from the editor's desk : aerospace

Wow. Audio tape of the King Air flight after the pilot died at the controls

Lee_Teschler — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:21:00 GMT

Here is what a hair-raising situation sounds like. The FAA has released tapes of the conversations between air traffic controllers and the private pilot who successfully landed a twin-engine King Air in Florida recently after the pilot died at the controls. This tape covers the first 14 minutes of radio calls. Here it is:

http://ms2.naplesnews.com/npdn/content/static/pilot.mp3

for your video viewing pleasure - F-35 in VSTOL mode

Lee_Teschler — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:38:00 GMT

This was recently passed on to me. It is supposedly recently declassified footage of the F-35 in VSTOL takeoff and landing modes.

when an F-16 flies within 10 ft of private prop plane

Lee_Teschler — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:14:00 GMT

The link below takes you to an audio/video clip showing the ATC radar screen readout and the radio exchange that happened when a private pilot minding his own business got buzzed by an F-16 pilot. The private pilot is obviously hopping mad. He claims the F-16 came within 10 feet of him and did so on purpose. The clip, from AVwebBIZ, goes on to say the F-16 pilot got reprimanded for this little stunt.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusivevids/ExclusiveVideo_F16InterceptsJetTurboprop_MOA_198263-1.html

How can an F-15 break up in mid air? cool video explanation

Lee_Teschler — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:23:00 GMT

The folks at Avweb produced an interesting video about the break up of an F-15 during a training flight. The explanation of what went wrong and the problem is quite illuminating.

(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1037-full.html#196998)

amazing Thunderbirds crash photo - how it happened

Lee_Teschler — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:40:00 GMT

The folks at avweb did a good job looking up the origins of this photo and turning it into an interesting video. It is a good analysis of how aerobatic accidents can happen.

(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1028-full.html#196908)

When we first saw the photo of Capt. Chris Stricklin's ejection from a doomed U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 a few years ago, most of us here at AVweb thought it was a fake. But the more we looked at it, the more it seemed possible that someone had actually snapped Stricklin's moment of truth in what must be one of the greatest aviation photos ever shot. Well, it wasn't long before we learned that Staff Sgt.

Bennie J. Dennis III had actually captured the drama at an air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. In this week's AVweb original video, Video Editor Glenn Pew looks at the circumstances surrounding the dramatic accident -- combining still photos, in-cockpit and outside-of-cockpit video, and narration including the investigation's findings and changes in procedure for the T-birds.

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http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1028-full.html#196908