Learning, Living, and Loving To Fly.
No, he’s not amphibious… You’ve got to see this video to believe it! This guy comes in for the approach to landing, touches the wheels in the water to slow himself down before coming to a stop on a sand bar.
BUT check out what happens near the end of his landing when he gets slow. Have you ever seen an airplane make such a watery splash? Too cool!
Enjoy!
Ever wondered what it would feel like to fly? And I don’t mean as the pilot of an aircraft. You ARE the aircraft, flying like a bird, soaring through the sky.
In this video from TED you meet Yves Rossy, aka “The Jetman.” Yves flies as a human jet, strapping himself to a flying wing, including parachute, and jet engines, flying through the air. You’ll also learn how Yves controls the “aircraft” through specific body movements alone since their are no controllable flight surfaces.
Yves has also performed some record breaking flights as the human jet. Watch the video to learn more!
Special thanks to @Mike_Flys for sharing this video.
Clear Skies & Calm Winds,
Len Costa
***Watch with Embedded GPS Tracking***
In this video you’ll see a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser doing an airport overflight and landing into Shell Lake, Alaska, cleverly hidden in the Alaskan bush.
Think you can find the runway before short final? Give it your best shot!
– Len
I decided to throw together a video using some of the clips I’ve taken in the past 8 months or so. It’s amazing to look back and see all the places I’ve gotten to go and things I’ve gotten to see, but even more so as I realize that I didn’t come close to using clips from all my video, and didn’t even take video on most of my trips. Places included are Dallas, TX, Las Vegas, NV, Raleigh, NC, Beaufort, NC, Chicago, IL, Rochester, NY, and various other locations as we flew over. This was taken from the Cessna Citation X, Beechcraft Premier, Beechcraft King Air 200, Cessna 340A, a corporate 767-200, as well as some airline flights I was on as a passenger.
As I continue to fly around the continent (and beyond), I’ll keep taking video and I plan on continuing to put together collections such as this. Enjoy!
-Jonathan
HD version here
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