Reader Tom Lasser shared this link to 100-year-old footage of the Red Baron during World War I. Shot on March 9, 1917, the very rare piece of film gives us an up-close and personal look at the infamous Red Baron, Manfred Von Richthofen. Some observers note that if you look close, you also will see Hermann Goering […]
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Video: A great day for flying
Jared Wellman posted this video on YouTube in early December 2017 of his 5-year-old son Deklyn’s first flight. While they didn’t make their destination due to low clouds, it didn’t seem to matter to either dad or Deklyn.
Video: Fourth birthday, first aerobatic flight
PlaneJunkies posted the video on Dec. 14, 2017, taken on his daughter’s fourth birthday and her first aerobatic flight in a Christen Eagle. “She has been flying in the Eagle since the age of two riding along, but was just to small to put on a parachute until now,” dad reports. Her first request: A four-point […]
Video: Tips to flying with a nervous passenger
Lyle Townsend posted this video Dec. 15, 2017, of his flight with his new friend Crystal, who is a self-admitted nervous flyer. She reached out to Lyle on Instagram and asked if pilots are willing to take “scaredy cats” up flying in small airplanes. “The only correct answer to this question is “ABSOLUTELY!” Lyle says. […]
Video: Top 7 Mistakes You’ll Make as a Pilot
Nick Cyganski of Friendly Skies Film posted “Top 7 Mistakes You’ll Make as a Pilot.” He notes that “although you should always do your best to be the best pilot you can be, it’s ok to make mistakes, and that’s often how we learn.” The video chronicles “just a few of the silly things, and […]
Video: Top 5 Aerobatic Aircraft
Judy Robus posted this video on Dec 6, 2017, of the top five aerobatic aircraft (in her opinion): Extra 330SC; Pitts S-1/2; Sukhoi Su-29; Edge 540; and Extreme XA41.
Two firsts for two EAA Chapter 534 members
One member of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 recently received an Airworthiness Certificate for his aircraft building project from another chapter member who did his first airworthiness inspection as a newly minted Designated Airworthiness Representative. Steve Tilford from the Villages in Florida, has been working on his Van’s RV-7A off and on for 12 years […]
Video: 4-year-old’s first visit to a GA airport
The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission’s Christmas greeting documents the visit of 4-year-old Coy to Guthrie Edmond Regional Airport, where he gets to learn all about Commissioner Jim Putnam’s airplane, as well as visit with Santa. The video is filled with information from the commission’s economic impact study, which showed that aviation produces more than $43.7 billion […]
Video: Flying along with a crop duster
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a crop duster? Ohio crop duster Butch Fisher of Fisher Ag Service gives a real-time view of aerial application in the video below.