Join: Jul 25, 2008

Name: headintheclouds46

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Location: GB

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ThomsonFly 757 bird strike & flames captured on video

  • Length: 9:36
  • Rating Average: 4.81 from 1699 people
  • View Count: 776621
  • Author: headintheclouds46

Tags: 757  BirdStrike  Emergency  G-BYAW  ManchesterAirport  Thomson263H  ThomsonFly 

This incident was video recorded by Simon Lowe. 233 people where on board this jet bound for Lanzarote. The #2 engine appears to injest a bird as the plane rotates off the R/W. Congratulations to the crew and air-traffic controllers for the calm and professional way they dealt with the situation....

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Very bumpy landing

  • Length: 0:18
  • Rating Average: 4.80 from 241 people
  • View Count: 155089
  • Author: ted1191

Tags: airplane  crash 

Swiss Air jet has very bumpy landing at London City Airport (on the afternoon of 17th January, 2008)

Close call!

  • Length: 2:20
  • Rating Average: 4.78 from 89 people
  • View Count: 99460
  • Author: jerrabomb

Tags: "fear  aircraft  flying"  IL76  miss  near  of  plane  runway 

Most aircraft use about two-thirds of the runway to take off. This is an Ilyushin IL76 freight aircraft taking off fully laden for an 11 hour flight, warm day, no wind....... oh and look, no runway left either!

Slingsby T. 51 Dart Sailplane

  • Length: 2:6
  • Rating Average: 4.50 from 4 people
  • View Count: 1183
  • Author: Bomberguy

Tags: 15  51  aviation  Dart  Frederick  glider  history  Nicholas  sailplane  Sailplanes  Slingsby  T.  T51 

Interesting "old school" sailplane construction.The Dart was originally designed to Standard Class rules and first flew in 1964, winning the 1965 OSTIV prize at the World Championships at South Cerney, England. This notwithstanding, a disappointing competitive performance led to the development...