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
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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.
Video: Immelmans and loops
New from our friends at TheHDPilot.com is this video of Gene Lee, who is getting an aerobatic lesson from Rich Graham, a former SR-71 Blackbird pilot. On this particular flight, they practiced doing immelmanns and loops in Gene’s Van’s RV-7A aircraft.
Video: Red Bull Air Race Pilots celebrate National Aviation Day
Kirby Chambliss, Michael Goulian and others involved in the Red Bull Air Race celebrate National Aviation Day, which was held Aug. 19, in this short video:
Video: Visiting the Mid America Flight Museum
Smitty Smith from FunPlacesToFly.com sent us this video of a recent tour of the Mid America Flight Museum in Mt. Pleasant, Texas (KOSA). “Our EAA Chapter flew out to Mount Pleasant, Texas, and was given a tour of the museum,” he said. “There are a lot of beautiful aviation museums across the country that have […]