This is a video of airplane mechanic Max discussing what is and isn’t an airplane window, including a synopsis of ‘The Window On The West’, chapter 5 from the second book of The Two Towers in the Lord of The Rings series. Was it necessary to bring Tolkien into a
This is a video of NASA’s giant Super Guppy turboprop plane landing in Huntsville, Alabama (where I grew up), carrying the heat shield for the Artemis I Orion spacecraft. The massive, bulbous plane features a cargo area measuring 25′ x 25′ x 110′, with the entire plane hinging open behind
This is a video of pilot and former Australian Bachelor Jimmy Nicholson on his honeymoon and experiencing some intense turbulence while riding in the back of a plane with his wife Holly Kingston (who he picked on the show, and married two years later). Wait — but if you’re back
17 months of design and experimentation in the making, this is a video of Youtuber Think Flight setting the world record for largest rubber band powered airplane, with a 16-foot wingspan flying machine. That’s cool, all my rubber band airplanes always ended up on the roof and me crying about
These are two videos taken aboard an Asiana Airlines flight to Daegu, South Korea, where a passenger in his 30’s decided to open an emergency door mid-flight. The plane was able to land safely, and the man admitted to authorities he opened the door, but didn’t provide a reason why.
This is a video from Youtuber Animagraffs detailing what every button, switch, knob, screen, lever, and control device in a modern airliner cockpit does. SPOILER: nothing, they’re all just for show and were specifically designed to convince passengers that airplanes are flown via complex technology and not the fact there’s
This is a video of an Airbus A321neo operated by Wizz Air (like pissing in the wind) making a spectacularly low landing at Greece’s Skiathos Airport. Yikes. You know, I have friends who have traveled to Greece specifically to witness this themselves, none of which I would feel comfortable with
Because apparently Red Bull really does give you wings, this is a video of Red Bull race and stunt pilot Dario Costa taking off inside one of the Çatalca Tunnels on the Northern Marmara Motorway near Instanbul, Turkey, exiting that tunnel, then flying all the way through the following 1,730