Gene Lee of TheHDPilot.com sent us this video, noting: “In a never-ending attempt to work on perfecting my landings, I tried using my GoPro cameras in a new way to record the details of what’s going on below the plane. See what the runway sees!”
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Video: Practicing aerobatics in an RV-7
Gene Lee of TheHDPilot.com recently posted this short video he shot while practicing aerobatics in his RV-7. He explains: “As part of my plan to learn aerobatics and reach my goal of being able to do them on my own, I felt it was now time to ween myself from my two current acro instructors, […]
Video: Music to the ears
The guys at FunPlacesToFly.com just posted this very short video celebrating one of the best sounds in aviation, a big radial engine as a vintage aircraft takes off from the Gainesville Airport at the Texas Vintage Aircraft Association Fly-In.
Video: Protecting airports
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com sent us this video, which captures “a great visit from the McKinney Fire Department as they show EAA Chapter 1246 the Protecter, a custom-built firefighting machine. It was designed to be the first a responder to jet fuel fires, protecting passengers and firefighters from harm.” https://youtu.be/52U1avPGzf8
Video: A different kind of flying
The folks at Team Fly Halo, a group of aerobatic parameter pilots and instructors, recently posted this trailer of a web-based adventure film that they plan to releasing in the next couple months. “We travel the country flying the most scenic places imaginable in our small backpack-aircraft, and one of our team members, Ryan Southwell […]
Video: See the CarterCopter in action
Carter Aviation Technologies has released a new video showcasing the CarterCopter with its slowed rotor/compound (SR/C) technology. “We’ve been talking about the technical aspects of slowing rotors, flying at high mu/high advance ratio for years,” said Jay Carter. “Unfortunately all of that technical talk was lost on many folks interested in what we were doing.”
Flying Just Aircraft’s SuperSTOL Stretch XL
How do you improve on a popular backcountry aircraft design? If you are the folks at Just Aircraft, you make it larger and with the ability to support a more powerful engine. That best describes Just Aircraft’s SuperSTOL Stretch XL. The red high-wing, tailwheel-equipped airplane mounted on tundra tires stole the show when it debuted […]
Video: That’s All Brother at Oshkosh
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com recently posted this video, shot at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, of “That’s All Brother,” the C-47 that led 500 other aircraft on D-Day in 1944. In the video, you can see the interior, including the cockpit, of this famous transport aircraft. Also shown in the video, is James “Pee Wee” Martin, one […]
Video: Flying aerobatics in an Extra 330LX
Our friend Gene Lee at TheHDPilot.com sent us this video to share with our readers about a recent aerobatics lesson he had in an Extra 330.