If you don´t know about this clip (also Air Racing), it´s a little bit like loosing a wheel, but without any tarmac in reach. Incredible pilots skills.
If you don´t know about this clip (also Air Racing), it´s a little bit like loosing a wheel, but without any tarmac in reach. Incredible pilots skills.
My brother is a fairly well qualified pilot and after this first appeared there was a strong debate about it amongst his colleagues. Most believed it to be fake.
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Commentary: This video, supposedly depicting a skilled pilot's miraculous landing after one wing snapped off his aircraft during a mid air stunt, is rapidly circulating via email and online. Some viewers apparently believe that the video is genuine footage of a real incident. However, many commentators suggest that all is not what it seems to be. The landing sequence, especially, looks decidedly suspect and most probably depicts a remote control plane rather than a full sized aircraft. The video is almost certainly the result of clever editing and manipulation with full sized and remote controlled aircraft.
The supposed pilot of the aircraft has been identified as one James Andersson. Andersson has his own website which discusses his alleged prowess as a pilot. The site even features an interview in which "Jimmy" talks about the lost wing landing incident. However, there is strong evidence to suggest that both the one winged landing video and and the pilot's website are part of an elaborate advertising scheme launched by German fashion design company killathrill. The killathrill brand name features prominently on the stricken aircraft, supposedly as Andersson's sponsor. The pilot also wears a killathrill jacket during his "interview" about the incident.
The WhoIs record for the domain, jamesandersson.com lists the registrant as one Sandra Thielecke and includes a killathrill.com email address. It seems more than a coincidence that Sandra Thielecke is in turn listed on the killathrill website as the company's geschäftsführerin (female managing director). And, in spite of James Andersson's supposedly long involvement with stunt flying and air races, there is seemingly no mention of his past deeds other than on his own website and in comments related to the video itself. The WhoIs record also reveals that the domain was registered only in September 2008.
Moreover, if genuine, such a compelling piece of footage would have almost certainly been prominently featured in TV news shows around the world. Instead, it apparently made it only to YouTube.
Thus, it seems very likely that the video and the related website are yet another clandestine advertising campaign aimed at raising the profile of a particular company, in this case, killathrill. Such "viral" advertising videos are a new trend in online marketing and have proved very successful for other companies. A Dutch travel company has used another "amazing" aircraft landing video as part of a viral advertising campaign. A video supposedly showing cell phones making popcorn was later revealed to be an ad for Bluetooth headsets. And a "scary" video of an elevator ghost turned out to be a promotion by a consultancy company in Singapore.
In time, killathrill, like other companies who have pulled such stunts, is likely to "own up" and further reap the benefits of its creations. Meanwhile, the video will continue to circulate, generating much intense debate as to its veracity and affording killathrill a great deal of free publicity.
I watch the Red bull events whenever I can. It's awesome flying. Those guys are on the limits with so little margin to work with. As for some other you tube stuff - a lot is edited/manipulated. I saw a killer whale attack last week and the clue to it being a fake is the speed and way that the "victim" disappeared I replayed it several timeas and the male victin just disappears as if by magic (or editing!)
When it has been in this country I always grab a couple of tickets and drag my No2 SIL along he just loves it as well even though he is not an aviator he appreciates the talent.
If it comes back next year we could have a Morgan/Red Bull Air Race outing ?
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Great clips thanks Richard, not seen those before. The slow mo is amazing, those props are spinning at around 40 revs per second !
Looks like Red Bull air race will not be around for 2013, but looking more likely for 2014 - fingers crossed. Saw them on the thames a few years ago and it was breathtaking stuff.
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You know it makes sense! 
