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Videos
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| 405 -- The Movie -- This is actually a link to their website. These guys have made an incredible movie about a guy who has an airliner
land on TOP of his Jeep, and, well, you'll see... |
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| New! 720 Crash Test -- Low resolution footage of the airliner that was deliberately crashed by the FAA in order to assess crash survivability. |
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| 737 Gear Up Landing -- Wouldn't want to be on *that* flight! |
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| 747 Explosion -- A test to see what a bomb really does to an airliner. |
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| A-10 Warthog Cluster Bombing -- An amazing demonstration of firepower. |
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| A-10 Warthog Strafing Run -- See what the Iraqis were up against in the desert. |
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| Air Racing! -- This is a link to the Red Bull air racing site, which is just about the coolest air racing site around. You
get to fly the course right along with the air race pilots! |
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| Airbus Autoland Crash -- The very first fully automated aircraft flies into the trees... |
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| Angel Decoys -- Beautiful footage of a C-130 deploying a decoy flare shower in the shape of an angel. (This is a very
large file, with sound, so be patient.) |
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| B-17 in Battle -- They didn't call it the "Flying Fortress" for nothing. This German World War II gun camera footage
shows a B-17 taking a tremendous beating, yet flying on... |
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| Bird Gone -- Okay, this one is just plain weird. British humor at its best -- and worst. (New!
Not aviation related, but click here to view "Cat Gone" -- the "sister commercial" to Bird Gone. Do Brits REALLY buy Ford cars because of these TV
ads???) |
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| B-52 Crash -- A B-52 loss of control during air show practice at Fairchild, AFB, Spokane, Washington, ends tragically.
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| (A note regarding this awful video, provided by a former
B-52 pilot: "The B-52 in a steep turn at low airspeed loses roll control, resulting in a natural over-banking tendency.
The small rudder authority is unable keep the nose from dropping, nor can it pick up the lower wing. B-52s do not have
conventional ailerons, but spoilers on the upper wing surface similar to the MU-2. The first flashes of light seen prior
to impact is the lower wing contacting high power transmission lines in the area.")
Click here to view a detailed safety analysis of this horrible crash. |
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| B-52 Crash -- The R/C Version -- This isn't as lame as it sounds. This radio-controlled Stratofortress has 8 REAL jet engines, and is nearly big enough
to carry a passenger! The crash itself is eerily similar to the "real" one, depicted above. |
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| Updated 2/25/05 C-130 Accident in Iraq -- Not a video, but some pictures from an amazing landing accident in Iraq where an American C-130 does a night landing
on a runway that is under construction. |
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| Cessna Crash -- After an engine failure this pilot tries to put his Skyhawk down on a road -- only to have to avoid a pickup truck
that appears at the last moment, with disastrous results. (This is a slow-motion video,
and is a huge file. If you don't have high-speed internet access, you should probably skip this one.) |
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| Commuter Plane Demo Crash -- A flight demonstration gone terribly awry... |
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| New! Commuter Plane Demo Crash 2 -- A different angle of the same turboprop crash. |
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| Ditching At Sea -- A hijacked airliner runs out of gas and is caught on video. |
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| Extreme Landing! -- A Boeing 747 doing things no one ever envisioned... |
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| F-4 Phantom II Crash -- News footage of a formation flyover that ends badly. |
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| F-14A Tomcat Explosion -- A high speed fly-by, filmed from the U.S.S. John Paul Jones, is followed by a high-G turn that ends in a mysterious
catastrophic explosion. All hands immediately switch from spectators to rescuers, with
both the pilot and his RIO successfully fished out of the ocean. |
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| F-15 Mid-Air Collision -- Amazing video of a mid-air collision during high-speed air combat maneuvering -- taken from INSIDE one of the planes! |
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| F-16 Precision Bombing -- This incredible video, taken from an F-16 that is dropping a 500 lb.bomb on a safe-house in Fallujah, Iraq, shows
how flexible and precise laser-guided munitions have become. As the house is targeted, and the bomb in en route, dozens
of insurgents run outside, on their way to join a nearby battle against U.S. Marines. The pilot moves his laser-designator
onto these new, moving targets -- with impressive results. |
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| F/A-18 Hornet vs. A-4 Skyhawk -- A Hornet shoots down a Skyhawk -- by accident. |
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| F/A-18 Hornet vs. A-4 Skyhawk (Long Version) -- With many thanks to Bill T, this is a much longer video of the same event (above), showing the accident from several
different angles, all the way to ejection. |
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| F-22 Raptor Crash -- Test flying can be hard on a guy... |
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| Frecce Tricolori Crash -- This terrible 1988 crash of the Italian Air Force's precision flight team resulted in many changes to flight team
and air show procedures around the world.. |
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| Grass Strip Departure -- 9/26/04 Our Cherokee Pathfinder departing from Grob Field, a beautiful 3-runway, all-grass airport
located near Grafton, Wisconsin. Contributed by Gary Elshoff, owner of Flying Colors Glass, www.FlyingColorsGlass.com . |
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| New! Gone Fishing -- The opening scene from the movie "Always", featuring a PBY Catalina, an idyllic morning of fishing, and, well,
you'll see...! |
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| Hard Landing! -- Ever seen an airliner land so hard that the tail breaks off? You have now! (This was an early DC-9/MD-80 certification test. After this demonstration
they beefed up the tail section -- for obvious reasons!) |
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| Harrier Ejection! -- A demonstration at the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival goes very badly. The pilot ejects, and then breaks
his ankle landing right on top of his crashed aircraft. (Luckily it was an over-water mishap, or he would have landed
right in the fireball...) Click here to read the RAF's official accident report. |
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| Helicopter Crash -- Two helicopters go down after clipping their rotors together... |
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| Helicopter Crash 2 -- A Navy helicopter comes to grief trying to land on a support ship... |
