Flying his Piper Cub in the Adirondack Mountains is the “best fun you can ever have,” according to Jake, a third generation pilot. Luckily his friend was on hand to capture it all on video.
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Video: Festival of Flight
Smitty Smith, the force behind FunPlacesToFly.com, visited the Fall Festival of Flight in Gainesville, Texas, and shot this wrap-up video. You’ll see a wide variety of general aviation aircraft, including antiques, classics, warbirds, replicas and homebuilts.
Tips to speed up the medical process
In the inaugural episode of the Pilot Minute on the FAA’s YouTube channel, Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup, MD, MPH provides some tips you can use to streamline the medical certification process.
Can pilots use CBD products?
CBD products are everywhere these days and pilots are asking the FAA how using these products could affect their medical or their ability to fly. In this new video, part of the FAA’s 57 Seconds to Safer Flying, a doctor explains the effects of CBD on our brains and how it can affect our flying.
Video: Flying the Hudson River Corridor
Personally, I’ve never flown as pilot-in-command on the east coast north of Florida. So the idea of flying around New York City is pretty daunting.
Video: Triple Tree Fly-In
The five-minute video covers the highlights of the 14th annual Triple Tree Fly-In, with lots of shots of airplanes landing.
Video: An afternoon of Alaska seaplane flying
A little longer than four minutes, the video captures an hour of flying at the Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage, Alaska.
Video: Hood River Fly-In
Fred Johnsen sent us this video, shot at the 2021 Hood River Fly-In. Hosted by the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum, the fly-in is laid back — no air show aerobatics, no announcer on a loud PA system — just lots of interesting and varied aircraft, brought by interesting pilots and crews who came to congregate with each other and the public. “This is friendly aviation at its best,” Fred says.
Video: A tip to predict icing conditions
The new video offers one trick to predict icing conditions while flying.