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| Test flying new aircraft is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Here are some videos that show just how dangerous it can be, as well as some government-staged test crashes: | |
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| 720 Crash Test -- Low resolution footage of the airliner that was deliberately crashed by the FAA in order to assess crash survivability. | |
| 747 Explosion -- A test to see what a bomb really does to an airliner. | |
| Airbus A-380 -- The new king of the super-jumbos on its amazing first flight. | |
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Airbus Autoland Crash -- The very first fully automated aircraft flies into the trees...
Many viewers have contacted us regarding this video, claiming that it is actually NOT an "autoland crash" -- despite the narration on the video. Click here to read an explanation for this unusual crash. Click here to read several more explanations for this crash. |
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| C-130 SuperSTOL Test Gone Bad -- An example of what not to do when trying to stop short! | |
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Caribou Catastrophe An experimental Caribou, on a test-flight in Manitoba, Canada, crashes on take-off with newly equipped Pratt & Whitney turboprop engines -- and the control locks still in place. It was to have been the final test flight before the turboprop conversion was approved for commercial use.
Click here to view a safety report about this accident. |
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| F-22 Raptor Crash Test flying can be hard on a guy... | |
| New 12/23/06 F-35 Lightning II First Flight This video shows Lockheed Martin's awesome new F-35 Lightning II on it's maiden flight, from takeoff to touchdown. | |
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F-100 Crash See the infamous -- and fatal -- Sabre Dance.
This video has generated intense interest. Click here to read some VERY informed commentary about this famous mishap. |
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F-100 Crash II Another video, taken from a completely different angle, of the infamous Sabre Dance crash.
New Info 3/27/07, From Barry Smith: "Great Website. In regard to the two clips of the Sabre Dance, clip II is not really much of a different angle, but rather the same clip flipped over or reversed or another clip that is flipped or reversed. In clip I, the right wing touches the ground first. In the second clip, it is the left wing. It can be one or the other, but not both." (How is it possible that none of us ever noticed this before? <G> - Jay) |
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| Falcon 20 Over a Layer This is a nice video of flight of a highly modified Falcon 20 doing meteorological measurements of the boundary layer off the coast of northern Norway. | |
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Hard Landing! Ever seen an airliner land so hard that the tail breaks off? You have now! (This was an early DC-9/MD-80 certification test. After this demonstration they beefed up the tail section -- for obvious reasons!)
View a copy of the official NTSB report on this accident by clicking here. |
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| Harrier Test Mishap As the intro says, being a test pilot is not easy. | |
| Jet Fighter Being Towed As part of Project Eclipse, this USAF F-106 jet fighter is being towed aloft at the end of a cable by a cargo plane. The idea was to explore this method of launching a space vehicle more inexpensively. See http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/Eclipse/index.html for details. See also http://www.f-106deltadart.com/eclipse.htm | |
| Jet Fighter Being Towed II This is another video of the USAF F-106 jet fighter being towed aloft at the end of a cable by a cargo plane. | |
| Jet versus Wall The wall wins. For anyone worried about what a jet could do to a nuclear power plant's containment dome, this test footage is required viewing. | |
| Jet Versus Wall 2 A nice, clear, slow-motion version of the F-4 crashing into a wall. | |
| Jet Versus Wall 3 A long view of this same, famous crash of an F-4 Phantom disintegrating against a simulated nuclear power plant containment dome. | |
| No Night Flying Video of NASA's all-electric, solar-powered aircraft in flight. | |
| Rolling the Boeing 707 Prototype Tex Johnston's famous unauthorized roll of Boeing's famous jet-liner -- and an interview with Tex himself! (This is a gigantic download, so be patient!) | |
| Russian Moon Rocket Extremely rare video of a failed launch attempt of the Russian N1 Moon Rocket. (It's in .ram format -- you'll likely need Realplayer to view it.) | |
| Saab Crash A failure in the "fly-by-wire" control system in a JAS39 Gripen results in pilot-induced oscillation, followed by a really, REALLY bad landing. Amazingly the pilot walked away with bruises and a broken arm.. | |
| Scott Crossfield in the X-15 Created by Crashman as a tribute to the late, great Scotty Crossfield, enjoy this early '60s video of one of the greatest pilots, ever, flying one of the greatest planes in history. | |
| Space Shuttle on a B-747 An air-to-air video shot of NASA's Space Shuttle being air lifted by a Boeing 747. | |
| Stall Testing the Raptor Whoa! This bird is NASTY in the stall. Tighten up your straps and hold on! (Video used with permission from the good folks at www.Military.com ) | |
| V-22 Osprey Test Flight Crash News footage of an early V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft test flight that ends in catastrophe. | |
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