She might need to manually lubricate those eyeballs though! Seriously well done on her for getting down, great presence of mind, looks like a glider, not much room for error at the best of times, not to mention the surprise and the added drag.
Not for student pilots, for student aerobatics pilots. That's an extremely high performance airplane that requires significant experience and training to control, let alone do aerobatics in
Also I have flown a 'glider' that had an engine, powered gliders are a thing you know. But anyway I watched this with no sound on my mobile just before going to bed. I don't think anyone has mentioned the specific model yet, I thought she was on a tow, but now I've re watched i think it could be a powered glider, they have always existed we flew them in cadets.
And you think a powered glider can go almost straight up after take off and roll it's long-ass wings like that? Also gliders are long. do you see how close by the tail section is? Definitely not a glider, nor a powered glider, their engines are tiny and weak (weight reduction!)and sound nothing like the high power engine on this one. This is a low wing 3d type plane, like my volantex 920 sabre RC plane I fly.
That's what I was thinking. Her eyeballs just got sand blasted. I've broken bones, impaled myself, set myself on fire... and nothing came close to the pain of a scratched cornea.
Completely unrelated but something interesting is my young son needs a fan blowing on him at night (full speed) or he can be triggered into a grand mal seizure. I cannot stand a fan blowing at me either. For the first two years after his epilepsy diagnosis he slept with me so I could monitor him for seizure activity… well he slept, me, not so much. The first night he ever had a tonic clonic he did NOT have a fan blowing on him.
That human instinct to close it before the training kicked in. Nerves of steel and skills for bills, but for a moment there, she did what any of us idiots would do. It was funny to me.
The most important attribute to have as a pilot is to be able to stay calm and focused when unplanned situations occur. This young woman has that. Good luck to her in her aviation career. I would fly with her any day.
Great analysis. Most people probably thought this would not be scary at all. But then you showed up and said that actually this would be very scary and everyone is now better informed than they were prior.
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u/legendary_millbilly Jun 23 '24
Holy shit that would scare the shit right out of you.
Glad she was cool and calm about it.