Almost unbelievably dangerously low fly by...If the FAA could read the N numbers, someone would almost certainly be having a conversation with a FAA safety office...

posted by SFOGuy 1 decade 9 months 3 weeks ago • 812 views

Here’s a pilot landing a plane in rainy and windy conditions on the Flores island, part of the Azores archipelago, Portugal. (dailypicks)

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 8 months 1 week ago • 1,036 views • 36 secs

YouTube Description: The amazing 6 engined Antonov 225 at Manchester Airport EGCC.26 June 2013

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 583 views • 3:55

An Egyptian Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo plane performs an emergency belly-landing at an undisclosed airport… (dailypicks)

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,104 views • 1:00

What gets me is the way that the wings bend in some of the take-offs......these pilots must have nerves of steel.

posted by Barseps 1 decade 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,009 views • 11:02

"No, this is a question ! Have you been cleared into the ramp !! Air china 981"

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 7 months 3 weeks ago • 854 views • 1:40

The VFA-27 "Royal Maces" squadron of F/A-18E Super Hornets show off some beautiful footage taken from the cockpits and carrier deck and set it to awesome music.

posted by fuzzyundies 1 decade 7 months 1 week ago • 2,009 views • 5:16

YouTube Description: 'Low approach from this Coningsby based 41 Sqn Typhoon. It was arriving at Waddington on the Friday before the airshow weekend, to take part in the static displays. Well this came... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 7 months 1 week ago • 927 views • 28 secs

The Myasishchev VM-T Atlant (Russian: Мясищев ВМ-Т «Атлант», with the "VM-T" ("BM-T") standing for Vladimir Myasishchev -- Transport) was a variant of Myasishchev's M-4 Molot bomber (the... continue reading

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 6 months ago • 858 views • 59 secs

This new cool 3D visualization shows all the airplanes that go through the five major air spaces over the North Atlantic during a 24 hour period.

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 5 months 1 week ago • 1,454 views • 1:52

Not much more to see after the 0:48 mark --- Two planes had a near-miss on a runway in Barcelona’s El Prat airport and the incident was caught on camera. The footage shows an Utair Boeing 767-300... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 4 months 3 weeks ago • 635 views • 2:17

Terror threats that delayed two airplanes at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport this week prompted an intense exchange between the irate American Airlines pilot and the control tower. ... continue reading

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 4 months 3 weeks ago • 2,019 views • 1:15

The Blue Angels show in St. Louis, MO on May 4, 2014. Source YouTube

posted by cricket 1 decade 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,672 views • 39 secs

restocking a remote lake from a plane

posted by newtboy 1 decade 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,714 views • 29 secs

After the recent loss of an aeroplane due to incapacitated crew, I thought this was an interesting example of how hypoxia affects pilots (well, or anyone else really) from 2006. Fortunately the ATC realised... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,610 views • 4:34

Not only can the SR-71's engines push it to speeds above mach 3, but it can sustain those speeds for extended periods of time, at high efficiency. This is how it does it.

posted by Sylvester_Ink 1 decade 1 month 4 weeks ago • 2,405 views • 5:56

NOTE: Make sure Annotations are turned ON for commentary! (videosift turns them OFF by default :( ) YT: During a practice session this year we had a fuel delivery problem and the engine shut down stone... continue reading

posted by antonye 1 decade 1 month 3 weeks ago • 911 views • 3:22

How to put out a large truck fire with no hydrant available.

posted by newtboy 1 decade 1 month 2 weeks ago • 922 views • 43 secs

Fully restored P-51s are rare enough birds; fully restored with six working .50 caliber machine guns, never in my knowledge. But this guy, who runs his own Aviation Museum in Minnesota, pulled it off.... continue reading

posted by SFOGuy 1 decade 1 month 1 week ago • 1,981 views • 1:26