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Video: pilot’s-eye-view of a P-51 flight
The P-51 Mustang is one of the most famous airplanes ever built, known around the world both for its important role in aviation history and its unique beauty. In this video, you get to ride in the pilot’s seat of a stunning P-51C with famed warbird pilot Kermit Weeks. Follow along from the pilot’s perspective as he takes off on a grass runway, completes a low pass and returns for landing. Stick and rudder flying? It doesn’t get any better than this.
Video: landing on the dirt at Mineral Canyon, Utah
You’ve probably heard that general aviation can take you to thousands of places an airliner can’t. That’s very true, and it’s not just limited to paved runways. In this week’s fun flying video, you’ll see the incredible Mineral Canyon airstrip in Utah. This patch of flat dirt sits next to a river at the bottom of a canyon, and the approach and departure paths are surrounded by breathtaking scenery. Flying is freedom? You bet.
Video: pilot’s-eye-view of a P-51 flight
/in Fun Flying Videos/by StudentpltnewsThe P-51 Mustang is one of the most famous airplanes ever built, known around the world both for its important role in aviation history and its unique beauty. In this video, you get to ride in the pilot’s seat of a stunning P-51C with famed warbird pilot Kermit Weeks. Follow along from the pilot’s perspective as he takes off on a grass runway, completes a low pass and returns for landing. Stick and rudder flying? It doesn’t get any better than this.
Video: landing on the dirt at Mineral Canyon, Utah
/in Fun Flying Videos/by StudentpltnewsYou’ve probably heard that general aviation can take you to thousands of places an airliner can’t. That’s very true, and it’s not just limited to paved runways. In this week’s fun flying video, you’ll see the incredible Mineral Canyon airstrip in Utah. This patch of flat dirt sits next to a river at the bottom of a canyon, and the approach and departure paths are surrounded by breathtaking scenery. Flying is freedom? You bet.