Video of the Week

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit aviation and especially the airline industry hard. The major layoffs appear to be yet ahead. Here, pilot Erika Jackman sings a plaintive song about what we all hope will be. Why not click over to her channel and wish her the best?

There comes a day in every airplane build where there is nothing left to do but fill it with fuel, get in and take it aloft. In this video, KITPLANES editor Paul Dye takes us through a flight in the SubSonex jet. It’s a cockpit view of how a flight trial should be conducted.

In February 2021, NASA hopes to land on Mars an ambitious dual-rotor helicopter that will explore the planet’s surface and take low-altitude imagery for transmission back to Earth. In this NASA video, we see how the Ingenuity helicopter undocks from the belly of the Perseverance rover that will carry it to the Martian surface. To […]

In this AVweb video, Paul Bertorelli dissects two takeoff accidents—including the crash of his own Mooney—to highlight how to recognize and avoid the most dangerous takeoff mistakes.

In this detailed video review, KITPLANES editor Marc Cook takes the new Garmin GI 275 multi-function EFIS display flying. This in-flight footage shows the unit in action, connected to a Garmin GNX 375 for full ADS-B traffic and weather. See the full review here.

Hardly a week passes when we don’t see another Giant Scale RC aircraft of some sort on its first flight. But last summer Otto Widlroither outdid them all with his dazzling 1/6 scale Concorde. At 33 feet long and 328 pounds, it required a real airport for the flight at Mühldorf am Inn in Bavaria. […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated aviation, including most flight schools. In this video from AVweb, Paul Bertorelli interviews three flight school operators and we hear what they’re doing to mitigate infection risks for pilots, students and instructors. But in the end, you’re on your own to determine what you think the risk is.

In this AVweb VODcast, former NASA lead flight director and KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye explains why this week’s launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft requires split-timing. It’s a little like driving a really fast car with only a few quarts of gas in the tank.

If the Supermarine Spitfire isn’t the iconic fighter of World War II, it’s in the top three. There are just a handful flying and in this video, Dave Hadfield, of Vintage Wings of Canada, shows us how to start the Merlin and then takes the airplane out for a formation photo shoot.

Beaches and airplanes go together like a salad and a toss, especially for emergency landings. But there have been fatalities when pilots land without seeing people walking or wading. In this AVweb video, Paul Bertorelli examines the risks and offers tips on landing on a beach or ditching offshore, if that’s the better option.