Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com put together a video for the Commemorative Air Force Dallas Wing in Lancaster, Texas, called Warbirds on Parade. Check it out below.
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Video: Flying for food
Forget the $100 hamburger. In this new video from FunPlacesToFly, Bar B Que is the mission! “We flew out of McKinney Airport and headed for Gainesville Airport in Gainesville, Texas,” explains Smitty Smith, the force behind the website. “We grabbed an airport courtesy car and went into town. What fun!”
Hartzell introduces video series to help pilots better understand their aircraft
OSHKOSH — On opening day of AirVenture 2016, Hartzell Engine Technologies reported it is producing a series of short instructional videos aimed at helping general aviation aircraft owners and technicians better understand the operations of key aircraft components and systems. “When we attend airshows and events we get a lot of the same questions from attendees and many of […]
RAF pilots head to Washington Island fish boil
By MIKE PURPURA On July 16, at 6 a.m., the earth was cloaked in cotton candy clouds as 200 airplanes converged on Washington Island in Wisconsin for the annual fish boil. Some slipped unnoticed across the Cheddar Curtain and into Wisconsin from Northern Illinois. Others flew east out of the North Woods and across Green Bay. […]
The Romance of One Six Right Endures
“One Six Right” – the much loved aviation documentary originally released in 2005 — has been re-released in Blu-ray format. The romance of the original has endured. A recent viewing with my high school aged daughter Savannah produced, “I wish all my history classes were like this. This is interesting and entertaining.” No doubt, the […]
Video: Practicing proficiency
Gene Lee of The HDPilot sent along this video, noting, “When’s the last time you gave some S-Turns-Across-A-Road, or Turns-About-A-Point a try? If you’re like me, it’s been a long time. Maybe even as far back as when you took your Private Pilot check ride. I hope that you’ll come away both intrigued and inspired to […]
Video: Red Bull Air Race demo at SUN ‘n FUN
While he appreciated our coverage following SUN ‘n FUN of the first-ever Red Bull Air Race demo at a fly-in, Jeff Lee of LiveAirShowTV says he’s got something better: The official video that was shown on the Jumbotrons at the airshow. Check it out here to see Kirby Chambliss and Michael Goulian race through the […]
Video: Flying to the Mid America Flight Museum
Gene Lee of The HDPilot.com sent in this video of his recent IFR/IMC flight in his RV-7A to the Mid America Flight Museum in Mt. Pleasant, Texas.
Video: Warbirds over Addison
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com attended the “Warbirds Over Addison” event at Cavanaugh Flight Museum, in Addison, Texas. Cavanaugh Flight Museum is home to the largest collection of flying historic and military aircraft in the Southwest.