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Profile: Kirby Chambliss
Kirby answers the question, "What's the coolest thing I've ever done?" in this great video profile from GoPro. The Red Bull Air Race...
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Profile: Mike Goulian
Competition and the pursuit of excellence is the mantra by which Mike Goulian lives. Take a look at the portrait video created by the...
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Watch "Human Flight Artist" Fly Through Ring Of Fire & 6ft Cave
Human flight artist Uli Emanuele made another one of his sensational dreams a reality. He wanted to fly through a ring of fire and with...
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For Sale Kirby Chambliss Racer Just $99.99
Spark Models has licensed and is selling a die cast 1/43 scale model of Kirby Chambliss' Red Bull Air Race Zivko Edge 540. GP World in...
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Skywriter Pays Tribute To Prince
Postive Sky paid tribute to Prince this weekend at Jazz Fest New Orleans. The company run by Frank Scurlock is based out of Flightline...
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Aerial Video Takes A Leap Forward!
No one, has ever before filmed or shot video with a 5 axis gyro stabilized system in high velocity like Blue Sky has done for client...
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Actor Josh Duhamel's Transforming Flight
Actor Josh Duhamel, perhaps best known for the Transformer series hitched a ride with the USAF Thunderbirds that may have transformed...
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The Volocopter
The world’s first certified Multicopter, e-volo’s Volocopter VC200, has made its first manned flight. The makers are targeting urban...
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...So It Begins
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Jet Demonstration Team left their home base of Moose Jaw for spring work ups in Comox, British Columbia....
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Airbus Accidentally Dropped From A Crane
An Air India A320 no longer used by the airline was being transported for training use at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad, India yesterday...
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Caribbean Tourist Touched On Low Approach!
If this is faked it's very well done. The Gustaff III Airport on the Caribbean island of St. Barts is known for its steep descent on...
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SpaceX Nails It!
Watch the first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 make a successful landing on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship in the Atlantic...
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The 2016 Canadian Forces Demo Hornet Revealed
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has unveiled the CF-18 Demonstration Jet for the 2016 season. The unveiling ceremony took place at 4...
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A Very Different Alpine Slalom!!!
Hannes Arch’s slalom flight to promote the next event in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship series was out of the ordinary.
Just...
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Canadian Demo Hornet Almost Ready For 2016
Images of the extraordinary work being done by 4 Wing technicians on Canadian Forces CF-18 Demonstration Team jet. The last look before...
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Meet R.A.L.F.H. The Robotic Animated Light Food Handler
Canada's funniest airline is at it again. They love April first and posted this on their blog today along with the video below.
"In...
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Emergency Escape Chute Falls From Plane
No one was injured after an emergency escape chute deployed on an airliner while in flight, detached and fell to the ground near Mesa,...
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FIDAE 2016 Air & Space Fair: A350 XWB Demo
The International Air & Space Fair, FIDAE 2016, Latin America's largest airshow is underway. For more than thirty-five years the...
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Un-MANned B-52s
Barksdale Air Force Base launched two B-52s with all-female crews March 22 to honor Women’s History Month. According to the U.S. Census...
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A Wheel Problem
A plane spotter calling himself 'CameronMD80' on YouTube captures what he calls, "The Bahamian approach to Aviation." explaining, "I am...
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