Archive for Civil Aviation

Heli dive

Great way to depart the drop off point. Nothing like taking your helicopter into a monumental dive over the cliff face. Yeah… a pure adrenalin rush. After watching this video I thought to myself there is nothing I’d like to do more than to switch places with that lucky bastard flying that Ecureuil helicopter.

Heli dive

Furious Angels

Meet Jack. Jack is a hang glider pilot and very proud of it. Also, Jack is a member of ” The Ridge Pack”, a bunch of guys that seem to have lots of fun flying hang gliders. Title of the video comes from the soundtrack.

Furious Angels

The Ridge Pack

Great hang gliding video presenting a few guys who call themselves ” The Ridge Pack”. Some nice action there, if you are into hang gliding. Enjoy!

The Ridge Pack

Imagine sitting comfortably in your seat and then hearing this message from the captain: “This is captain Boycott speaking… we’ll be flying to where ever I like for as long as I bloody like cause I’m the captain…”, how would that make you fell. Fly with the best airline in the world… Yorkshire Airlines :)

Captain Boycott and Yorkshire Airlines

If you are passionate about low level passes here is a compilation of some low level action in various aircraft ranging from high speed military jets to big airliners to small piston aircraft. Enjoy the last part of the low pass compilation series!

Low pass compilation no.3

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If you are passionate about low level passes here is a compilation of some low level action in various aircraft ranging from high speed military jets to big airliners to small piston aircraft. Enjoy the second part of the low pass compilation series!

Low pass compilation no.2

If you are passionate about low level passes here is a compilation of some low level action in various aircraft ranging from high speed military jets to big airliners to small piston aircraft. Enjoy this compilation series!

Low pass compilation no.1

Wayne Mackey won the 2008 Short Takeoff and Landing competition in the experimental category at the “May Day” Fly-In & Air Show in Valdez, Alaska. His plane is a replica of the well known Piper J-3 Cub and he won the experimental category with an incredible takeoff distance of 49 feet, and an equally impressive landing distance of 71 feet. Check out some of his very impressive short takeoffs and landings out in the bush.

Wayne Mackey incredible short landings

Turbine cubs

Turbine Cubs of Wyoming are the guys building this replica of the famous Piper Cub. These are very nice little planes for bush flying and stuff like that. Anyway, check out this amazing video of these airplanes in actions… pretty cool scenery!

Turbine cubs

This video shows that even helicopters have blind spots too and sometimes funny things happen when you least expect it. Check out this firefighting pilot who accidentally hits a truck with his bucket spreading his load all over.

Helicopter blind spot