Canada’s Pete McLeod upset the Red Bull Air Race World Championship leaders in Qualifying on Saturday in Las Vegas to win pole position for Sunday’s race. McLeod turned in a flawless performance under bright sunshine and temperatures above 30 degrees to win Qualifying in the world’s fastest motorsport series for the fourth time this season and the 30-year-old Canadian, still searching for his first career win, hopes that the luck of Las Vegas will finally be on his side in Sunday’s race. McLeod’s time was 49.588 seconds with Lamb in 49.734 and Dolderer on 50.016. Continue reading
Category Archives: Video
FG-1D Corsair Fighter Display
Keith Skilling once again puts the Old Stick and Rudder Company’s massive Goodyear-built FG-1D Corsair fighter through its paces at the Classics Of The Sky airshow, Tauranga Airport, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand. Continue reading
Drone Racing Through French Woods
A group of French multi-copter racing fans took to the woods in Airgonay, France for a trial run of ‘Drone Racing’. The goal is to organize a larger drone racing event in the future. Continue reading
Twin Avro Lancaster Formation Display
The twin Avro Lancaster formation display at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. Continue reading
MQ-1’s and MQ-9’s at Holloman AFB
Video by Airman 1st Class JaoTorey Johnson Holloman Air Force Base Public Affairs Office
MQ-1’s and MQ-9’s sitting on the flight line of Holloman AFB, Aug 20. Continue reading
Smart Atoms Replace Spaxels
Smart Atoms are the latest enhanced and upgraded version of the spaxels, developed by Ars Electronica Futurelab. Instead of being equipped with LEDs, the quadcopters are interlinked as flying building blocks. This will make it possible not only to form visual likenesses but also to generate objects with material-virtual characteristics. Continue reading
Throaty Radial Engined Yak-52 Aerobatics
Renowned New Zealand warbird pilot Brett Emeny puts his Yakovlev Yak-52 trainer through its (aerobatic) paces during a display at a New Zealand Warbirds airshow held at Ardmore Aerodrome, Auckland, New Zealand. Continue reading
World War One Fighter Aircraft on Parade
The Vintage Aviator’s collection of World War One aircraft continues to grow, and periodically these amazing aircraft are put on display for the public to see, hear and smell. Continue reading