Gene Lee of The HD Pilot continues his aerobatics lessons from Adam Baker, a local airshow aerobatic pilot, in his RV-7A. In this video, the second in the series, Gene starts out the lesson more stall/spin recovery techniques. Then the two have a little more fun with some aerobatics. See the first video in the series here.
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Video: Learning aerobatics
Gene Lee of The HD Pilot has been taken aerobatics lessons from Adam Baker, a local airshow aerobatic pilot, in his RV-7A. In this video, Gene is learning spin recovery from a variety of spins that occur while flying. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb_lKYuKxvU&w=560&h=315]
Video: Who needs an aircraft carrier?
Poking around our media vault this weekend and found this 24-second gem of Palmer, Alaska’s Frank Knapp at the 2014 Valdez Fly-In & Airshow. Post by General Aviation News. Who needs an aircraft carrier when you can take-off in 41-feet and land in 35-feet. The 2015 edition is set for May 9-10.
Video: Red Flag Arrivals
“Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air, space, and cyber forces of the United States and its allies.” Airailimages happened to be on the approach end of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas and filmed the arrival sequence of some of participants. More than 125 aircraft participated in the January […]
Video: B-17s at Chino
Lyon Air Museum‘s B-17G “Fuddy Duddy II”, and the CAF‘s B-17G “Sentimental Journey” each made an appearance at the 2014 Planes of Fame Air Show. The 2015 air show is scheduled for May 2-3 at the Chino Airport. Sit back and enjoy 4+ minutes of big iron fly-bys…
Video: Learning aerobatics from an SR-71 pilot
Jim (Smitty) Smith of OpenAirNet.com, TheHDPilot.com, and FunPlacesToFly.com, sent us this video of Gene Lee, one of the company’s employees, getting a lesson in aerobatics in his RV-7 from Rich Graham, a former SR-71 pilot.
Video: The Hangar Hotel
Intrigued by Karin Leperi’s recent story, Fly-in for a World War II immersion in Fredericksburg, Texas, but want to see more before filing your flight plan? The folks at FunPlacestoFly.com sent us this video that shows not only the Hangar Hotel, but also the inside of the FBO at Gillespie County Airport, the Airport Diner and […]
Our readers’ favorite destinations
We recently reached out to our readers to ask them their favorite destinations. Here’s what a few of them had to say: Tori Williams: I have always loved visiting airports with restaurants on the field. My favorite airport restaurant so far has been Sky Galley at Lunken Field near Cincinnati, Ohio. The airport has a lot of […]
Wings over Kenya
By TUCKER AXUM III I entered this world with an adventurous spirit, but my true passion for flying didn’t fully emerge until 17 years later, when I was a high school student and my friend Jared Guillory gifted me with Microsoft’s Flight Simulator. I invested hours exploring the physics of flight, deciphering the multitude of […]