Video of the Week

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive A couple of weeks ago, we ran a pretty impressive video of some Alaskan pilots doing short-runway take-offs. This week, we offer up something that can only be described as the opposite – a Russian Ilyushin IL76 freighter making the most of a runway that seems nail-bitingly short in this […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Recounting one of the most impressive feats in recent aviation history, AVweb video editor Glenn Pew recalls the circumstances of the DHL A300 shot by a surface-to-air missile over Baghdad. The crew successfully landed the aircraft without the ability to manipulate any control surfaces. (Note: The […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive An AVweb reader pointed us in the direction of this week’s video as “a reminder of the days when it was fun to be an airline pilot.” The video is a compilation of footage shot by pilots, staff and support personnel on the last day of operations for Provincetown Boston […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive “That runway’s too short for anything to take off from!” — we’ve all heard the sentence, and maybe a few of us have even said it, but from now on, we’ll have to make a slight revision.  The next time you hear someone talking about a short take-off, feel free […]

On November 2, 2007, an F-15C with the 110th Fighter Squadron (of the 131st Fighter Wing) broke up while conducting an air-to-air training mission. This video, produced by Glenn Pew for AVweb, covers the military investigative board’s findings. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive We’ve checked in on the Glenn Curtiss Museum‘s “Project America” before, but angelica4709 keeps posting updates on YouTube, and while we’re still waiting (anxiously) to see the new America get into the air, she’s out and about on the water now: Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb | Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos When we first saw the photo of Capt. Chris Stricklin’s ejection from a doomed U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 a few years ago, most of us here at AVweb thought it was a fake. But the more we looked at it, the more it seemed […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Ring in 2008 with a musical melody and a little fun on the runway, courtesy of Chesapeake Sport Pilot‘s Helen Woods. (Experienced CFIs, take note of that link – they’re hiring!) In case you’re wondering whether these musical antics are appropriate, we should point out that the, er “stylings” shown […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Here’s a little air show fun to spice up your holiday week, straight from the e-mail of AVweb reader Robert Reid, who (accurately) describes the clip as “short, crystal clear, [featuring] amazing photography, and fun to watch”: Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Before you ask: Yes, we have been watching a lot of radio-controlled airplane videos lately. When you see the one we’ve selected as the “Video of the Week,” we think you’ll agree that it’s paying off. Courtesy of YouTube user cavemodels, we give you what may be the world’s first […]