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Pilot Ejects, Aircraft Lands Itself

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In what happens to be one of the most bizarre events known to aviators, a pilot in an unrecoverable flat spin ejects from his aircraft only to find out later his empty airplane safely landed itself in a farmers field.

This story is of the “Cornfield Bomber,” a Convair F-106 Delta Dart which mysteriously recovered itself from a spin after the pilot ejected. Have you ever heard such a thing? Turn out, it’s true!

And this pilot not only flew the Cornfield Bomber again later in his career but he also tells the amazing and odd story that surround this unique aircraft codename. It’s well worth the couple of minute distraction from your day to watch.

So what do you think? If this happened to you, do you think you could fly this airframe again? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Enjoy.

Spitfire 944 Crash Caught On Film

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What would it be like if someone showed up on your doorstep with video of you crash landing an airplane 61 years ago? In Spitfire 944 that’s exactly what happened.

On September 12th, 1944, Lt. Col. John S. Blyth made an emergency, gear-up landing in his Spitfire at Mount Farm Airbase in Great Britain. Unbeknownst to him, airbase flight surgeon James Savage, aka “Doc”, happened to be out filming that morning and caught the entire event on tape.

In this short, yet intriguing documentary, relatives of airbase flight surgeon “Doc”, armed with videos in hand, visit Lt. Col. Blyth to ask him about his Spitfire missions some 60 years in the past. And then they show him the video of his Spitfire crash landing. Footage from 1944 which had never been seen before.

Needless to say the pilots reaction to the video is one of confusion and excitement. We really think you’ll enjoy this video and would love to hear your comments below.

3 Pilots, 2 Airplanes, 1 Camera – Behind The Scenes of Women Fly It Forward

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I woke up the other day to a text message from Victoria, one of my co-hosts on the Stuck Mic AvCast, asking me if I’d be available to film a promo video for her Women Fly It Forward event. Well I happen to love airplanes and making videos and hanging out at the airport so naturally I said yes.

The idea was to capture some footage of Victoria explaining the success of her 2011 event and inviting new participants to register for the 2012 event. It’s on March 10, 2012 by the way and just in case you don’t know, the goal of Women Fly It Forward is to introduce women to general aviation by giving them a FREE ride in a small plane. A worthy cause it would turn out as 185 women participated in 2011! Not bad for the first time.

That event won Frederick Municipal Airport, in Frederick, MD the “Most Female-Pilot-Friendly Airport Worldwide” award for 2011. A second and equally awesome accomplishment. Getting back to the promo video – we met at the airport over the weekend with airplanes, video cameras, and other film gear for what would turn out to be a chilly afternoon on the “set.” Having access to some airplanes we pulled the Cessna 172 out of the hangar for a nice back drop. We also did some filming in front of a Glasair but that didn’t make the cut in editing.

After freezing our butts off for 2 hours filming in the winter wind, we finally had all we needed and called it a wrap. Then it was off to warm up over dinner, dessert, and a live band.