HD Video! Sean Tucker Onboard Cam: Takeoff To Touchdown At Manassas 2012

 I never get tired of seeing a great onboard video of a great aerobatic pilot on a day with great weather, do you? I sure hope you don't cuz if you do there's something very wrong with your avgeekery. This video is from May 12th at the Manassas Wings-Wheels & Warriors Airshow and the camera is mounted in front and above the windshield (unlike the amazing Chicago 2010 video mounted inside the cockpit) - you get a little engine and wind noise here but no audio of Sean. 

 It looks like the weather was beautiful that day and Sean and the Oracle Challenger III didn't miss a beat. The video is the entire routine from takeoff to touchdown, so if you don't have 13 minutes to invest in this video, skip up to 2:30 for smoke-on and enjoy the ride. I especially like the rolling tail slide (torque roll if you're not old school like me) that starts at 6:20, and also the very high angle of attack ride around the super tight loop that starts at 7:50 - it's so cool to see the smoke indicate that insane angle of attack on the way around that loop. You can thank the 400hp under the hood and that big fan up front to pull off a maneuver like that!

 The whole video is an awesome and wild ride, I highly encourage you to take it all in... especially if getting to an airshow somewhere this weekend isn't in your plans. You can feel like you went to one just by watching this 13 minute video!

(to watch in HD: hit play and then pause - then look for the 'gear' icon in the lower 
right of the video window & select 1080p... click 'fullscreen' and enjoy!)

Video screenshot of Sean Tucker in the Oracle Challenger III at Manassas 2012