Vintage

A World War II-era biplane flying into Reagan National Airport to promote a film premiere flipped over Tuesday during its landing, temporarily closing the airport’s main runway. No one was injured. Check out this in cockpit video:
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EL CAJON — In the sky over El Cajon on Sunday, a C-53 Skytrooper that once dropped soldiers behind enemy lines on D-Day released a team of parachutists onto Gillespie Field, as re-enactors restaged a World War II battle between U.S. and German troops. The battles and parachute drops were all part of the two-day Wings...
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While the MachNoneFlying.com team heads out on vacation for three days, we offer you some “classic:” stories from our past. Enjoy! Small enough personal helicopter when folded to carry in a pod under an aircraft’s wing or on the luggage rack of your car, this contraption becomes a full sized helicopter in a matter...
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(AIR THRILLS) Click to see video. Video Description: plane taking off. Tracking shot in air from another plane. Man climbs out of cockpit and sits on top wing. Another man climbs around front and below; and hangs upside down from the axle. All this is especially effective since one can see the ground below...
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It starts out pretty tame, but by the end it’s pretty crazy!
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When a World War II-era fighter plane dipped below the trees at an alarming speed, Karie Russell thought for sure she would see the plane rise back up again. Instead, she saw a mushroom cloud. The single-engine, single-seat plane crashed into the corner of a hangar at Stellar Airpark in Chandler on Thursday afternoon, setting the...
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Gliding in the Mount Isa Region of North West Queensland in the 60’s and 70’s. 8mm film from and featuring my dad Garry Winsor and other legendary aviators.
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The Cierva C.6 was the sixth autogyro designed by engineer Juan de la Cierva, and the first one to travel a “major” distance. Cierva, the engineer responsible for the invention of the autogyro, had spent all his funds in the research and creation of his first five prototypes. So, in 1923, he turned to...
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Over the radio, Jay McCombs tried hard to understand the slow, slurring words muffled among the blaring sirens sounding in the background. The radio was poor, and the pilot difficult to understand, leaving only unintelligible transmission and uncontrollable noise to be heard. Controllers at Cleveland Center were now faced with the complex and difficult task...
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Rare footage of the submarine launched observation autogyro, the Fa-330. The gyrocopter was folded up and stored in a watertight tube and would be carried underwater by the u-boat.
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Gyro Hang Glider Tow from Russia – Shumeyko built this gyro glider in the early 90’s.
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Conversion of one C-119B to meet USAF requirement for an experimental detachable-fuselage transport; C-119B wings and tail surfaces combined with new upper fuselage component with a flat surface; lower component with flat upper surface, and incorporating cargo compartment, could be mated with the Packplane; flight deck in upper component; the type could be flown...
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Experimental replica of a 1924 Dormoy bathtub racer powered by a Volkswagen engine. Original Dormoy powerplant was a Henderson inline four cylinder motorcycle engine.
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PUNTA GORDA – After being relatively inactive in recent years, the Florida Warbirds, EAA Warbird Squadron 24, is coming back in a big way. The squadron will host the inaugural Warbird Weekend on Saturday and Sunday at Charlotte County Airport in Florida. More than 40 warbirds, including many from the World War II era, will be...
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January 7, 2010 — Word spread quickly this past week when it was reported that a team of Australian conservationists had found the remains of the first aircraft ever taken to Antarctica. Tony Stewart of the Mawson’s Huts Foundation revealed in a January 2 blog postingthat the 1911Vickers REP aircraft brought to the frozen continent by...
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Two historic fighters were flown side by side to showcase the advance in technology in only 20 years! The Sopwith Camel and the Supermarine Spitfire are icons of their respective eras, both efficient designs that were very effective. The Sopwith Camel was first flown in 1916 and the Supermarine Spitfire made its maiden flight...
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(Editor’s Note: This is my son and me.  While Alex has challenges, his day to day life is just like that of anyone else.   I was delighted he could do this flight, and it is all true, but we don’t quite see our lives in the way the video showed it.) SEATTLE — A...
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The oldest B-25 WWII era bomber comes home from England to the Historic Flight, Restoration Hangar, opening March 1st, 2010 in Everett, Washington. This video documents Grumpy’s official entry to the United States in Bellingham, WA and the final leg to Everett’s Paine Field.
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A captain of the Air Service Reserve, Homer M. Berry, decided he would take a crack at the Ortiz prize, and he organized a company for that purpose, Argonauts, Inc., with the help of New Hampshire paper magnate Robert Jackson. Berry and Jackson then contracted with the recent émigré Igor Sikorsky to build a...
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Ominous black smoke rose over California’s high desert on a crisp, cold December morning in 1962, and there was no sign of a parachute. Della Mae Bowling, the pilot’s office secretary at NASA’s Flight Research Center on Edwards AFB, was crying as fire trucks raced across the vast expanse of Rogers Dry Lake toward...
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Melchior Bauer (1733 – ?) was the son of a peasant and became of a gardener himself. In 1764 he designed an aircraft. His drawings and handwriting was discovered in 1921 in the Archive of the State of Thüringen at Greiz. The technical construction of Bauer’s aircraft is described in detail. It had large fixed...
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The Province of Bohuslän in Sweden is famous for its many rock carvings from the bronze age (1800 BC – 500 BC). One interesting carving is situated at Ånneröd in the municipality of Strömstad. It shows a man with something like wings on his back, travelling in a carriage with two wheels drawn by...
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The old “Tin Goose” airplanes, first built in 1929 by Ford Motor Co., were a staple of island life in the mid-20th century. That rich and quirky history is part of why the local Experimental Aircraft Association “Tin Goose” Chapter 1247 has adopted a project to reconstruct a Tri-Motor. Video Read more
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Landing gear problems cause vintage plane to make unexpected landing in Pungo Another Yak accident NTSB Identification: CEN09FA115 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Saturday, January 03, 2009 in Justin, TX Aircraft: NANCHANG CHINA YAK-18A, registration: N99YK Injuries: 2 Fatal. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected...
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