Hat tip to David Parker Brown of the AirlineReporter blog for posting this hilarious example of a guerrilla marketing ad at its best. The video by Germanwings was actually filmed on a easyJet flight. Not only that, it was literally filmed behind the backs of the easyJet crew!
How to improve your steep turns
Jason Schappert has recently created a short but useful video about how to improve your steep turns. As Jason pointed out, the private pilot practical test standards will require would-be pilots to perform 45 degrees of bank. However, Jason likes to have his students practice a steep turn with the instruments covered because as he noted, it is easy for a pilot to get their “head stuck inside the cockpit looking at instruments” – a point well worth noting by both students and experienced pilots.
How to paint a Boeing 747-8
Hat tip to the Airline Reporter blog for finding and posting this cool time-lapsed video showing how a 747-8 gets painted. However and despite the fact that the Boeing 747-8 is one big aircraft that requires more than a few buckets worth of paint – it actually does not take that long to give it a good paint job.
Acronyms to help remember aviation compass errors
Aviation compass errors can easily confuse a new pilot while flying. Hence, Jason Schappert has created a short video with two acronyms to help pilots remember what type of compass errors they can expect to face in the cockpit.
The first acronym that Jason mentioned was ANDS:
- Accelerate
- North
- Decelerate
- South
In other words and when you are in the Northern hemisphere heading on an easterly or a westerly heading, your aircraft will have a tendency to dip to the north when you accelerate and dip to the south when you decelerate.
In addition, Jason also mentioned a second acronym called UNOS:
- Undershoot
- North
- Overshoot
- South
In other words and when you are in the Northern hemisphere heading on an northern or a southern heading, you have to either undershoot or overshoot your heading. Keeping the above acronyms in mind will go a long way towards aiding navigation while flying.
Europe’s airspace comes back to life (video)
This is a great video showing how flights resumed over Europe after the volcanic ash cloud was deemed safe to fly in. I love looking at films like this but I’ve never seen one for Europe, only the US. Hat tip: Steve Clayton’s Geek In Disguise.
Amazing glider stunt over the Austrian Alps video
Hat tip to Rodney’s Aviation Ramblings blog for finding and posting this very amazing and cool video sponsored by Red Bull of two gliders doing formation flying over spectacular Austrian mountain scenery. In the video, skydiver Paul Steiner manages to climb from one glider to the other to touch its rudder – you have to watch the video to better understand what I mean and just how difficult the stunt actually was. In other words, its not something you see nor would you attempt on a regular basis!