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| Helicopter Crash 3 -- A big Sikorsky in a hard landing gone awry... |
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| Helicopter Crash 4 -- The amazing escapade of an owner and his new toy, on their very first flight together... |
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| New! Helicopter Crash 5 -- A Chinook tries to set a giant sculpted flame atop a 20-story pedestal -- with disastrous results. |
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| Helicopter Refueling Accident -- Those rotors are tougher than they look! |
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| New! Hindenburg Disaster -- Not the usual "Oh the humanity!" footage. |
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| Hurricane Strafing Run! -- World War II footage showing an RAF Hurricane fighter strafing a tank. |
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| Jet Blast! -- An amazing demonstration of the power of a jet engine... |
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| Jet Cart! -- Okay, so it's not an airplane -- but it IS a perfect example of what can happen when too much money meets idle
hands... |
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| Landing on Iowa City's Rwy 30 -- Sunset landing on a snow-covered runway in Iowa City after a December storm. |
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| Low Pass! --- You won't believe how low this guy is flying a Jaguar!! |
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| Low Pass at Iowa City -- See the Alexis Park Inn & Suites as we do a low pass down Rwy 25 in winter. |
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| Low Pass by a Twin Commander JetProp -- At about, oh, say, five feet! |
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| New! Martin Mars Flying Boat -- Great home video of this awesome 4-engine flying boat in action as a fire-fighting aircraft in the suburbs of Victoria,
B.C., Canada. Video shot by Fran Benton, and kindly contributed by her husband, Gordon Hillsden. |
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| MiG Crash -- A mid-air collision of two MiG fighters... |
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| NewsCopter 4 Crash -- Proving there is no such thing as an un-survivable crash -- everyone in this Brooklyn, New York crash made it.
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| Oh My God! -- A Spitfire does a low pass on cue during the filming of a World War II documentary -- with hilarious
(but R-rated, so be careful who's in the room) results! |
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| "Precision" Air Drops -- A hilarious "blooper" reel, showing what happens when military air drops go badly. |
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| Rolling the Boeing 707 Prototype -- Tex Johnston's famous unauthorized roll of Boeing's famous jet-liner -- and an interview with Tex himself!
(This is a gigantic download, so be patient!) |
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| Russian Air Show Crash -- A bit too low on the bottom of the loop... |
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| Saab Crash -- Pilot induced oscillation followed by a really, REALLY bad landing. Amazingly the pilot walked away with
only minor injuries. |
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| Schafer, Montana -- A great Quicktime movie, showing landing at Schafer, Montana (8U2). Contributed by pilot John Galban.
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| Sukhoi Crash -- The runway needed to be just a bit lower to make this loop work. |
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| Super Cub Take-Off! -- Ever see a plane take off in just 18 feet? |
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| Super Cub Landing! -- Ever see a plane land on a dime? |
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| Supersonic Fly-By! -- An F-14 Tomcat shows the deck hands
what speed is all about... |
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| Tanker Crash -- Horrifying footage of a C-130 fire tanker crash. |
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| Thunderbird Crash -- An external view of the Air Force Thunderbird crash at Mountain Home, Idaho in the fall of 2003. The pilot ejected
successfully less than one second before impact. |
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| Thunderbird Crash from Inside the Cockpit! -- Remarkable footage from within the cockpit of the Air Force Thunderbird crash at Mountain Home, Idaho in the fall of 2003.
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| Under the Bridge! -- An aerobatic Sukhoi being flown INVERTED under a river bridge. You won't see THIS in the United States. |
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| V-22 Osprey Test Flight Crash -- News footage of an early V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft test flight that ends in catastrophe. |
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| Vigilante Launch -- Catapult launch of an R5-A Vigilante, one of the largest aircraft to ever launch off of an aircraft carrier.
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World Trade Center Attack Videos
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I have debated whether or not to post links to this footage, as these awful
scenes of destruction are not "cool aviation videos" in any normal sense of the word. Watching them made me deeply angry
all over again, and I wondered whether posting them here would be appropriate.
However, upon reflection I decided that
while re-living September 11th is truly
awful, it *is* an important, defining moment in our history. And it *is*
remarkable, unique aviation footage.
Finally, let's not forget that the bastard who instigated that attack is still
out there, still at large, still gathering support. Still on the run. Still threatening to kill.
Perhaps we need to feel that anger again?
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| World Trade Center Attack -- Footage of the first plane making the most dastardly terrorist attack in world history. |
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| World Trade Center Attack -- the 2nd Plane -- More television video of the worst terrorist attack in history. |
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| World Trade Center Attack -- Another view -- A different view of the 2nd plane's attack. |
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Sound Files
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| Great Sounding Engine! Nothing else sounds like a Rolls-Royce Merlin... |
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| Radial Fly-over! Nothing sounds like a round engine! |
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| P-40 Warhawk Fly-By A unique sound, indeed. |
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| P-51 Mustang Fly-By Another Mustang engine recording... |
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| Starting a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 -- 28 cylinders? Now THAT is a radial engine! |
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| Turboprop Start-Up -- A great .wav file of a a 250-C20 gas turbine engine starting.
(This engine powers light helicopters like the Hughes 500 and Bell Jet Ranger, and was originally built by Detroit Diesel
Allison. It is now manufactured by Rolls Royce. It weighs 158 pounds and puts out 427 shaft horsepower.) |
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| The Mighty Cherokee The sound of a 4-cylinder Lycoming O-320 flying over... |
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| Twin Commander Start-up A JetProp with TFE331-10 engines starting! |
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