One of the most challenging, but rewarding tasks in the flight training process is learning to land. This video shows the basic procedure for landing a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, with exciting footage shot from all around and inside the aircraft during a normal landing. This is a small segment from Sporty’s Pilot Shop’s 14 Hour [...]
Until 1965, if you wanted to have fun flying, you found an old Cub or Champ and took to the sky. Airport coffee shops were well attended on weekends. A few pilots (who did mostly corporate flying) decided that there had to be some way to have more fun flying. Most private pilots were happy just to log a few hours every weekend, but three pilots from the Chicago area (Charles Roloff, Carl Unger, and Bob Liposky) had something more extreme in mind when they invented the Breezy.
Part 2 of a Collection of aircraft crashes… from military to civilian aviation.. part 1 www.youtube.com … Aircraft planes jets military f-1 f-2 f-22 f-15 f-16 f104 f-14 f-35 a-10 mig-29 mig mig-21 su-27 su35 su30 su34 bf2 b1 b2 f117 mirage phantom f4 a6 tomcat harrier av8b helicopter airshow ejections raptor eagle falcon viper [...]
www.avweb.com Glenn Pew reports on the Yuneec E430 Chinese Electric Airplane 54 hp two seat aircraft currently undergoing first flight and flight tests, summer 2009. Yuneec joins Randall Fishman’s ElectraFlyer-C in taking the first steps toward practical electric flight on the eve of the unveiling of Solar Impulse — an enormous aircraft that seeks to [...]
www.avweb.com Glenn Pew reports on the Yuneec E430 Chinese Electric Airplane 54 hp two seat aircraft currently undergoing first flight and flight tests, summer 2009. Yuneec joins Randall Fishman’s ElectraFlyer-C in taking the first steps toward practical electric flight on the eve of the unveiling of Solar Impulse — an enormous aircraft that seeks to [...]
Mojave’s dry desert climate and acres of available open space makes the Mojave Air and Space Port an ideal location for aircraft storage. Numerous large Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed, and Airbus aircraft owned by major airlines are stored on site. Some aircraft reach the end of their useful lifetime and are scrapped at Mojave. Others [...]
Movie Trailer. Experience the adventure of becoming a Sport Pilot and flying a fixed wing, 3-axis aircraft. Learn what it takes to get a sport pilot certificate and experience the excitement and adventure of becoming a pilot flying a fixed wing, 3-axis (airplane) light-sport aircraft. Join instructor Jeff Reynolds as he takes Paul Hamilton through [...]
If you’ve had an airplane or aviation accident anywhere in California, from San Diego to Orange County, or from Santa Barbara to Palm Springs, or at any other Southern California airport including Carlsbad, Chico, Imperial, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Ontario, San Luis Obispo, Santa Ana, Santa Maria, Palmdale, Camarillo, Chino, Compton, El Monte, Hawthorne, La [...]