BruceAir Videos

I’ve created several videos with the Extra 300L's on-board camera system. This page describes some of the videos, which you can find in one of my SkyDrive folders.

The videos include sequences of several maneuvers and short clips that show one or two specific aerobatic figures. Most of the videos include audio captured from the airplane’s intercom system.

All of the videos are in Windows Media Player format, which is available as a free download for both Windows and Mac OS systems.

I suggest that you download the videos to your local hard drive rather than try to stream them over the Web.

After you open the BruceAir Videos folder, click the video you’re interested in and then click the Download command at the upper-left corner of the window.

Learn More About Aerobatics

Most of the videos include titles that identify each maneuver before it begins. You’ll enjoy the videos more if you learn a bit about aerobatics.

To see descriptions of specific maneuvers and to find general information about aerobatics, visit the Aerobatics page here at BruceAir.

You’ll also lots of good information on the Web site of the International Aerobatics Club (IAC).

BruceAir doesn’t do “stunts”—“stunts” and “tricks” are for the movies. Aerobatics (sometimes called “acrobatics”—the terms are essentially interchangeable) is precision flying. Like an element in gymnastics or figure skating, each aerobatic maneuver is carefully planned and executed, and it follows a specific profile (i.e., entry and exit altitude, speed, and path through the sky in three dimensions). Although it may look like it from the ground, aerobatic pilots aren’t just flinging airplanes around the sky.

To learn more about the Extra 300L, see its page here at BruceAir.

Stall Demonstrations

These videos show a variety of stalls—normal, from turns, accelerated, and from skids and slips. They help you see the effects of stalls from different configurations and also demonstrate incipient spins.

To learn more about these stalls and spins, see Stall/Spin/Upset Training at BruceAir.

You can learn more about stalls, slips, skids and incipient spins here at BruceAir.

• Stalls in Coordinated Turns
• Stall from Forward Slip
• Stall from Side Slip
• Stall from Skidding Left Turn
• Stall from Left Turn with Right Rudder
• Inverted Stall

Spins

• Stall and Two-Turn Spin
• Left Upright Spin
• Accelerated Upright Spin
• Upright and Inverted Spins
• Upright Spin Accelerated with Power
• Inverted Spin
• Inverted Spin with Out-Spin Aileron
• Inverted Spin with Power and Out-Spin Aileron

Aerobatic Maneuvers

You can find detailed descriptions of basic aerobatic maneuvers on the Aerobatics page here at BruceAir.

• Aileron Rolls
• Loop
• Half Cuban 8
• Reverse Half Cuban 8
• Loop with Aileron Roll on Top
• Barrel Roll
• Eight-Point Roll
• Inverted Flight
• Vertical Roll to Hammerhead
• Tumbles