Category: Aviation
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The ultimate family-fun destination, Clearwater Beach is the perfect spot to visit on spring break or during summer vacation. It’s home to Pier 60, where street performers and local artisans gather every day at sunset, and a playground sits nearby. Take the tykes for a swashbuckling sail with Captain Memo’s Pirate Cruise. To learn about local marine life, head to Clearwater Marine Aquarium, where you’ll meet rescued dolphins, sea turtles, otters, sharks, stingrays and other sea creatures.
20 Commercial Airline Secrets
It doesn’t matter if being up in the air feels like a second home to you and you’re practically an honorary pilot at this point for how much you jet set — there’s a lot you probably never knew about your commercial flying experience.
Plane Collides with SUV While Landing at Texas Airport
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Coming soon: A bigger, better Boeing bird, the 777x [PHOTOS]
After winning 51 orders for older 777 wide body jets, Boeing sales teams are now focused on persuading more airlines to buy the new 777X passenger airplane.
F-16 Pilot Saved British Soldiers with a Sonic Boom!
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United Airlines employee is found trapped in a plane’s baggage hold after a flight from North Carolina to Virginia
WASHINGTON – United Airlines says it is investigating after a vendor employee was found unharmed in an aircraft’s cargo hold following a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Washington Dulles International Airport. The airline said in a statement to The…
Damn Interesting: Tastes On A Plane
Its popularity has something to do with the history of drink service on airplanes. When commercial flights began, alcohol was complimentary and therefore hugely popular. Its popularity has something to do with the history of drink service on airplanes. When commercial flights began, alcohol was complimentary and therefore hugely popular.
11 Highest Paying Countries for Pilots
An airline pilot is one of the most in-demand jobs currently in the world, as evidenced by the 11 highest paying countries for pilots. Becoming a pilot is no easy feat. It requires nerves of steel, as you are in charge of a large piece of metal flying thousands of feet…
Flight Instructor Crash Landing With Gear Up
This video shows the approach to Megeve Airport. Both the pilot and instructor have several thousands of flight hours, but maybe he was more concerned about an oven he left on in the kitchen? Would this sound be enough to remind you of something?
What we’ve learned from that angry passenger asked ‘Is it because I am black?’
The customer believes he was refused entry on the flight due to his skin color
She Loves To Fly Naked _ _ __ _ Amazing! Check out this vid! _ _ _
An attractive, completely nude woman decides to take to the skies and enjoy the scenery.
Man Builds Boeing 737 simulator in Garage
Mark claims building the simulator was the best thing he has ever done, talks to his now ex-wife Wendy on an almost weekly basis.
Inside The 5 Most Luxurious Private Jets
April 6, 2023 0 Inside The 5 Most Luxurious Private Jets A Gulfstream aircraft at the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition at the Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai on Monday. PHOTO: REUTERS While some of us struggle to buy…
Microsoft Releases 40th Anniversary Update For Flight Simulator
On November 11th, Microsoft will release the long-awaited “40th Anniversary” update for its Flight Simulator. The Redmond company will announce the exact schedule in advance. The anniversary patch will bring helicopters and gliders into the game, among other things. According to the recently…
World War II Disney Aircraft Nose Art
From the quick-tempered Donald Duck to the loveable Dumbo, Walt Disney Productions created some 1,200 designs during World War II. Such recognizable characters were used for aircraft nose art, flight jacket patches, pins and other memorabilia for American and allied military units.
WATCH: Threading The Needle
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Air Tractor – Extreme aerial application – How low can you go?
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Is Air Force Basic Training Difficult?
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C-17 Accidentally Lands On Tiny Short Airstrip-Now Has To Take Off
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WATCH: Who’s Jessica?
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Watch This F-14 Full Afterburner in Preparation for Top Gun 3
AMAZING THERMAL VIDEO OF BOEING 757 LANDING Aviation May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 0 An amazing thermal video of Boeing 757 landing at Gatwick Airport has been taken by the UK National Police Air Service. The thermal imaging video shows…
Fully Loaded C-5 Galaxy Take Off Attempt From A Short Runway
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747 Landing as we pass
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747 KLM Landing St Maarten (Maho Beach)
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WATCH: 405 The Movie
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747 does an AMAZING low flyby at the Miramar ‘Top Gun’ Air Show
747 Low Flyover | Loungtastic This 747 does an AMAZING low flyby at the Miramar ‘Top Gun’ Air Show in San Diego — you’ve never seen a jet like this do such a minimum altitude pass! Remember, NEXT VIDEO will…
WATCH: Full Pattern, One Idiot
UGH! First three pilots had everything figured out… #4 comes along and ruins everything! Check it out…
Pilot Tries To Land In Small Pond: Will He Make It?
