• F-16 multirole fighter aircraft
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Let's take 40 seconds and look what goes into an F-16 multirole fighter aircraft.... Read full Article |
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• F-35 Lightning II 2011 Highlights
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What a machine! LockheedMartinVideos has just loaded this video with all the highlights of their F-35 Lightning II flight testing in 2011. The video includes F-35B ship trials, F-35C catapult tests and expanded flight tests operations at Edwards Air Force Base and Naval Air Station Patuxen... Read full Article |
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• F-35B Delivery
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Yesterday saw the delivery of the 1st production F-35B that was delivered to the Marine Corps. Take a quick look here.... Read full Article |
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• On-Board a F-16
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Compliments of the season to everyone following this vlog! I hope you've all had or are having a good break and ready for 2012!I'm kicking off this year with some onboard footage in a F-16 I found posted by PlaneVideoArt.Enjoy and here's to a great year of flying and video!... Read full Article |
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• GoPro + F18 = AWESOME
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Here's another great find I pulled off the GoPro FaceBook wall voted video of the day yesterday. It looks like 1 or 2 GoPro's mounted in an F-18 and captures the exciting frames during their sortie.Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• Pieces Of Silver
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Beau's done it again and produced a great bit of work in his latest video titled "Pieces of Silver" which marks the last of the videos made during the Team 71 era.Sit back and get ready to fly with the Silver Falcons!Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• 24 Hours on an Aircraft Carrier
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• F-35B Sea Trials Part II
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I just can't get enough of this machine. Here's another well filmed and edited short video from Lockheed Martin showcasing the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing aboard the USS WASP. Interesting fact, during the week of testing onboard the USS WASP the F-35B carried out 72 short takeoffs... Read full Article |
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• V-22 Osprey Landing
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I picked this up off airboyd.tv this morning of a V-22 Osprey Landing on aircraft carrier USS Bonhomme Richard.Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• F-35B Sea Trials
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• Super Hercules C-130J
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There is something special about the Super Hercules C-130 that I love. It's a great big oversized machine that flyes so gracefully with incredible maneuverability! Here's a new video that LockheedMartin just released yesterday.Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• F-35 rollout ceremony
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At the end of last month the USAF carried out a ceremony for the rollout of the F-35 Lightning II. Take a look!... Read full Article |
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• Mirage F1 AZ
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Morne's edited a great clip here on the Mirage F1 AZ. Sit back, turn up your volume and get ready to be taken down the highway to the danger zone!Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• X-51A Waverider
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The practical air breathing hypersonic propulsion of the X-51A Waverider scramjet as seen in this video.Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• Full Throttle
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Two months ago we filmed at the Zwartkop air show, From Canvas to Jets, and pulled these few seconds from the DVD we've just launched.Enjoy the sounds and power of the Aerosud Mirage F1 AZ giving full throttle at sunset!... Read full Article |
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• F-35C catapult launch
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Four days ago LockheedMartin posted this video of their F-35C completing their first catapult launch. The testing took place at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Navy test pilot Lt. Chris Tabert flew this mission.Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• C-130 Hercules
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The Lockheed Martin C-130 hercules is seen here demonstrating at the Paris Air Show taking place this week at Le Bourget.This four engine turboprop military transport aircraft is probably the world's most flexible airlifter.Enjoy!
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• RAAF
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Take a look at what happens behind the scenes at the Royal Australian Air Force. The RAAF has been involved in military operations in various parts of the world.
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• Denel Rooivalk Helicopter
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The Rooivalk helicopter is an attack helicopter built by Denel here in South Africa. This short was filmed during the Swartkop Air show 3 weeks back and shows the ground crew preparing the helicopter for the display. Trivia: Did you know that Rooivalk is Afrikaans for "Red Kestrel" Have ... Read full Article |
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• GOING AROUND
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In this clip we see a Sukhoi Su-33 executing a last minute go around. Pretty hairy flying!... Read full Article |
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• Mirage F1
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Here is the 2nd teaser of the DVD we're producing for the SAAF Museum on the back of their air show held on the 21st of May this year. The Mirage F1 is a graceful lady with a lot of grunt when her after burners are opened. Built by Dassault aviation she is a fighter and attack aircraft pow... Read full Article |
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• Rooivalk Preview
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This is the 1st of 5 teaser preview videos we're loading online on the back of an action packed 2011 SAAF Museum Swartkop Air Show DVD Morne du Plessis and myself are working on. We were fortunate enough to be able to mount two of our cameras in the cockpit of the Rooivalk filming out. (Na... Read full Article |
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• F-35C Lightning II
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LockheedMartin are uploading great content and videos, today is no exception with the 2nd F-35C Lighting II being ferried to Naval Air Station Patuxent River.Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• The Firebird
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Northrop Grumman have just unveiled their long-endurance unmanned spy plane called the Firebird. This aircraft is a surveillance machine that can carry pilots which potentially will allow it to fly in civil airspace.The Firebird performed its first flight in February 2010. She can fly up t... Read full Article |
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• Phantom Ray
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The Phantom Ray, from Boeing, completed it's first flight on the 27th of April 2011. The unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) flew for 17 minutes at an altitude of 7,500ft and reached 178 knots on the air speed indicator.The flight took place at Edwards Air Force Base California. Enjoy!
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• F-35B Compilation
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Here is some incredible footage from Lockheed Martin on the F-35B. What a machine!Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• Osprey
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The Osprey recently surpassed 100, 000 flying hours. This tilt-rotor platform aircraft can carry twice the passengers and cargo plus fly faster and higher than it's predecessor the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight. Enjoy!
