This is how you explain what flying is...

[FlyingSkip]

Maybe everyone in the world has seen this already, but I just found it. It's absolutely perfect for explaining to somebody who has never flown how wings or rotors let us see the world in a different way. Enjoy---I sure did!

http://www.patricksaviation.com/aviation_videos/407/Ecureuil_En_Radada

 

[mcjohn]

Anyway to see this for free?

You can see this for free:

http://cubdriver749er.com/media/water_assisted.wmv

 

[FlyingSkip]

I guess you have to register---it's free. Didn't realize you couldn't see it without the registration. Worth the 30 seconds---they have a lot of cool stuff, but this is sheer poetry!

 

[FlyingSkip]

your video---so what's the big deal? How do you think they land the banner planes down at the beach when they come in for fuel?! See what you walked away from?!?!?

 

[User546]

Actually Skip, you don't have to register to download the file you posted - atleast I didn't have to. When you go to download there are several server sites you can download from. The first one makes you register, but the other ones do not.

Here's a direct link to the video download:
http://dl4.patricksaviation.com/dl_launch.php?ctype=PA.AV.V&cno=407

That was an awesome video, and I agree it'd be a great video to show people who just dont get what the beauty of flying is all about!

 

[Flying Illini]

didn't have to register either. Lots of good stuff on that site.

 

[FlyingSkip]

There is---I've been saving a bunch of stuff to play for my 12yo when I get home. Some of the best are the French ones---don't ask me why, I know they'd probably drop their planes and run at the first sign of combat like they've done the last few times with their rifles, but in peacetime they fly well and put on quite a show. Not to mention cool musical accompaniment...although the Super Etandard crash with the Benny Hill theme song in the background is something completely different!!!!

 

[mcjohn]

your video---so what's the big deal? How do you think they land the banner planes down at the beach when they come in for fuel?! See what you walked away from?!?!?

Don't rub it in. I finished 90% of my tailwheel endorsement for that gig but got hired at this new flight school at home and can keep health insurance by working part time at the Biltmore Estate. If I hated my job a little more and had a travel trailer I'd be down there in a heart beat!