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Cessna Super Short Landing (Reverse Thrust Prop)
Cessna Super Short Landing (Reverse Thrust Prop) An amazing thermal video of Boeing 757 landing at Gatwick Airport has been taken by the UK National Police Air Service. The thermal imaging video shows up all the “hot” spots in white…
WATCH: Ton Of Airplanes In Two Minutes
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Here’s Why Airlines Will Never Stop Overbooking Seats… Even Though It Drives Passengers Nuts
two types of people in the world: People who lose their s*** when they find out they’re being bumped from an overbooked flight… and those who are stoked to get their hands on the compensation they’ll be offered for the inconvenience.
Marine Corps Vet Rob Riggle Top Gun 3 Spot
When Riggle heard there was going to be a second Top Gun movie, he know he had to audition. So he teamed up with the Blue Angels and got to it! The result is comedy gold!
Stupid man attempts to fly a helicopter with no experience
A rich stupid guy tries to fly a new chopper. The guy has not had any flying lessons or any flying experience…
Incredible Airplane Can Fly Backwards At Moment’s Notice
The pilot is Gernot Bruckmann (AT), and this discipline is called F3P. The movements are made possible through variable-pitch propellers and extremely light airplanes (less than 50g) Subscribe to us on YouTube!
WATCH: What Happens When Lightning Strikes an Airplane?
It is estimated that on average, each airplane in the U.S. commercial fleet is struck lightly by lightning more than once each year. In fact
Oh No! From the Left
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AMAZING THERMAL VIDEO OF BOEING 757 LANDING
An amazing thermal video of Boeing 757 landing at Gatwick Airport has been taken by the UK National Police Air Service. The thermal imaging video shows up all the “hot” spots in white and you can clearly see the engine…
“Ghost Of Kyiv” Dies In Battle After Shooting Down 40 Russian Jets, Identity Revealed
Ghost of Kyiv”, identified as Major Stepan Tarabalka, gained worldwide fame after shooting down 10 Russian aircraft on the first day of the war.
Man Blows Minds With Detailed Model Of A Boeing 777
Luca Iaconi-Stewart says he’s “a crazy guy who loves aviation.” That might be an understatement. The 24-year-old spent the last seven years in his parent’s house building an exquisitely precise replica of an Air India Boeing 777 jet made entirely from cut-up paper folders.
The Massive C-17 Can Fall Out Of The Sky (And its Intentional)
The C-17 can fly a descent profile that rivals the Space Shuttle’s descent rate on approach. To the unfamiliar, the tactical descent of a massive C-17 Globemaster can look pretty scary. But it’s actually a permitted procedure for the airlifter. This…
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Man I Miss These Planes! We have to admit, when we found this video we were plenty excited. The combination of the plane, navy and slow motion is just something we’ve never seen before and it brought back a lot…
Landing In The Most Extreme Elements
Attempted Landing in extreme elements. Attempt is filmed during a test of the new MH-60 Seahawk around the Faroe Islands, where a Danish and an Australian test pilot would find the restrictions for when it’s safe to land on the…
Footage Of Ray Hanna Flying Under A Bridge-That Spit Is Roaring
Footage Of Ray Hanna Flying Under A Bridge-That Spit Is Roaring
Why is fuel stored in the wings of aircraft?
Fuel is stored in 3 tanks, however, contrary to popular belief, the 737–800 has 5 tanks. They are: Fuel is stored in the wings for primarily 3 reasons Fuel acts as a counter stress for the wings shortly after takeoff…
Live! Microsoft Flight Simulator On Ultra Nvida Graphics Card
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‘We’re the Only Plane in the Sky’
Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.
Pilots arrested on suspicion of being too drunk to fly
Two pilots have been arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol shortly before they were due to fly a transatlantic passenger jet.
Watch: Airplane Saves Unconscious Pilot
F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS). The event is considered the fourth confirmed “save” of an aircraft by the system since Auto-GCAS was introduced…
Welcome to “Bleed Air”
Engine bleed air has a variety of uses on modern aircraft. For decades, aircraft have used engine bleed air for a variety of purposes, spanning everything from engine starting to cabin pressurization to anti-icing. Here’s how engine bleed air works….
Do Pilots Hook Up With Flight Attendants?
Last week, we received a huge response from readers when we posed the question of whether or not pilots hop in bed with flight attendants regularly while flying together. My friend, Pilot Mike said he’d never really witnessed it, but…
Fully Loaded Galaxy Takeoff Attempt On Super Wet Runway
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Million Dollar Landing! Courchevel Landing Challenge Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
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Close Call At Meigs Field!
Near miss! Close call!
Departed Meigs field for a scenic tour of Chicago
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F-35 Sets Itself On Fire Again
What Went Wrong This Time?
