Exclusive Video: Honest, That One-Winged Landing Video Really Is a Hoax

[EHM-1749 Hector]

On Oct. 29, Ric Lee sent us an amazing, actually unbelievable, video of an aerobatic airplane losing a wing in flight and landing successfully. We were initially amazed, then became skeptical, and finally, in our AVweb Insider blog, explained some of the reasons this dramatic video could be nothing more than an (ultimately very successful) attempt to create a viral video that flashes the name of a skateboarder clothing line in front of millions of viewers.

Trouble is, people by the dozens keep sending us the video and urging us to present it on our site. Our video editor, Glenn Pew, spent some time illuminating the glaring shortcomings of this admittedly clever hoax and put them together in a single video. We should have thought of this a month ago ... .


Go to this site to watch the video and the analysis from the AVWeb people.

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1267-full.html#199333

[EHM-1821 Javier]

I knew it was a fake all along since first seeing the video

Interesting read about the Hurricanes and F-4s in the link

[EHM-0641 Rico]

Originally posted by EHM-1821 Javier
Interesting read about the Hurricanes and F-4s in the link

Hahaha, yeah, looks good when you read it, but in practice? :s

[EHM-1821 Javier]

Rico, you're back on the forums

yea, you got a point, but who knows till they try it?