Videos

In case you missed it, one of the latest aviation videos to go viral shows off a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner rehearsing for the Paris Air Show, which is being held this week. It’s not often we see airliners perform such a steep climb, but this video demonstrates the Dreamliner’s ability for a gorgeous takeoff. While […]

“I didn’t find airplanes, airplanes found me,” Airshow and Red Bull Air Race Pilot Michael Goulian said. With more than 25 years experience as a pilot, Goulian knows endurance and 100 percent commitment are required to be great in aviation. Watch this video to see some of the challenges Goulian faces every day and how […]

Almost 80 years after Amelia Earhart’s disappearance in 1937, we are getting what appears to be one final look at the famous aviator. The three-and-a-half minute film that was found is said to be shot by John Bresnik, the brother of Al Bresnik, Earhart’s personal photographer. It was discovered by John’s son and went unseen […]

For the past five years the members of the Victoria Flying Club in Victoria, B.C., Canada, have been using a Redbird FMX full motion flight simulator for their landplane training needs. The club recently added an option that chief pilot Graham Palmer says is the first of its kind in the world: a full motion […]

What’s more harrowing than a tough crosswind landing? Well, a crosswind landing at night. As we’ve seen, the Birmingham Airport in the UK provides endless challenges day and night for pilots taking off and landing at the windy airport. But as daunting as the shaky ascents and descents can be, there’s no doubt that the […]

For those wondering if Harrison Ford would ever fly again, now we know. Three months after crash landing his Ryan PT-22 on a southern California golf course after an engine failure, the Hollywood star was back in the pilot seat, taking to the skies with an instructor in his Bell 407. He arrived at Santa […]

A very special airplane is about to join our list of cool airplanes that will never fly again. The last flying British Avro Vulcan B.2 — XH558, also named “The Spirit of Great Britain” — with its unique sound and look, is about to be grounded for good. “If you don’t see her this season, […]

Nearly a year ago, Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider helicopter powered up for the first time; now the first prototype is air-bound. The Raider successfully completed its first flight at Sikorsky’s Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on May 22. During the hour-long flight, pilot Bill Fell and co-pilot Kevin Bredenbeck tested the helicopter’s hover […]

What’s the secret to making the world’s best paper airplane? Who better to ask than paper airplane world record holder John Collins, who in 2012 designed a paper airplane that flew a whopping 226 feet 10 inches. Our friends at PopSci recently caught up with Collins at the Bay Area Maker Faire, where he revealed […]

The VE-Day Arsenal of Democracy celebration over Washington, D.C., may have appeared to go off without a hitch. But what most people didn’t realize is that one pilot experienced what he thought was an inflight fire during the stellar flyover. Smoke in the cockpit appeared as the TBM Avenger pilot was flying in formation with […]