Man finds out if a plane with massive speedbrakes on it can land anywhere
Man finds out if a plane with massive speedbrakes on it can land anywhere

In a bid to see if the biggest planes in the world can operate without massive runways, this man modified an Airbus A330 beyond belief, starting with the most ludicrous set of speedbrakes ever. Planes are inherently designed to be as aerodynamic as possible. With the goal of burning less fuel and cutting through the […]

An Airbus A330 looks suspended in the sky, a rare moment where airspeed outpaces ground speed in high-alpha flight
An Airbus A330 looks suspended in the sky, a rare moment where airspeed outpaces ground speed in high-alpha flight

An Airbus airliner isn’t normally seen pulling a high-alpha maneuver

Found footage shows A330 performing stunning high-alpha maneuver into a headwind at Farnborough 1994
Found footage shows A330 performing stunning high-alpha maneuver into a headwind at Farnborough 1994

Have you ever seen an A330 perform a high-alpha manoeuvre into a headwind? Believe us, an aircraft of this size managed it – and the somewhat unsettling video is now here to prove it. It is thanks to a Reddit video that this footage has now been unearthed from Farnborough in 1994. And the end […]