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Video: Harrison Ford Recalls Emergency Crash Landing

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 […]

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Video: Flying the Goodyear Blimp Home

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 […]

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Video: Fly Along with Grumman Widgeon

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 […]

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Stolen Piper Cub Video on YouTube Is Otherworldly

It’s a deepening mystery that probably will only lead to more questions than answers as we try to get to the bottom of the case of a stolen Piper Cub by an absconder that can only be described as, well, “skinny.” YouTube poster Gizmo brought us the creepy video of Mr. Skeltal, a decent-enough pilot […]

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Video: Giant Airbus A380 Flies Close to Helicopter

A video is circulating the Web showing an Airbus A380 closely flying under a helicopter. The gigantic double-decker aircraft, capable of holding 853 people, appears to be flying within less than a few hundred feet of the helicopter. The Telegraph reports that the maneuver was performed as part of a promotional film for Emirates Airlines […]

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Video: Skydivers Aim for Wingsuit Formation Record

A group of skydivers from Skydive Perris in Perris, California, east of the Los Angeles metro area, is practicing hard for an attempt to break the record for the most wingsuit divers flying in formation. Dozens of flying-squirrel-like people will jump out of several airplanes, spread their wings and legs, and fly toward each other […]

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Video: Gear Up Mishap on Takeoff

While we hear of gear up landings from time to time, a gear up takeoff is definitely an unusual incident. But here is a video that serves as proof that it does happen, too. A Mooney M20C departing from Raglan, New Zealand, dropped on its nose just as it was about to lift off a […]

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Video: Young Girl Has Fun with Microgravity

Discovering the wonders of flight can be some of the most memorable experiences, and young Léa Langumier can’t seem to get enough of it. You might remember when we featured a viral video of the four-year-old’s first aerobatic flight with her pilot father, Raphael Langumier, earlier this year. Well, not long after, Léa was already […]

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Video: F-35C Hooks Wire on USS Eisenhower

The U.S. Navy has entered the second phase of its F-35C aircraft carrier test program, evaluating the military jet in the rigorous offshore environment aboard USS Dwight D Eisenhower. Pilots and engineers will test the airplane and collect data for two weeks, flying off the aircraft carrier. The at-sea developmental testing II (DT-II) will include […]

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