Video of the Day – Antonov An-124 at Manchester Woodford Aerodrom

This video once again is a masterpiece by brilliant videographer Simon Lowe. If you don’t know him, he’s the guy who did the famous Thomsonfly birdstrike video. He’s just a genius.

To watch the video, just click on the image.
Antonov An-124 at Manchester Woodford Aerodrom

The video is showing an Antonov An-124 arriving from RAF Waddington to BAE Woodford carrying a Nimrod XV246 for conversion to type MRA4.

Videos of the Day – A380 at Minneapolis (MSP)

On its way to Los Angeles (LAX) and afterwards to Sydney, the Airbus A380 MSN007 stopped by at Minneapolis (MSP). Qantas will do a route proving flight from LAX to SYD on Friday. View the schedule at: A380 to visit LAX and SYD next week

The A380 parked at MSP Airport Gate H7

A380 Pushback

A380 departure and following Runway inspection

Source: YouTube

Videos – A380 First Time Landing in Montreal

There are some really great videos on YouTube, featuring the first time landing of an Airbus A380 at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (Canada). MSN007 will leave Montreal today on 13th November to go to Orlando International Airport in Florida and will return to Montreal on 15th November.
Now enjoy these great videos!

Video – Sikorsky Piasecki X-49A Speedhawk Test Flight

This Sikorsky Piasecki X-49A “Speedhawk” flight test video has emerged on YouTube. Piasecki Aircraft is near the end of its initial test run of the X-49A vectored thrust-ducted propeller (VDTP) compound helicopter, a modified Sikorsky H-60. By late October the Sikorsky Piasecki X-49A “Speedhawk” did 24 test flights with a total of 19 hours flight time. [Source]

Link: More information about the Sikorsky Piasecki X-49A Speedhawk

It will be interesting to see if and how the US Army will use this strange ugly bird. Maybe it will be used for some MEDEVAC missions. It will be difficult to fly for sure, with this heavy propeller engine mounted on its tail.