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• SAAF Museum Swartkop
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Morne from the African Travel Channel has done a great job in putting together a 6min clip around the going ons at the South African Air Force Museum in Swartkop, Pretoria.Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• The Harrier
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• Lockheed Martin
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The F-35 STOVL by Lockheed Martin. Enjoy this montage of this highly advanced fighter aircraft!
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• SAAF Mirage F1 AZ
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A compilation of the South African Air Force Mirage F1 via Morne at Africatravelchannel.com... Read full Article |
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• Bell 407AH
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The Bell 407AH is Bell's first commercially qualified, armed helicopter. This helicopter was introduced to world at the Heli-Expo 2011 show in Orlando on Mar 6, 2011.
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• McDonnell Douglas F-15E
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From Earth to Air is a short 5min video highlighting the personal involved in keeping the F-15E Strike Eagle airborne and ready for it's mission.The F-15E Strike Eagle is a dual-role fighter jet designed to perform Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground missions.
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• The Rooivalk
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The Rooivalk was born back in the 1980s as tank buster fighter helicopter operating in a high-threat, high-intensity environment.Today's clip is not for the faint hearted with a really heavy metal backing track from the group "Slayer"Enjoy!
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• Super Hornet Walk-Thru
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FlightGlobal recently spoke with Ricardo Traven, the Boeing Chief test pilot for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and he gives us a great walk-thru on this incredible machine.Enjoy!... Read full Article |
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• Air Refueling
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Here is an interesting 3min clip as a KC-135 refuels a B-1 Bomber somewhere over Afghanistan. It's a little slow to start but it gets interesting at around 1min10 to when the B-1 comes up underneath the KC-135 and lines up with the fuel hose. This KC-135 was deployed to the 340th Expeditio... Read full Article |
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• Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighter
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Amateur video of the much-talked about Chinese J-20 stealth fighter has appeared recently on Chinese military Blogs and aviation websites this past week or two. It's been reported that the J-20 made between an 18 - 23 minute test flight above the airfield at Chengdu’s Aircraft Design Ins... Read full Article |
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• Silver Falcons Sortie
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• SAAF History
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Today we go back in time to explore and learn more about the SAAF History between 1912 - 1934. This rare old war archive footage of the South African Air Force is courtesy of the South African Air Force Museum.
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• SAAF Gripen
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Today we take another look at South African Air Force's latest fighter the Saab JAS-39 Gripen C.Enjoy!
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• Eurofighter Typhoon
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The Eurofighter Typhoon has been designed as the world's most advanced swing-role combat aircraft. Established in 1994, the Eurofighter consortium brought together the brightest minds in European aerospace and produced the Typhoon!Enjoy today's clip!
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• Grumman F8F Bearcat
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The mighty Grumman F8F Bearcat is a single-engine naval fighter aircraft of the 1940s. Turn up your sound and listen to the lovely sounding 2,400HP Pratt & Whitney engine.Enjoy!
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• The Buccaneer
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The South African Air Force (SAAF) was the only export customer for the Blackburn Buccaneer. The SAAF Buccaneers utilised a number of unique features and was designated S.Mk. 50.
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• Hornet Demonstration
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• Angel Flares
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Fancy some Angel Flares? Take a watch here as four MC-130 flying behind each other and launch their flares. Pretty good viewing, Enjoy!
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• USAF Dogfight
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• Piaggio L166 Albatross
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In today's post we feature the Piaggio L166 Albatross which served in the South African Air Force's during the last part of the 20th century. This aircraft was used for as a short to medium range maritime patrol aircraft. This aircraft was powered by 2 x 340HP Piaggio Lycomming GSO-480 pis... Read full Article |
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• F-22 Raptors Refueling
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The F-22 Raptor is developed at the Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio USA. It is the replacement for the F-15 Eagle air-superiority fighter.
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• C-17 at AAD 2010
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Here is another clip that was captured this last weekend at AAD Expo 2010 on the C-17 Globemaster. I was able to meet and have a walk-thru with Maj. Jason Williams and Maj. Mike Straton which will be uploaded next week. Watch this space. Enjoy!
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• Spartan C27J at AAD 2010
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One of the most enjoyable and breath taking displays this year at AAD 2010 was that of the Italian pilots in their Spartan C27J. This aircraft is exceptionally agile for it's size and pulled off maneuvers one would normally see being carried out in a Pitts Special. Enjoy this footage captu... Read full Article |
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• C-130J Sortie AAD 2010
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Well AAD 2010 came to an end over the weekend and what an intense couple of days! I was able to film loads of video and will be uploading some of the clips over the next couple of days, including a walk-thru of the C-17 Globemaster with Maj. Jason Williams and Maj. Mike Straton. Coming soo... Read full Article |
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• C-17 Dirt Landing
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We're not going to be seeing a C-17 land like this at AAD Expo 2010 but the good news is that I've got a walk-thru with the crew planned later today in which I'll bring you all the interesting angles on this gigantic bird.Enjoy!This incredible machine has more than 1.8 million flying hours... Read full Article |
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• The Gripen
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A little teaser to all attending this year’s AAD Expo at Air Force Base Ysterplaat this weekend. One of the aircrafts that will be on display on both the Friday and the Saturday is SAAB's Gripen. Today's clip is a promotional video I found on this agile and explosive machine. Enjoy!
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• Silver Falcons
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This coming Friday and Saturday is the AAD Expo 2010 air show which is open to the public! Leading up to this event I will be posting a clip on a featured aircraft/s that you can look forward to seeing at this event.Today we feature the Silver Falcons and in this clip there are great cockp... Read full Article |
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