The F-15 was born from the difficult lessons learned during the Vietnam War. In the late 1950s, Air Force planners were confident that the advent of powerful new radars and long-range air-to-air missiles... continue reading
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Roger Reaves is a former pilot and drug smuggler who employed Barry Seal & ended up in prison for 33 years in 26 different prisons, in 7 different countries spanning 4 continents. His friends and associates... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 2 years 11 months ago • 5 views • 2:39:50In this episode of Forgotten Failures, I take a look back at the long forgotten TV spinoff of "Blazing Saddles". This sitcom tried to capture the humor and success of the film that inspired it but would... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 941 views • 7:36On a hike looking for rare limestone endemic plants in Death Valley, we spotted the wreckage of a plane! After several hours of hiking and many interesting plants, we managed to scramble over to the wreck.... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 3 weeks ago • 1,776 views • 5:01What if a Passenger was the ONLY one left to land the plane? Could a passenger theoretically do it, without ANY previous knowledge or training? In todays Special video, I will go through the required... continue reading
posted by BSR 4 years 7 months ago • 25 views • 31:56YouTube description: Discover what happened when an RAF pilot ejected from his Harrier GR.1 jump jet over West Germany in 1971 - it made a break for the East German border!... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 685 views • 3:52YouTube description: Something about the Apollo missions always confused me, sure, the step off of the lunar lander’s 91 cm footpad was a small step, but the step just before that was actually enormous! ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 483 views • 14:48YouTube description: Among the strangest mishaps in aviation are those where the plane makes off without a pilot.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 1,097 views • 7:50YouTube description: In 1966 an SR-71 "Blackbird" disintegrated at 78,000 feet. The pilot's first thought was "No one could live through what just happened. Therefore, I must be dead."... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,635 views • 14:09In this video I will continue my failure management series with a pilots worst nightmare. Very few things will scare a pilot more than todays subject. I hope you will enjoy the video. Make sure to watch... continue reading
posted by BSR 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 21 views • 17:05Inspirational speaker and subject of the film Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale explains how he posed as an airline pilot.
posted by bobknight33 6 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 126 views • 10:50After earning our pilot's licence, the first thing most of us do is take our first passenger flying. However, I think passenger management is something that the primary training does not address very well. ... continue reading
posted by BSR 7 years 3 weeks ago • 89 views • 14:52Breaking Bad is celebrated as one of the best TV shows of all time—but every series has to start somewhere. This video looks at how the structure of the pilot episode sets up everything the audience... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 162 views • 11:41YouTube description: In the high-speed world of rally car racing, you’re only as good as your co-driver. As these racers speed around hairpin turns on unpaved, narrow roads, drivers must rely on the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 540 views • 4:06There’s one interpretation of the meaning of quantum mechanics that manages to skip a lot of the unphysical weirdness of the mainstream interpretations: it's de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave theory.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 23 views • 16:32Silicone oil droplets provide a physical realization of pilot wave theories. -yt
posted by eric3579 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 798 views • 7:41YouTube: Seriously, I really wanted to be a fighter pilot but the eye thing was a thing back then. Fortunately for you guys, if you're young and want to be a pilot.... and are willing to work hard to get... continue reading
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