Breathtaking spy plane footage.

Fantastic footage. Let's go for the ride!! LINK: Youtube

Uncontacted Amazon tribe filmed from a small plane

Uncontacted Amazon tribe filmed from a small plane Enjoy ! LINK: Youtube

Site where you can see 17 GIGAPIXELS, photosBonus - http://www.yosemite-17-gigapixels.com/

Man in Kenya Builds Airplane from Scrap

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Gabriel Nderitu, an IT professional in Kenya, is almost finished making his homemade airplane. He researched the design online and built it out of spare parts:

In the end, Nderitu mounted a Toyota engine to his modular airframe. The strutted wing and ailerons are skinned with aluminum sheet. The engine itself turns up to 4,000 rpm, driving a 74-inch wooden propeller through a simple reduction belt drive.

Nderitu plans to make his first flight soon.

Link, Via: Geekosystem, Via: Neatorama

Bottomless Foot Plane

Bottomless Foot Plane - MXin75, LINK: Youtube

Big Depron Lazy Bee

Wingspan: 150 cm
Weight: 1.1 kg with batteries
Motor: Nippy Black 2510/114
ESC: Hyperion 30A V3.1
Batteries: 2 x 3S 1800 mAh in parallell
Radio: Futaba 6EX FASST
Servos: 3 x HXT 900
Materials used: 6mm Depron, some wood, carbon rod wheel axel. Wheel is made of 4 layers of depron. LINK: Youtube

F-35 Performs Its First Vertical Landing

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The F-35, the next generation of vertical takeoff and landing jet fighter, developed by Lockheed-Martin, performed its first vertical landing yesterday:

Yesterday at 1 P.M., after descending from a 150-foot-high hover, the test plane touched down on the tarmac at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. This is a significant step forward for the F-35, as its vertical takeoff and landing capability are crucial to the fighter’s role as a replacement for the aging Harrier jet.

The test began with a short runway takeoff at 93 miles per hour, after which the pilot swung around, positioned the plane over the runway, and lowered it down. The test pilot, a former Royal Air Force aviator with experience piloting VSTOL planes, said he found landing the F-35 vertically far easier than landing older planes, like the Harrier, the same way.

Link, Via: Neatorama

The Besler Steam Plane

A Travel Air 2000 biplane made the world's first piloted flight under steam power over Oakland, California, on 12 April 1933.
The strangest feature of the flight was its relative silence; spectators on the ground could hear the pilot when he called to them from mid-air.
The aircraft, piloted by William Besler, had been fitted with a two-cylinder, 150 hp reciprocating engine.
An important contribution to its design was made by Nathan C. Price, a former Doble Steam Motors engineer.

More information at the LINK: Youtube

Rotary Air Force 2000 Gyroplane

Are Gyroplanes airborne deathtraps or flying fun machines? There's only one way to find out, so PM columnist Jeff Wise takes one for a spin. LINK: Youtube

WW2 German fighter plane sidecar

This beautifully bizarre and unique creation is the brainchild of Hungarian bike builder and Wild West theme park owner Henrik Toth.

The design is based on a Second world war Messerschmitt ME109 fighter plane and entirely hand built by Henrik.

The sidecar ­- or fuselage -­ is attached to a Yamaha Wild Star cruiser, disappointingly the propeller on the chair isn't powered.

Toth's other T-motor Sidecars and his wild west village just outside of Budapest can be seen on his website. LINK

Pilot Lands Plane With One Wing Missing!

An Amzingly Skilled Stunt Pilot Loses One Of His Planes Wings During Flight And Manages To Land It Safely! LINK: Youtube

First Flight of the Terrafugia Transition. March 5th, 2009 - Plattsburgh International Airport

"First Flight of the Terrafugia Transition - Camera A" LINK

"Terrafugia Transition - First Flight Video Press Release" LINK


"Interview with Test Pilot Col. Phil Meteer, (Ret)." LINK


"Terrafugia Transition(R) At Home" LINK


You can also read and see more information at this LINK.

{NEW} Multiple Shots of Plane Landing in Hudson River, NY

{NEW} From Security Cameras at a NY Pier showing multiple Shots of US Airways 1549 Landing in the Hudson River. LINK: Youtube

Extra 300 Flying Team - Fly/In Cruise/In

Team Aviation Financial - Extra 300 Flying Team performs at the annual Fly/In Cruise/In - Marion, Indiana (MZZ)
Marcus Schrenker - Team Leader & Pilot
Kevin Hudson - Pilot.

LINK: Youtube

Hamburg - A320 nearly crashed during crosswind approach

On March 1st 2008, passengers aboard an A320 had a close call when their plane nearly crashed landed during severe crosswinds as they approached a Hamburg airport. LINK, Via: Liveleak