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ICON Aircraft Spin Resistance

2012-05-31T15:06:01Z

Recently published on YouTube, this video explains ICON Aircraft's spin resistant design elements. Their press release announced that their A5 will be the first production aircraft in history to be designed to and completely meet the Federal Aviation Administration's full-envelope Part 23 spin-resistance standards once production starts (although it is not a Part 23 certified aircraft). They comment that this is a tremendous safety advancement that can significantly reduce the number of loss-of-control accidents resulting from stall/spin scenarios, which are the most significant cause of fatal General Aviation accidents. Thanks to Sam DeBartolo for bringing this to my attention.

Air France 447

2012-04-30T16:02:48Z

Here is a fascinating aticle from the Telegraph in England about what really happened on the flight deck of Air France 447.

In the early hours of June 1 2009, Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris went missing, along with 216 passengers and 12 crew. The Airbus A330-200 disappeared mid-ocean, beyond radar coverage and in darkness. It took a shocked and bewildered Air France six hours to concede its loss and for several agonising days there was no trace. It was an utter mystery. No other airliner had vanished so completely in modern times. Even when wreckage was discovered the tragedy was no less perplexing. The aircraft had flown through a thunderstorm, but there was no distress signal, and the jet was state-of-the-art, a type that had never before been involved in a fatal accident. What had caused it to fall out of the sky? (More)

Cirrus SR20 Gusty Pattern Crosswind Landing OWD 10-16-11

2012-04-16T21:02:20Z

The Transition - Driven to Fly

2012-04-05T19:25:45Z

The Transition® Street-Legal Airplane is now a significant step closer to being a commercial reality. The production prototype of the Transition® Street-Legal Airplane completed its successful first flight at Plattsburgh International Airport in Plattsburgh, NY on March 23, 2012. The same vehicle has also successfully conducted initial drive and conversion testing, demonstrating the Transition’s capability to provide unmatched freedom, flexibility and fun in personal aviation. Developed by Terrafugia, Inc., the Transition® is a two seat personal aircraft capable of driving on roads and highways, parking in a single car garage, and flying with unleaded automotive fuel.

Trinidad Wheels Up Landing with Warning Horn

2012-03-29T15:58:11Z

This video has made the rounds, but worth a look if you haven't seen it. For some reason two experienced pilots ignored the warning horn that their gear was not down all the way to landing. Not sure if for some reason they couldn't hear it, but these dafetly features are in planes for a reason. Hard to watch but interesting never-the-less.

Approach and Landing at Keen, NH

2012-02-27T17:58:29Z

This is a video of my approach and landing at Keen, NH. I had flown to Keen (EEN) a few times in training but had never videotaped the landing before. It was part of my long cross-country in fact, going from Norwood (OWD) to Keene (EEN) to Groton (GON) and home again. On this day it was just a good destination based on conditions and the desire to get a little more cross-country time. This video opens as I'm still a little far away from Keene and the flight following controller is letting me know that there is another plane, a Decathelon, heading into Keene from the south west. You'll see and hear the decision making process as I ultimately decide to do a 360 to put some distance between myself and the Decathelon. As the controller suggested however, based on their speed and mine, there was never any real concern about separation. By the time I get to Keene, the other pilot was parked and having lunch no doubt! This video has a good variety of ATC communication and is worth watching if only for that. Not a bad approach, although my turn to final seemed a little late, but it was a pretty sweet landing at Keene nevertheless. There are three HD cameras and ATC audio on this video. Enjoy.

Robot that Flies Like a Bird

2012-01-16T17:36:53Z

I love watching Teb Talks and especially from people successfully solving interesting puzzles. Building something that can fly like a bird is one of those challenges and this is a pretty cool demo of a big success. Wonder where this will lead?

Zurich Departure

2011-12-27T17:31:00Z

A very cool video with great shots of the events that take place prior to an aircraft departure. I especially like the footage take from the air above the taxiing and departing jet.

LOT No-Gear Landing

2011-11-10T18:22:34Z

Nicely done!

"The Downwind 360" - Cessna 172

2011-10-24T17:59:29Z

This is a video that documents a slightly unusual pattern during practice at Norwood (KOWD). I decided to include part of the run-up in this video and it starts after I had gone through some of the checklist. There were some faster planes departing Norwood at the time and so I offered to begin my run-up on a connecting taxiway while the jets passed me on their way to the active runway. So when this video begins, I had done some of the run-up in the Cessna 172SP but you'll hear me given instruction by ground to proceed to the runway to finish things before takeoff. Once out there I finish the run-up checklist and it's important to note that after I call the tower for takeoff, he mistakenly starts to call be a Cherokee, and then catches himself. This becomes relevant a little while later. So I'm cleared for the pattern and I head out. It's a right pattern for 35 at Norwood, and on the downwind as I'm getting things stable, just before making my mid-field call, there is a call from the tower to Cherokee 2081-Sierra. As you will see, I don't answer. I remember wondering how I had missed that call, but now it's clear that I automatically ignored it because it began with Cherokee. A few seconds later he calls me back with call sign only and we get things straightened away. Because of traffic, the tower asked me to do a 360 in the patter for spacing. Not sure I'd ever done this before, but it made sense and as a bonus, it now gives you a better view of Boston in the distance and Norwood Airport as I come around. The other interesting thing about this pattern is that the wind had come up after I took off and the tower let me know that they would be switching runways after my landing from 35 to 28. One plane after me requests 35, but I know that I'll be moving to 28. As you will see, once on the ground after a pretty nice landing, I exited the runway to the left as I normally would, which is appropriate. But it becomes clear that the tower had been planning for me to roll out further and exit to the right to head over to the departure end of 28. Of course, he never told me that, so I ended up going the long way, which was fine. So in this video, there are a couple of interesting moments where communication is a little less than precise. It ends with me asking for a squawk code for a flight to Keen, NH. That will be by next video, so stay tuned! In summary, there are 3 HD cameras, ATC audio and some interesting pattern work on this video. Thanks for watching.