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10 Flight Test YouTube Channels

Video exponentially improves our ability to use picture to communicate 10,000 words, and this is not only one of the fundamental ATOMs but also an elementary and critical element in the strategy to inform and invest. These are just a few of the reasons videos consistently make it to these posts.

Flight Test on YouTube is a bit like Alice in Wonderland — once you go down the rabbit hole, you may not come back out. Here are some fantastic resources and some YouTube channels from FTOs.

NASA’s historic register

GE Aviation

Here’s a sampling of others (with an admitted but unintentional European theme).
Snecma Safran Group

Thales

Dassault Aviation

Airbus

Lockheed Martin shares Edwards AFB

Flight Test organizations generally fall into four broad categories, and I tried to pick a video from each:

  1. Professional Societies
  2. Aerospace Industry and Manufacturing
  3. Research and Development organizations
  4. Test Pilot Schools and university programs

For the fastest way to connect, check out these lists also: Flight Test on Facebook and Twitter.

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First Flight FTT — ABCs of FTTs #14

This column features a brief description, photo or video, and/or reference that talks about a Flight Test Technique that students at USAF Test Pilot School are currently learning. It’s an alphabetical list of FTTs together with a chronological account of what future test pilots and flight test engineers are doing right now. It will complement the previous Friday’s FTT tweets as well.

The goal of the first flight is to takeoff and then land the aircraft safely. #FTT #flighttest

Flying qualities in landing configuration are evaluated. #FTT #flighttest

Propulsion and basic air data FTTs are performed to validate basic performance of the test aircraft. #FTT #flighttest

#Video:First flight of the Boeing 747

Source: youtube.com via Flight on Pinterest

Notable first flights (via wikipedia) #FTT #flighttest

Other posts:
Airborne pickup FTT (used on first flights)
First flight of the first fly-by-wire business jet from @EmbraerSA

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This post summarizes references and #FTT tweets from the previous Friday. What is #FTT Friday?

#FTT Friday
Each Friday, @FlightTestFact will deliver examples, definitions, and explanations of flight test techniques for the entire day. You can view these tweets by searching for #FTT and #flighttest as depicted below. You can also click on the picture below to be taken to the twitter search results. What FTT would you like to know more about?


For more information, you can read the post What is an FTT? or check out the alphabetical index or the FTT blog category for several examples, test cards, and videos of FTTs.

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Flight Test on Flickr and Pinterest — Airplanes by Design

The original Airplanes by Design photo channels have been viewed over 7,500 times on Flickr and on Pinterest. However, it’s impossible to keep up with the people and companies who have dedicated photographers.

So here are the first 6 photo channels (in alphabetical order) that feature photos and (sometimes) flight test perspectives on airplanes. These are also unique ways to interact with flickr and pinterest that you probably didn’t know about.

1. Airventure Group on Flickr
Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II
Joining a group and sharing your photos in it is an often overlooked feature of Flickr.

2. Bombardier Aerospace on Flickr

3. Corporate Flight Management on Flickr
You can add individuals as contacts on flickr or subscribe to the RSS. As a broker of airplanes, this company has some amazing pictures on the insides and outsides of airplanes. Click the photo to link to their photostream.
2000 Bombardier Challenger 604 - CL-600-2B16 - sn 5473 - N303KR - 02

3. Dassault Aviation Group on Flickr

4. Embraer Aircraft tagged on Flickr
Tags are an excellent way to categorize aircraft and a powerful search tool on Flickr. Most Airplanes by Design photos are tagged with flight test.

5. Flightglobal – an awesome online magazine with plenty of airplane pictures on pinterest.

 

6. Grumman and other First Flights by Ole Primdahl on pinterest
He only posts pictures that I would feel comfortable sharing with my kids–thanks Ole.

Source: flugzeuginfo.net via Ole on Pinterest

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Airplanes by Design features photographs of aircraft from a test pilot perspective, highlighting aeronautical engineering characteristics and flight test facts. To see all of the these pictures (and many more of this aircraft and it’s unique design characteristics), click here. You will always be able to access any of these pictures by selecting the Flickr icon in the top menu bar.

WANTED: Your pictures and videos.

Send a message to @FlightTestFact on Twitter to share your Airplanes by Design stories and photos. See more Flight Test photos on Pinterest too.

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