Jason Schappert of MzeroA recently posted a video of a historic flight — for him. He got the chance to fly John Glenn’s Baron, which the astronaut and senator flew until he was 90 years old. Now owned by the Kelly family, the plane will be at several venues this year so everyone will get […]
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Video: Jimmy Doolittle’s Stinson
Smitty Smith of FunPlacesToFly recently attended EAA Chapter 1246‘s monthly pancake and sausage fly-in. “There we saw Jimmy Doolittle’s totally restored 1938 Stinson Reliant aircraft,” he reports.
Video: Behind the scenes at ATC
Air Traffic Control is there to help, but for many new pilots, the other side of the radio is a mystery. In a video tip, Sporty’s goes behind the scenes with Air Traffic Control to learn what tools they use, how they see weather on their screens, how transponder codes work, and what services are […]
Video: Caribbean Zenith flight taunts those stuck in the cold
As winter — and the weather — drags on, seeing this Zenith CH701 in — and above — the beautiful Caribbean waters is almost more than I can take. Amazing to see how much flex there is in the Full Lotus floats.
Badass pilot buys own fighter jet
While preparing stories for the upcoming SUN ‘n FUN Today — the daily newspaper of the fly-in put together by General Aviation News — we reached out to several airshow performers, including Art Nalls, who will fly his Harrier during the airshow. He sent me a link to this video put together by AARP which […]
Video: Flying in a winter wonderland
The Experimental Aircraft Association recently posted a video about skiplane flying, noting that flying doesn’t have to stop in the winter. “Skiplane flying becomes an integral part of life once winter weather begins to encroach on many remote communities in places like Canada and Alaska,” EAA officials said. “There, it can be a lifeline, a […]
Video: Record your flight audio to a GoPro
The folks at FunPlacesToFly.com just posted this video, which details how to record your flight audio to a GoPro Hero 3, 3+ and 4 Camera using the NFlightCam Audio and Power Cable.
Video: Van’s RV-14
Smitty Smith, the force behind FunPlacesToFly.com also is working on another website, VansAircraftBuilders.com. In that role, he put together this video of Richard Wingfield’s new RV-14. “Yesterday I went to our EAA Chapter 1246 monthly Coffee and Donut get-together and came across this brand new RV-14 from Van’s Aircraft, built by Richard Wingfield. Richard was […]
Boneyard by night
Airailimages‘ Frederick A. Johnsen recently sent a link to a video he worked on. “We received silent video capturing beautiful and ghostly night time-lapse imagery at the huge aircraft boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base made by Andrew Breese of Airman Magazine,” he explained. “The detail is overwhelming as the constellation Orion rises in the […]