Once again an awesome video was posted at airshowbuzz.com. This video features the Canadian Forces 431 Air Demonstration Squadron “Snowbirds”.
The 1942 formed 431 (Bomber) Squadron was 1978 officially turned into an aerobatic team. Since then, the Snowbirds have become an icon of Canadian aviation. On this year May 18th a Snowbird crashed during practice, killing the pilot.
Ed Shipley, a former Atlas Air pilot and Administrator of airshowbuzz.com did some really nice videos showing how life goes as a Atlas Air Cargo pilot.
Check out this cool Airbus A380 In-Flight Videos. They feature take off and landing of the Kingfisher promo flight in India. Enjoy! Notice how quiet it is!
See the A380’s massive wing in action! Notice when the flaps go up, the spoilers go up ever so slightly “to let the flaps in”. It’s amazing.
Todays featured aviation video is the awesome airshowbuzz.com promo video. Check it out! It’s really cool.
A spotter captured the moment when two herons were sucked into a Thomson Fly Boeing 757-200 moments after lift-off from Manchester airport at 9.15 on Sunday morning.
The engine, a Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4, was shut down and the pilot made a successful emergency landing on one engine.
The aircraft, with 221 passengers on board, was heading for Arrecife, Lanzarote, when the birds hit the right hand engine, causing a flameout and repeated puffs of black smoke. The pilot declared an emergency and dumped excess fuel before landing at 1030.
Source: Flightglobal
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This video is showing the passenger evacuation of the Airbus A380 for certification purposes. For the record, that was 853 passengers and 20 crew members in only 78 seconds, with only 8 of the 16 exits used and in completely darkness! (filmed using infrared cameras) Simply amazing!
What happens if you drive your car behind a Boeing 747? BBC “Top Gear” did an experiment to find out… (Note that they are using only 2 engines)
Watch this cool Blue Angels tribute video!
