Speed Airplane Crash Test By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors We'd already picked out a really educational and visually stimulating movie clip as today's "Video of the Week" — but then we remembered that the very same submitter, AVweb reader Michael King, had sent us an equally educational (but much more viscerally thrilling) video earlier in the week. The video was originally posted as part of an ongoing 9/11 conspiracy discussion, but it's well worth a watch on its own merits, demonstrating what happens when an F-4 jet crashes into the concrete wall of a nuclear power plant. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Helicopter Incident on the High Seas By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors AVweb reader Jim Lin writes, "Here's a video of a scary helicopter incident at sea. Despite what the video description says, it looks like the pilot failed to keep the helicopter pinned to the deck of the pitching ship. You can see the heli get light on its skids on the swell prior to the actual liftoff and subsequent tail strike. That's one lucky deckhand!" (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Eurofighter Typhoon "Drag Races" Bugatti Veyron By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Given the U.K.-based auto show Top Gear's penchant for racing, one wonders how "Video of the Week" made it this far without running this showdown between a twin-engine jet (the Eurofighter Typhoon) and the made-for-speed Bugatti Veyron. This one puts a new spin on the classic battle between land and air speedsters and comes to us courtesy of AVweb reader Dave Gwinn. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: P-51 Mustang Landing By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors This week's video (from LiveLeak.com) puts you at the controls of the P-51 Mustang Crazy Horse, complete with CFI walking you through the landing procedure. A big thanks to AVweb reader Robert Reid, who brought this to our attention. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Bumpy Landing at London City Airport By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Maybe we have a soft spot for videos that make us a little nervous, but today's "Video of the Week" selection (courtesy of AVweb reader Peter Snoeckx made us sit up and take notice. There's a happy ending, but this Swiss Air pilot has clearly had better days. In his defense, if you turn up the volume, you can hear the wind howling, and he did, after all, end up on the centerline. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: 'Rockford, We Have a Problem ...' — Recreating an Engine Failure By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Today's "Video of the Week" comes from AVweb readers Scott Ross and Chuck Jansen. After Chuck lost an engine in his Arrow, the two recreated the frightening experience in video, using a flight-simulator and radar screens to show what happened and mixing in audio from the ATC tower and a WIFR interview. The result is a stellar presentation that brough that brought the Rockford, Illinois controller (heard in the video) out to the fellows' local EAA chapter (1414) for a presentation. According to Scott, the video's been a hit with at least two other local chapters, as well! (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Ilyushin IL76 Nail-Biting Runway Take-Off By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors A couple of weeks ago, we ran a pretty impressive video of some Alaskan pilots doing short-runway take-offs. This week, we offer up something that can only be described as the opposite — a Russian Ilyushin IL76 freighter making the most of a runway that seems nail-bitingly short in this clip from YouTuber jerrabomb. (Click through to watch.)
"NSFW" Note: This video does contain some objectionable language — you'll see why as you wait for the Ilyushin to take to the air — so keep that in mind when playing it at the office or in the company of others.
Video of the Week: Closing the Curtains on Provincetown Boston Airlines (1988) By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors An AVweb reader pointed us in the direction of this week's video as "a reminder of the days when it was fun to be an airline pilot." The video is a compilation of footage shot by pilots, staff and support personnel on the last day of operations for Provincetown Boston Airlines, all edited together and set to music by YouTuber DPatrickSutton. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Alaskan Bush Pilots' Amazing STOLs By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors "That runway's too short for anything to take off from!" — we've all heard the sentence, and maybe a few of us have even said it, but from now on, we'll have to make a slight revision. The next time you hear someone talking about a short take-off, feel free to add, "Except, of course, for those Alaskan bush pilots doing STOLs in that video I saw on AVweb." (Just be careful what tone you use if you're talking to the PIC, O.K.?) Thanks to AVweb reader Ronnie Hughan for sending us the original video clip and YouTube user dynmicpara for the YouTube link. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: How to Marshal Jets (And Benefit Cancer Research at the Same Time) By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Ring in 2008 with a musical melody and a little fun on the runway, courtesy of Chesapeake Sport Pilot's Helen Woods. (Experienced CFIs, take note of that link — they're hiring!) In case you're wondering whether these musical antics are appropriate, we should point out that the, er "stylings" shown herein were part of a charity fundraising drive to benefit Cancer Research UK. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Drums and Aerobatics By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Here's a little air show fun to spice up your holiday week, straight from the e-mail of AVweb reader Robert Reid, who (accurately) describes the clip as "short, crystal clear, [featuring] amazing photography, and fun to watch." (Click through to view the video.)
Video of the Week: Radio-Controlled Vectored-Thrust Turbine Mig 29 By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Before you ask: Yes, we have been watching a lot of radio-controlled airplane videos lately. When you see the one we've selected as the "Video of the Week," we think you'll agree that it's paying off. Courtesy of YouTube user cavemodels, we give you what may be the world's first vectored-thrust R.C. aircraft. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Radio-Controlled B-29 Bomber By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors It's autumn at AVweb world headquarters, and we're already opining the passage of air show season. We've shared lots of great air show clips in the last few weeks, but today we'll shift our scale back just a bit and marvel at the radio-controlled aerobatics of a B-29 bomber at the 2003 Southeast Electric Flight Festival (SEFF). We stumbled across this at Classic Wings and then found another version on YouTube, which might save a little bandwidth for the folks at Classic Wings. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Airbus A380 Tail Scrape By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Last week, we showed you an A310 from FlyboyTV and promised more big-iron videos in the weeks to come — and since we mislabelled the A310 as an A380 on the home page, this might be a good opportunity to show you a real A380 doing some interesting testing. In this clip, the pilots bring the Airbus across the runway at minimum allowable airspeed and weather a pretty significant-looking tailstrike. (Click through to watch.)
Video of the Week: Airbus A310 Low Pass By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors We've all seen some impressive aerobatics at air shows. Usually, there's an F-15 doing rolls and making low passes to give the crowds a thrill, but how often have you seen those same tricks performed in the big iron — like, say for instance, an Airbus A310? Thanks to the internet, you (and we) have a front-row seat waiting for us at the Portugal Air Show '07, where we can see just such a thing. (Click through to watch — and hang on to your hat.)
Video of the Week: Motorcycle Jumping an Airplane By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors Thrills and chills never fail to rouse our Monday-morning "Video of the Week" audience, so here you go — a motorcycle jumping an airplane. 'Nuff said! (Click through to watch.)
