Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com just posted this video of a recent flight, explaining: “What fun! A beautiful day, zero wind and 5 GoPros to play with. On this flight, we took off from McKinney National Airport and flew to Mesquite Metro Airport in Texas. We decided to speed things up in the video between the […]
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Video: TF-X excites the masses
A Terrafugia video posted to YouTube on July 20, 2015 has garnered more than one million views in just two weeks. It is easy to see why. The TF-X is Terrafugia’s “vision for the future of personal transportation.” “The TF-X will be a four-seat, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) hybrid electric aircraft that makes flying easier and safer […]
Video: Mustang Heat Wave
As this razorback P-51C Mustang lands on a hot day, look closely at the wingtips. You’ll see the “wingtip vortices made visible by heat waves.” Video courtesy Airailimages.
Video: Warbird Air Show fills sky with planes, noise and smoke
“From the CAF’s Tora! Tora! Tora! cast to a Zero, plus the world’s only flying PB4Y-2 Privateer and B-29 Superfortress, Saturday’s warbird air show rocked the field.” Airailimages was on the photo line filming all the action.
Hillsboro Aviation opens tour operation in Sedona
Hillsboro Aviation has launched a helicopter tour operation in Sedona, Arizona. The operation, called Hillsboro Aviation–Sedona, offers helicopter tours over Sedona’s most famous landmarks and is one of the only tour operators to partner with the Forest Service to provide employee training on the geological, biological and archaeological history of Sedona. Hillsboro Aviation–Sedona partners with various tour […]
Video: RanchPilot visits Mexican Mountain Airstrip
RanchPilot is back at it with this video of a recent trip into Utah’s Mexican Mountain Airstrip. I asked RanchPilot if the external camera was mounted on the left wing, because he sure seemed to land off the centerline. “Yep, left wingtip. I don’t normally fly past that much runway either, but that SQ lands […]
Video: Time lapse helicopter ops
From the South China Sea, Airailimages put a time lapse effect on MH-60R Seahawk helicopter operations from the USS Fort Worth. Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 is conducting deck landing qualifications. Currently on a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Indo-Asia-Pacific Rebalance. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joe Bishop/Released)
Video: Through the jungle — Above the treetops in Suriname
As we kick off Backcountry Flying month at General Aviation News, thank you to BackcountyPilot.org for finding this video gem. There’s a lot of backcountry flying happening all over the world. Enjoy. [vimeo 121031392 w=800 h=450] A look at flying in Suriname courtesy fontafilm and Blue Wing Airlines.
Video: 1,000 veteran missions for Ageless Aviation Dreams
Ageless Aviation Dreams has flown its 1,000th mission. Over the recent Memorial Day Weekend, Ageless Aviation took former B-17 pilot Bob Campbell up for a milestone flight. Following is a CBS News segment on Ageless Aviation and some of its 1,000 special passengers.