GoPro HD: Airplane Tail Grab with the Werth Brothers

Feel the excitement as brothers, David and Billy Werth, race down a runway in Indiana to perform their favorite stunt, the "inverted tail grab".



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Battlehooch"Irreconcilable Differences"

[MrSleeps]

gopro i love you for making wicked easy to record 1080p of things like this. so much better than regular TV

[rekjavicxxx]

Shoulda been the "Inverted Tail Grab AND HOLD ON!!"

[fifthcircle]

Wow! That tail came crazy close to having some good runway rash!! Pretty sweet video guys.

[Vanhallo]

I seriously would like to know what kind of a person that would dislike a video like this. Show yourself and explain, please. Because this video is simply amazing!

[vinylmikestudios]

Awesome!! I own 2 GoPros and absolutely love them!! The most amazing camera for this style of life! Live on the edge and get it on camera!!! Be a hero, GoPro

[catmatsatrat]

Easily the most insanely amazing thing I have seen for quite sometime

[rmgetts]

Billy taught me how to fly a tail wheel airplane and to do aerobatics during my flight training years. He is an amazing pilot!

[EssentialRC]

Quite clever actually...by pulling the rudder down he puts the plane into an inverted climb out...

[Astic]

imo it's one of the best video of youtube

[aflipz]

plane flies at constant altitude and speed inverted, motorcycle catches up. A bit of precision maneuvering to line them up, motorcyclist pulls down on rudder tip prompting increase in angle of attack; plane wants to climb on it's own and pilot wisely instructs it to keep doing so. (more throttle, and more down elevator)

Poetry in motion and a dream for many pilots of both motorcycles and planes.

[matys]

Watched this like 20 times... Still awsome

[greghmn]

The song in this is also know as "the 22" for the 22 beat 4 bar phrases (2 measures in 5/4, 2 in 6/4) Look these guys up on Myspace.

[FalconGliding]

Thanks for the best 29 seconds in my life..

[JBfromKY]

Watching this pilot now at Thunder over Louisville. Impressive flying!!

[salamander]

This is completely mad. The tail of the plane is literally a few inches above the ground right after it's been touched. Flying straight and level at a precision of inches WHILE INVERTED is incredible!!

[Lime]

that pilot is crazy !! That was AWESOME ! !!

[Azuchigo]

that was absolutely amazing... i expected him to grab onto the plane and fly away but dear GOD that pilot is a BOSS, there is no arrow near his knee

[davidgwerth]

@HunterAtheist Exactly! I don't want to make ANY change in the attitude/pitch of the plane at that altitude. This was practiced quite extensively with a lot of planning. It would actually be pretty difficult to "push" or "pull" and have an effect on it. I can, however, make the plane turn by grabbing the alerons in the wing grab. (which you can see in another one of our videos)

[NickMcMillenGT]

Talented pilot. Watched it twice before I realized he was flying upside down haha.

[Mirraco]

woww that is awesome 1 did everyone notice the plane is upside down and 2 did everyone catch how the tail nearly clips the pavement trully inspiring keep it up go pro guys