Hi. My name is Corne and I'm a military aviation addict.

And I dig GoPros. I'm also a scale modeler in my free time. There I said it - I like little toy airplanes. I have a room full of them. The month of March has yet again delivered a rich bounty for aviation geeks such as myself. Here's my pick from the aviation blogs: 



I just love this clip of a Spanish Harrier, flying off the aircraft carrier Juan Carlos. As the original vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet, this iconic British-designed "jump jet" has now been retired from most of the world's navies. The last examples are however still in service with Spain and the USMC and also saw service in the Middle East and the Falklands in recent years. It will eventually be replaced by the B version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. For its glorious history the Harrier certainly had a rough start in life. Glad to see the guy in video above made it back to the ship in one piece.


Above: a lot of early Harrier flight training apparently ended like this...




This GoPro clip is just awesome. Showing an F-16 pilot at the office it just goes to show what great camera placement can do for a video. I love how at around 3:37 the camera images start shuddering as the G-load increases in the cockpit.

Both these clips receive my official stamp of approval because they just display the minimalist beauty of the visuals and the raw ambient sound. They haven't been murdered by someone's really shitty taste in music. In the real life danger zone Kenny Loggins isn't playing in the background...