Tag: plane

  • Plane crashes on landing at Adelaide Airport, South Australia

    Plane crashes on landing at Adelaide Airport, South Australia

    Adelaide, South Australia – Saturday 27th September 2008

    In front of about a thousand spectators, the King Air B200 Twin Engine Corporate Charter VH-URU on a charter flight from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island crash landed on Runway 30 (South East to North West runway). No-one was injured with passengers praising the work of the pilot.

    The large crowd was at the airport to see the new Qantas A380 Airbus arrive for the first time at Adelaide and where treated to a perfectly executed crash landing of the twin engine King Air.

    It circled the airport for some 30 minutes to burn of fuel before doing a low level pass along the runway to steady in the gusty winds before landing on its belly skidding to a very quick stop.

    The video shows the approach and crash followed by the passengers escaping and emergency services quickly approaching. Sorry for the slightly bumpy footage. It was really an opportunistic shoot with no time to set up with tripod etc as I’m sure you can imagine.

  • Aerobatics with a remote control jet

    Aerobatics with a remote control jet

    Some of the things possible with these jet powered remote contol planes is incredible. This one, specially built for aerobatics has a variable nozel on the engine allowing it to be pointed in different directions and the small wings at the front of the plane are used to control where the front points and to make the plane do it’s unique wheel stands down the runway at low speed.
    Have a look at the video at the 2007 Jet Action at the Adelaide Model Aerosport field in Monarto about 45 minutes east of Adelaide, South Australia.