Category: video

Pilot Ejects, Aircraft Lands Itself

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

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.