Aviation Videos

Now this is what we’d call a perfect landing. Footage recently resurfaced of an AV-8B Harrier landing on the USS Bataan without its nose gear. After experiencing a front landing gear malfunction, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. William Mahoney had to perform a blind vertical landing on the ship onto the specially designed support — and […]

Little more than a century after mankind made the first ever powered human flight, aviation has completely transformed the world in which we live, connecting cities across the oceans and people all over the planet within just hours time. While it might not seem so amazing as you’re standing in security lines in some of […]

Need a quick pick-me-up to carry you through the rest of the work week? This video will likely do the trick. Shot by a couple of pilots flying over the Judith River in beautiful north-central Montana, the footage captures a one-of-a-kind flying experience over some of America’s most breathtaking terrain. We only wish we could […]

Reddit user Theodore Funkenstein recently released stabilized video footage of the 1968 aircraft crash that forced Neil Armstrong to bail out at low altitude, allowing a one-of-a-kind look at an event that nearly took the life of the world’s most well known astronaut. A little more than a year before his giant leap for mankind, […]

When you lay your towel down on a beach mere feet from the arrival end of an active runway, do you assume any of the responsibility for your personal safety? A German sunbather is likely contemplating that very question after a Piper Archer nearly landed on top of him recently as he relaxed on an […]

After more than a century of flight and thousands upon thousands of airplanes produced, there are some new innovative uses for retired airframes. While furniture and art pieces are a growing trend, motocross enthusiast Robbie Maddison has turned an airplane graveyard into obstacles and ramps made of old airplane parts. Check out the attached video […]

Dick Rutan, the pilot of the 1986 Voyager round-the-world flight and brother of famed airplane designer Burt, recently completed the first test flight of a Cirrus SR22 in Mojave, California, powered by the Graflight V-8 diesel engine from Engineered Propulsion Systems. Rutan piloted the Cirrus to 5,000 feet for the successful 20-minute trip aloft, arriving […]

At first glance the video looks like a fairly routine flight over the Danube passing through the heart of Budapest, Hungary — until the camera pans out and you suddenly realize the pilots are threading the needle at low altitude in an airliner. The flight in an Airbus A320, arranged by low-cost carrier Wizz Air […]

We recently told you about Airbus’s ambitious plans for the VoltAir concept, a proposed electric-powered airliner that could take to the skies within 20 years — that vision is one step closer to reality with the successful flight test of a prototype electric airplane, called the E-Fan, in Bordeaux, France, that Airbus says was built […]

With two iconic military aircraft on the line this year, the Lockheed U-2 and the A-10 Warthog, fans have been showing their support in various ways. One particular agency, Hangar 30, which specializes in video production, has created a heart-pounding tribute to the A-10 Warthog showcasing the upcoming budget battle. And it asks the question: […]