I
love the smile on the brave guy's
face as he takes a backseat ride in
a jet. The pilot hands over the
controls and talks him through a
roll, first to the left, then to the
right. Very cool.
Now
watch Bob Hoover as he turns the
engines off and flies his plane like
a glider [9MB]:
And
now for some really crazy stuff,
like the pilot doing an intentional
stall, which I learned is a standard
training procedure [22MB]:
http://www.bassfiles.net/stall.wmv
Radar
track of FedEx planes flying to
their Memphis hub. There's nasty
weather approaching the airport
(watch the colors) and the black
arrows are the planes. Pay attention
as the airplanes are diverted when
the heaviest cell of the storm hits
the airport. If you watch carefully,
you'll see some of the planes almost
hovering while waiting for the storm
to pass. Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRcDvJE5HZ8
Flying Through a Storm: A combat
mission flies through a thunderstorm
while over Iraq. Things start
getting intense at about 4:30
minutes in this 9-minute video, shot
by one of the crew members:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sA-Hk_jnPg