Exclusive Video: Honest, That One-Winged Landing Video Really Is a Hoax

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Key Takeaways:

  • AVweb initially received, then debunked, a viral video purporting to show an aerobatic airplane losing a wing and landing successfully.
  • The video was identified as a clever hoax designed to promote a skateboarder clothing line.
  • Despite being exposed as a fraud, the video continues to be widely circulated and sent to AVweb by viewers.
  • AVweb's video editor created a dedicated video to thoroughly illuminate the shortcomings and fraudulent nature of the viral clip.
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On Oct. 29, Ric Lee sent us an amazing, actually unbelievable, video of an aerobatic airplane losing a wing in flight and landing successfully. We were initially amazed, then became skeptical, and finally, in our AVweb Insider blog, explained some of the reasons this dramatic video could be nothing more than an (ultimately very successful) attempt to create a viral video that flashes the name of a skateboarder clothing line in front of millions of viewers.

Trouble is, people by the dozens keep sending us the video and urging us to present it on our site. Our video editor, Glenn Pew, spent some time illuminating the glaring shortcomings of this admittedly clever hoax and put them together in a single video. We should have thought of this a month ago … .


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