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Before people were fortunate enough to have access to powered airplanes, pilots supported their flying addictions by taking off in basic open gliders. Even after the event of powered flight, people would fly gliders as it was a less expensive way to take to the skies. And the peace and quiet of powerless flight is […]

“The wings are like an extension of my arms,” Red Bull Aerobatic Pilot Kirby Chambliss says. “I wanted to be the best in the world, and when you want to be the best in the world at anything, you’ve just got to practice more than anyone else.” Red Bull Aerobatic Pilot Kirby Chambliss practiced three […]

Imagine the largest operational aircraft in the world flying overhead for a low pass, as it goes around and comes back in for a landing, and then taxiing right by you. With the 4K high def resolution that YouTube allows, you can watch an Antonov An-225 landing in full-screen, crystal-clear quality like you’re actually there. […]

If you haven’t headed to the theaters to see the latest James Bond film “Spectre,” maybe you should, because you might recognize some distinct aerobatics. In one of the first action-packed sequences of the new movie, Red Bull aerobatic helicopter pilot Chuck Aaron makes an appearance flying his modified Messerschmitt-Bölkow Blohm BO-105 — sans its […]

We’ve seen Yves “Jetman” Rossy conquer some breathtaking locations, and we’ve even watched him team up with another Jetman pilot to rocket together over Dubai. But how about the two of them up against an Airbus A380? In one of the most stunning formation flights yet, Rossy and Vince Reffet take to the skies alongside […]

Imagine taking off and flying around the sky without a fuselage, wings or even so much as a framework around you. Flying with a jetpack is not a new concept. Jetpacks have been a reality for decades, but the technology has never reached a point of being commercially viable. A company called JetPack Aviation hopes […]

Earlier this year, a massive spire was erected atop the Incity Tower in Lyon, France, one of the tallest buildings in the country at 650 feet. The spire, which measures 164 feet and weighs 25.9 tons, is made up of several massive tubes all connected together. What makes the project remarkable from a flying standpoint […]

Back in March, Harrison Ford made headlines with his emergency landing in a Ryan PT-22 on a golf course in Santa Monica, California. The forced landing was successful, and while Ford suffered serious injuries, he was back in the skies after only three months. However, it appears that he doesn’t remember all of the forced […]

Earlier this month, Garmin invited Flying’s editors to join them on Wingfoot One’s first trip home to its renovated hangar in Pompano Beach, Florida. After riding along in the right seat for a bit, chief pilot Michael “Doc” Doughtery let me try my hand at flying the beast. The experience? Doc said it best: “It’s […]

What could be better than a long cross country in a massive amphibian? A group of three pilots recently had a chance to ferry a 1943 Grumman G44 Widgeon all the way from Pensacola, Florida, to Victoria on the west coast of Canada. The pilots chronicled the flight using several video cameras and put together […]