That One Time Airline Staff Were Suspended After Posting Blow-Up Sex Doll Snapchats
Two Air New Zealand staff members have been suspended after officials unearthed historical photos of a sex doll in the co-pilot’s seat. A couple of Airplane! style photographs of an #AirNZ pilot with a blow-up doll in a cockpit ended badly for the pilot…
Chinese Airlines Are Offering Fat Paychecks to Cope With Aviation Boom
China’s airline industry expands it will need more pilots. Carriers elsewhere may…
This pilot of a stricken F-16 was saved from ISIS by a quick-thinking tanker crew
An F-16 pilot flying over ISIS-held territory in 2015 suffered a malfunction of his fuel system and would have been forced to bail out if it weren?t for…
What You Need To Know About Drones
FAA estimates 7 million drones to be buzzing around in the airspace system by 2030. As a pilot, there are understandable concerns about what it means to have so many people sharing the same airspace.
Pilot Flying Under Bridge Makes Critical Error Trying To Set World Record
The trio (all professional pilots of course) that was supposed to break the world record first gave the crowd a spectacular air show display. From formation loops to barrel rolls, they gave people some pretty amazing things to look at before they really turned things up.
Trump Buys 500 Gold-Plated F-35s As Final Defiance As President
Slight tweaks to the design are still required, however it is clear that the F-35G is the future of United States combat aviation
Married Teacher Caught, Put on No Fly List
If this woman, Jill Meldrum-Jones, looks to you like she’s feeling terrified, that could well be the case. She admitted to doing something completely wrong and inexusable on an airplane (and other places), lost her teaching career and faces jail time because of what she did.
13 Most Expensive Celeb Private Jets: When flying first class just won’t do…
When you fly by private jet charter, you experience travel comfort known only to those who know private jets. And nothing illustrates this luxury better than the top 10 celebrity private jets. Stars with their own private aircraft fly fancy.
Mystery of Three US Airmen Who Vanished in Malayan Jungle Finally Solved after 70 Years
3 United States Airmen took off from Singapore in their military transport plane, disappeared without a trace …until now.
10 Questions you Will be Asked in an Airline Pilot Interview
The pilot interview, very important step that you don’t want to miss in your career! I went back to my notes I’ve been writing after my interview to share with you the questions I was asked by either the director of flight operation, the psychologist or the senior captain. These are general questions.
Delta Passenger’s Mid Flight Meltdown
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What’s Inside the Most Tricked-Out Private Jumbo Jets?
The opulent dining rooms, kitchens and lounges of the types of Boeing and Airbus planes sold to private buyers…
27 Things You Didn’t Know About Air Force One
There are a lot of things you don’t know about Air Force One. While you may have thought this airplane was cool based on the Harrison Ford movie or by virtue of being the United States presidential plane…
This HD Compilation Of F-14 Tomcats: Best Ever Seen
What a gem this video is… Don’t You Just Love Those Planes?
A Rare Video Of The First Vtol Plane That Actually Took Off And Landed
The Convair XFY Pogo tailsitter was an experiment in vertical takeoff and landing. The Pogo had delta wings and three-bladed contra-rotating propellers powered by a 5,500 hp Allison YT40-A-16 turboprop engine. It was intended to be a high-performance fighter aircraft capable of operating
‘Psycho’ automation left pilot powerless
The captain of the imperiled Qantas Flight 72 reveals his horrific experience of automation’s dark side.
That Day The Serbs Did The Impossible And Shot Down An F-117
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk was a stealth fighter that was so advanced for its time that it remained a secret for a long time. What made it so deadly was not only its extreme maneuverability but also its ability to be invisible.
US Air Force legend General Chuck Yeager weighs in on the F-22 and the F-35
US Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, retired, preparing to board an F-15D Eagle from the 65th Aggressor Squadron in 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. DVIDSHUB You may know that Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager of…
Former NASA Engineer Builds World’s Largest Functional NERF Gun
You know what our childhood NERF battles were missing? Accurate separation of duties. Everyone either had a “machine gun” or pistol, and ran around like chickens getting shot in the eyes too often. Where were the siege engines? The catapults?…
Incredible Drone Footage From Forbidden Areas Around The World
Drone technology has allowed us to see places that we never thought we’d be able to go. While most drones are used to show breathtaking images that help us appreciate the incredible world in which we live, others have proven that the Earth can be a sad, destructive, and terrifying place.
9 Flying Experiences Every Pilot Should Have
There are some experiences that no pilot should miss out on. Here are a few things to check off on your pilot bucket list…
Why Don’t Planes Fly over Tibet?
