Another fun video

Nothing says fun quite like a scenic and informative flight:

Apologies if this has already been posted.

Fun is probably NOT the word I'd use here, but...

More like HOLY SHBT!

CH-46 catches fire on LHD. Guy films the fire from INSIDE the helicopter.

a reply to: anzha

Skipper,uuuummm skipper excuse me I think somethings wrong up back...

Heres what happens when your camera breaks on a Recon flight and you have to use MkI eyeball

originally posted by: Blackfinger
a reply to: anzha

Skipper,uuuummm skipper excuse me I think somethings wrong up back...

Heres what happens when your camera breaks on a Recon flight and you have to use MkI eyeball

Fixed it for you. Only use what's after the =

Thanks mate..Missed it by thaaaaaaaaaat much

a reply to: Blackfinger

So did he. Hah. They did a number on that building.

a reply to: Zaphod58

They were all cracking up at first, funny how after that first shot no one was laughing.

a reply to: Bfirez

And that would be why supersonic flight over land is a Bad Thing.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I'm actually surprised this one hasn't made it to this thread yet

Wolverine vs. the Viper:

originally posted by: Zaphod58
The circumstances behind this three part video aren't clear. It was shot in 2011, and pretty much speaks for itself.

Dug around in the YouTube comments, turns out I didn't need google translate.

YaropolkMSK4 years ago
+malyy5 @malyy5 The plane was made in 1982. Was in operation until 2005. 29th april 2011 the pilots were ordered to fly it to Samara for repairs. Due to imidiate breakage of automatic control system (АБСУ) right after the take-off the plane lost almost all controls. Pilots had to use the engines in order to make right or left turns. They are true professionals. My bow to them!

Аркадий Флитман4 years ago
+Аркадий Флитман @arflit Pilots are Heroes. First pilot - the commander of a squadron Juriy Rodionov - maked a miracle, he injected plane to the Runway and has landed, use only direction wheel and management of capacity of engines.

Excuse me for my English.

Аркадий Флитман4 years ago
+malyy5 @malyy5
There plane (Tupolev 154 reg. number RA-85563) didn't flying from 1999.
There vas first flight before 11 years on parking.
It is russian army. Command has ordered overtake the plane on factory for repair.
in the flight, autopilot has got out of hand, and pilots couldn't use ailerons and elevator.

Just WOW!

This video appears to be new to me, and it is one of the better one's i've seen in an A310

PS I was unsure if it's possible to embed liveleak videos here. Any help with that?

a reply to: Bfirez

On that note, here's an oldie but a goodie:

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For some reason, seeing airliners flying at anything approaching cruising speeds at low altitudes always reminds me of the part in Prometheus when Idris Elba activates the FTL engines in the planet's atmosphere to kamikaze the Engineer/Space Jockey and his ship.

We all sort of take for granted just how fast your average airliner can go, but it's no less mind-warping to see one hitting those speeds "on the deck", and it feels damned near unnatural to watch.

Liaoning flight ops.



After seeing CATOBAR operations it just doesn't seam right seeing them slowly work their way off the end of the ramp.

a reply to: Sammamishman
Soviet advisors teaching them about carrier ops?

a reply to: Blackfinger

I know they were a while back while doing her shake down. Not sure if they are still on board or not, everyone I could see in the video were Chinese.

Will be a huuuge learning curve for the Chinese pilots learning to dance on the deck at night time..

a reply to: Sammamishman

They even did the "sunrise over the bustling flattop while the crews ready the aircraft" bit.

Someone needs to edit it and set the footage to "highway to the danger zone" at half-speed

a reply to: Barnalby

That was the fourth time the studio fired Tony Scott. They got their hands on the opening and fired him for it being too artsy.

a reply to: Zaphod58

And yet, both the Art History major and the 10 year-old kid in me recognize what he filmed as one of the greatest opening sequences of all time.

That part right before the music changes where the F110's throttle up right before they get the signal to launch still gives me goosebumps.

Such a magnificent piece of engineering, that aircraft was.