An experimental Caribou, on a test-flight in Manitoba, Canada, crashes on take-off with newly equipped Pratt & Whitney turboprop engines -- and the control lock 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. ... (more) (less)
An air tanker fighting a blaze north of Yosemite National Park caught fire Monday and crashed in this Northern California resort town, killing all three crew me
Hang on for one wild and crazy water landing! (Several sources are now describing this as a TAKE OFF gone bad. Either way, it's a wild ride!)the Goose is at n Hang on for one wild and crazy water landing! (Several sources are now describing this as a TAKE OFF gone bad. Either way, it's a wild ride!)the Goose is at nearly full power coming around the corner prior to the loss of directional control, which would lead me to believe the accident on film was a takeoff attempt gone bad, not a landing. It looks like the outboard float collapsed, causing the aircraft to yaw loosing directional control. Had it happened on a landing, the Goose dissipates energy in the water fairly quickly, that it would have slowed down and not made it nearly as far into the sand bar. ... (more) (less)
Watch as a Grumman S-2F Tracker (a large, twin-engine prop plane) departs from the USS Ticonderoga -- directly INTO a huge wave! Incredibly, the plane continue Watch as a Grumman S-2F Tracker (a large, twin-engine prop plane) departs from the USS Ticonderoga -- directly INTO a huge wave! Incredibly, the plane continues on, unscathed. (Anyone know where and when this took place?) ..
Hair-raising video of a skydiver getting sucked out of the plane and having his 'chute foul on the aircraft's elevator. All's well that ends well, however
This chopper crash took place in Sweden while giving a ride to a man celebrating his 100th birthday. Conditions were hot, and the helicopter was heavily loaded