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Close-call on landing at Oshkosh
Terror at Oshkosh! This video is a brief analysis on getting very close to a crash at Oshkosh. No finger pointing here. Landing in such an enviroment is unusual and stressful for sure. Check the video first and then ask…
Check Out Jackie Chan’s $20 Million Embraer Private Jet
Legendary martial arts movie icon Jackie Chan just bought a new private jet to add to his collection. Chan is the first Chinese customer to take delivery of the new, state-of-the-art Embraer Legacy 500 Business Jet, which is priced in…
Best Aviation Movies Ever Made
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36 Years Ago The City Of Cleveland Released 1.5 Million Balloons; And The Results Were Deadly
1.5 million balloons were released simultaneously into the Ohio skies. Instead of spreading joy, however, they quickly became weapons of mass destruction…
B-1 Lancer Refuels Midair Then Makes KILLER Burner Break
This five minute video shows you how these guys operate and with what precision. The B-1 pulls up nice and easy while the boom operators do their thing. As you?ll be able to see, the Lancer has quite a beat up nose from doing this exact thing over and over again, but like we said, their training missions are crucial to our national security.
Auto-GCAS Saves Unconscious F-16 Pilot—Declassified USAF Footage
This newly declassified video footage from the head-up-display of a U.S. Air Force Arizona Air National Guard F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft?s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS).
A rare peek inside America’s Doomsday plane
Fortunately, it has never come to this. But if the United States ever found itself in the middle of a nuclear war, it would need the ability to get a command and control center off the ground and away from potential attack targets in just minutes…
AMAZING THERMAL VIDEO OF BOEING 757 LANDING
An amazing thermal video of Boeing 757 landing at Gatwick Airport has been taken by the UK National Police Air Service.
The Most Incredible Air-To-Air Footage You’ll See Today
Sometimes you see something and just say ‘WOW!’
Wolfe Air, maker of this incredible video, is the self-proclaimed leader in aviation cinema. They shoot using a Lear 25B, Cessna Skymaster and A-Star helicopter. Where do we sign up for this job?
A Lone P-51 Mustang Defeats 30 German Fighters – The Greatest Fighter Pilot Story Of World War II
January 11th, 1944 Howard flew in a P-51 as a lone escort to a group of B-17s over Europe. Suddenly a group of 30 German fighters came across the horizon to attack the bombers. Facing near impossible odds Howard jumps into the battle to defend bombers, shooting down five Bf 109s…
When Will The Air Races Return?
Answers to all your pressing questions!
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Flight Attendant Reveals How To Get More Legroom
Seat hack! Every single time I end up on a plane, I always end up with too little room. Between my…
A Day Of Carrier Operations In Under 2 Minutes–This Is Mind Blowing
There’s a lot more to carrier operations than meets the eye…
A-10 Gets Wing Shot Off But BADASS Pilot Figured Something Out
This almost unbelievable story comes to us from Operation Desert Storm. On February 6th, 1991, Captain Paul “JP” Johnson took off in his A-10 Thunderbolt II as he did dozens of times before. Regarded as one of the best A-10 pilots of all time, even he described his behavior that day as “driving his fangs into the floorboard, growing one
You Wont Believe what This Boeing 737 Max Pilot did at the Farnborough Air Show
Farnborough airshow. Jaw dropping footage. Incredible vertical climb. She went to the sky like a rocket. Spectacular jet blast after torrential rain ! This is how test pilots are flying
25 items every pilot should have on their Bucket List
A few years ago while watching TV one evening, I came across The Bucket List, a great movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Ever since that moment, I’ve been thinking about…
The Moment Over 20 P-51 Mustangs Met Up For An Epic Flyover
There are fly-ins and then there are FLY-INs! It’s rare to see men and women from the Greatest Generation join events to share their stories. This video harkens back to a time not THAT long ago where WASPs, Tuskegee Airmen,…
18 Airport Hacks That Will Make Your Travel Experience Smooth As Glass
Listening to music, streaming a podcast or watching a movie on your mobile device helps pass time at the gate, but also puts you at risk of missing important gate announcements. Be careful when tuning out the noise that you don’t also tune out the signal.
15 Airlines with the Best Looking Flight Crew
Photo credit: Emirates Airlines. Singapore Airlines (Singapore) Photo credit: Singapore Airlines. Their tagline “Singapore Girl, you’re a great way to fly”, while being somewhat sexist, is not entirely wrong as the airline prides itself on high service standards. Etihad Airways (Abu…
14 Unusual To Bizarre Airlines You Won’t Believe Actually Exist
Here are some of the most unique REAL airlines around!
10 Top Paying Jobs in Aviation
Many people wish for the glamorous lifestyle and income of a pilot. But, do pilots always wear crisp uniforms and make the big bucks?
The 10 Most Beautiful Airliners of All Time
Sleek, streamlined and Beautiful, these are 10 of the most aesthetically pleasing machines ever created.
9 Common Habits That May Cost You Your Life
There are a lot of things you do (or don’t do) that can put your life at risk…