Gene Lee of The HD Pilot has been taken aerobatics lessons from Adam Baker, a local airshow aerobatic pilot, in his RV-7A. In this video, Gene is learning spin recovery from a variety of spins that occur while flying. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb_lKYuKxvU&w=560&h=315]
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Video: Who needs an aircraft carrier?
Poking around our media vault this weekend and found this 24-second gem of Palmer, Alaska’s Frank Knapp at the 2014 Valdez Fly-In & Airshow. Post by General Aviation News. Who needs an aircraft carrier when you can take-off in 41-feet and land in 35-feet. The 2015 edition is set for May 9-10.
Video: Red Flag Arrivals
“Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air, space, and cyber forces of the United States and its allies.” Airailimages happened to be on the approach end of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas and filmed the arrival sequence of some of participants. More than 125 aircraft participated in the January […]
Video: B-17s at Chino
Lyon Air Museum‘s B-17G “Fuddy Duddy II”, and the CAF‘s B-17G “Sentimental Journey” each made an appearance at the 2014 Planes of Fame Air Show. The 2015 air show is scheduled for May 2-3 at the Chino Airport. Sit back and enjoy 4+ minutes of big iron fly-bys…
Video: Learning aerobatics from an SR-71 pilot
Jim (Smitty) Smith of OpenAirNet.com, TheHDPilot.com, and FunPlacesToFly.com, sent us this video of Gene Lee, one of the company’s employees, getting a lesson in aerobatics in his RV-7 from Rich Graham, a former SR-71 pilot.
Video: The Hangar Hotel
Intrigued by Karin Leperi’s recent story, Fly-in for a World War II immersion in Fredericksburg, Texas, but want to see more before filing your flight plan? The folks at FunPlacestoFly.com sent us this video that shows not only the Hangar Hotel, but also the inside of the FBO at Gillespie County Airport, the Airport Diner and […]
Video: How’d you ring in the New Year?
Sailors onboard the USS Vinson rang in 2015 with some “night ops” on December 31… What’d you do to ring in 2015? Thanks to Airailimages for the video.
‘Living in the Age of Airplanes’ to be released April 10
National Geographic Studios will release “Living in the Age of Airplanes,” – formerly titled Aviation: The Invisible Highway – theatrically to Giant Screen, IMAX, Digital and Museum cinemas beginning April 10, 2015. Narrated by Harrison Ford, “Living in the Age of Airplanes” is “an epic journey through 18 countries and across all seven continents as it […]
Video: Super Cub + Alaska
A look back at Super Cub flying in Alaska in 2014. Thank you HennyCub. If you can’t get enough backcountry Alaska flying videos you should subscribe to HennyCub‘s YouTube Channel.