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Red Bull Air Race 2009 Final in Barcelona

This coming weekend, the Red Bull Air Race 2009 season finale will take place in Barcelona, Spain.

Barcelona is expected to be one of the most challenging races so far this year. With the track located on an open coastline, nature will play a role in the outcome. Sudden shifts in wind direction and ocean swells which could cause the Air Gates anchored to floating barges to rise and fall slightly will require the pilots to be extra vigilant in order to avoid costly time penalties.

Red Bull Air Race 2009 Barcelona Preview Video

An estimated 1 million watched the 2006 Red Bull Air Race in Barcelona, the Catalan capital widely regarded as one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. Spectators will be able to view this year’s race from the beaches along the Front Maritim when Qualifying takes off on Saturday 3 October at 13:00 local time followed by Race Day on Sunday 4 October starting at 13:00.

Britain’s Paul Bonhomme will try to clinch his first-ever title after seeing the crown slip from his grasp at the very end of both the 2007 and 2008 seasons. But Bonhomme will be feeling intense pressure from defending champion Hannes Arch of Austria, who is just four points behind.

This event will be streamed live on Sunday, 4th October at 15.20 CET (until 17.35 CET, including prize giving ceremony).

You can watch the live stream on the official Red Bull Air Race website or just here on this blog!

Visit http://www.redbullairrace.com for more details

Video – Fokker 100 Emergency Landing in Germany

Today a Fokker 100 (D-AFKE) with 73 passengers and 5 crew on board, made an emergency landing at Stuttgart (Germany).
The Contact Air (Lufthansa Regional) flight 288 from Berlin Tegel to Stuttgart reported landing gear problems during approach.
After several unsuccessfull attempts to unlock the gear, the pilot decided to carry out the emergency landing. The aircraft landed on a foam carpet. The Fokker 100 had just been acquired by Contact Air, entering service on 1 September 2009.
Nobody was seriously injured.

Raw video by AP

Red Bull Air Race Portugal Live Stream

This weekend, another Red Bull Air Race is taking place in Porto (Portugal). The Portuguese city on the Douro River will be hosting the race for the third year. Last year a total of one million spectators watched the world’s best pilots in action during the two days, making it one of the biggest crowds ever at a sporting event in Portugal.

This year Qualifying takes place on Saturday 12 September at 14:30 local time followed by Race Day on Sunday 13 September starting at 14:00.

The Red Bull Air Race in Porto, Portugal, on 13th September will be streamed live on
www.redbullairrace.com

Schedule: 9:50AM EST / 13:50 GMT, 13th September, 2009.

Portugal 2009 Preview Video

Video – Cold War Bomber Accidentally Took Off

A British Handley Page Victor Cold War Bomber, that was retired in 1993 accidentally took off during a photo shooting at Bruntingthorpe Airfield (England). The Victor was only meant to have slowly taxied down the runway and stop for a photoshoot, but the co-pilot had accidentally slammed on the throttle, sending it 150ft up into the sky.

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The 70 year old retired RAF pilot, who last flew a Victor in the 1980s, wrestled with the plane’s controls to steer it away from potential disaster.

He landed on one wheel and in a cloud of dust, but without a scratch – on grass at the end of the runway.
Hailed a hero after an inquiry into the near disaster he said it was “the most terrifying nine seconds of my life”. “I was petrified. There wasn’t time to think about anything. Everything was pure instinct on that day. It all happened extremely fast. I was shouting at the co-pilot to pull the throttle back. For some reason he never did and I saw the nose rise into the air, I thought ‘Oh God here we go, how are we going to get out of this one?”

“So I had to make a snap decision: “Do I try to land the plane or do I fly round in a circle and land properly?”
“I put the nose down and noticed that we were well and truly airborne but because of the crosswind we were not over the runway.”
“I thought, ‘where are we and what can we do to rescue the situation?”
“Thankfully, I managed to pitch the plane back towards the runway and away from any spectators.”
“My only concern was getting the plane down as quickly and safely as possible.”
“Although I touched down on the grass I still managed to keep it under control. All that was left to do was get out and kiss the ground.”
“Nobody could really believe what had happened. There were people slapping me on the back and congratulating me on not crashing the thing and ruining the day.”

Read the full story at (many photos included):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211925/Hero-pilot-averted-air-disaster-pilot-hit-throttle-giant-bomb…

Video – Su-27 Crashes At Polish Air Show

On Sunday, a Suchoi Su-27 operated by Belarussian Air Force crashed during Radom Air Show in Poland. It’s believed that the crash was caused by a bird strike. Both pilots did not eject and were killed.

Just a few weeks ago 2 Suchoi Su-27 collided near Moscow during a training flight for Maks 2009 Air Show, killing 1 pilot and 1 person on the ground.

NTSB Investigation Videos on YouTube

YouTube user “airboyd” recently posted some very interesting NTSB Investigation videos on YouTube.
The NTSB aviation safety videos contain animations about dangerous runway incursion and accidents during landing, like FedEx 647 that caught fire after gear collapse on December 2003 or the Colgan 3407 crash.

All of these videos are grouped into a video playlist. You may watch this in the player below. You can scroll through the playlist using the left and right arrows.