Posts Tagged ‘Pilot’

This is a Gulfstream 450 business jet on a visual landing to Aspen, Colorado at night. The right half of the view is the pilot’s normal visual path to the runway during darkness—in other words….totally black except for a few lights bobbing around. The left side of the screen is the Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) which paints the heat signature of the outside terrain for pilots so they can see at night as though it were daytime. FLIR Technology is a great addition to the cockpit of …

This is a Gulfstream 450 business jet on a visual landing to Aspen, Colorado at night. The right half of the view is the pilot’s normal visual path to the runway during darkness—in other words….totally black except for a few lights bobbing around. The left side of the screen is the Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) which paints the heat signature of the outside terrain for pilots so they can see at night as though it were daytime. FLIR Technology is a great addition to the cockpit of …

amazing airplane landing. very close to death. A great camera angle and great save by the pilot. The pilot, Kyle Davis, 22, and his passenger, Joe Surowiec, were flying from Winter Haven to Lakeland Sunday when they experienced engine failure. Realizing the engine wouldn’t cooperate, Davis was able to land the homemade plane safely on Havendale Boulevard.

In this video, a pilot describes his experience in successfully landing an F 15 plane that was involved in a dangerous collision that left it with only one working wing.