Video of the Week

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Don’t try this one at home kids – midfield landing on a short strip in a Mooney, with no “out” due to the pilot’s long landing and tall trees all around the airport. It’s too bad we don’t have Smell-O-Vision yet, because you’d actually be able to smell the rubber […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive In the wake of aviation instructor and spin king William Kershner’s passing, we thought this would be a good time to share a video AVweb editor Jen Whitley had on hand from a few years ago. In this incredible clip, aerobatics pros Barb MacLeod and Max Bell perform a 52-and-a-half-turn […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Welcome back to the working week! AVweb’s “Video of the Week” is here to ease the transition, with a little help from YouTube user Whatmap: Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Don’t forget to […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive After seeing this video posted by skoey on YouTube, there was no doubt it would be this week’s “Video of the Week.” Have a look at the amazing airplane-gliding aerobatic feats of Bob Hoover, and we think you’ll see why: Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Happy holidays from AVweb! Aviation-themed videos will return next week, but since we’re posting this edition of “VOTW” on Christmas morning, December 25, 2006, we thought we’d take a few moments to sip our hot cocoa and share one of the most fun viral videos that’s hit the web in […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Our latest “Video of the Week” is nail-biting footage of what’s often called a “near-miss” – although they’re more accurately called “near-mid-air-collisions.” Watch as one pilot gets a little too close for comfort to a T-38 trainer in this clip posted to YouTube by smkenney7 and marked as being from […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Here’s a YouTube clip that will have you reading through the comments and trying to make up your mind. Originally posted by user meetmrglock, this one has tongues wagging. The world’s smallest twin-engine airplane: Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Following up on last week’s theme of challenging landings, we’ve got an air strip in Courchevel, France that you’ll have to see to believe. Not only does the PC-12 pilot in this clip have contend with mountainous slopes, but he only has 550 m (1,800′) to do it. Originally posted […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive AVweb reader Brett Bohannon brought this amazing video to our attention over the Thanksgiving holiday. (Watch your mailbox for an official AVweb hat, Brett!) The video was originally posted to YouTube by user Gooney87. Watch as an unidentified pilot brings his Cessna to a graceful landing with only one landing […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive AVweb’s Russ Niles was on hand at Aviation Nation last week and brought back a terrific clip of the Osprey CV-22 making its public debut. We thought everyone would like to see it, so we’re sharing it here as AVweb’s “Video of the Week”: Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling […]