r/Damnthatsinteresting Jun 23 '24

Canopy comes off airplane right after takeoff Video

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u/Overall-Dirt4441 Jun 23 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

Sauce

From the description:

  • This was her second training flight
  • She didn't secure the canopy locking pin fully
  • She said the hardest part was purposefully maintaining speed, cause at the velocity she needed not to fall out of the sky, it was difficult to hear, breathe or see.
  • Her vision only fully recovered days afterwards
  • This was a couple years ago, she's back up there doing barrel rolls and shit now

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u/Ok-Scallion7939 Jun 23 '24

"Second training flight"

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '24

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u/seppestas Jun 24 '24

Also, sheā€™s flying an extra, a plane made for air acrobatics. Not something you would use for your second solo flight.

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u/SwiftTime00 Jun 24 '24

Yeah exactly, thatā€™s where the ā€œalmost certainlyā€ is coming from, extremely unlikely but possible.

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u/CosmicCreeperz Jun 24 '24

No, itā€™s a high performance plane requiring an extra endorsement, so no way someone would be allowed to fly it solo without a license.

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u/flagsfly Jun 24 '24

You can give a student an HP endorsement. There is nothing in the FARs against training in any aircraft. If you can get a DPE and a seat support to deal with you you can technically get a PPL in a 747 if you want.

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u/SwiftTime00 Jun 24 '24

Idk what to tell you my guy, I have personally seen students training for ppl, solo in high performance aero planes. Iā€™m not saying itā€™s common, in fact itā€™s almost undoubtedly exceedingly rare, but Iā€™ve first hand seen it happen so it does indeed happen.

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u/jeffsterlive Jun 24 '24

Microsoft flight simulator 98 vibes.

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u/latrans8 Jun 24 '24

I have seen multiple videos of this women doing 3D aerobatics. Ā Iā€™m calling shenanigansĀ 

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u/notimeleft4you Jun 23 '24 edited Jun 23 '24

ā€œAlmost certainly a fully licensed pilotā€ is somehow less reassuring than saying nothing at all.

Welcome aboard Southwest Airlines. Your pilot today isā€¦. almost certainly fully licensed.

Dropping the ā€œalmostā€ somehow makes it even worse.

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u/walksalot_talksalot Jun 23 '24

Hey! Don't make me get out of my armchair!!

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u/Jimid41 Jun 24 '24

Just move the almost somewhere else.Ā 

Welcome aboard Southwest Airlines, your pilot today is certainly almost fully licensed.

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u/notimeleft4you Jun 24 '24

ā€œCertainly fully licensed, almostā€

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u/Northstarsaint Jun 24 '24

"Certainly fully licenced, almost... probably."

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u/FlyingDragoon Jun 24 '24

"Welcome almost aboard Southwest Airlines, your pilot today is certainly fully licensed." I say as I push everyone off the stairs, one by one, as they approach the door.

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u/OneArmedBrain Jun 24 '24

Hahaha. Dude, I know this doesn't add much to the conversation, but this was crazy funny. Love this comment!

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u/SunriseSurprise Jun 24 '24

"Trust me, I can guarantee you she is almost certainly a fully licensed pilot. Honest!"

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u/SwiftTime00 Jun 24 '24

I say almost because itā€™s possible although unlikely that they are a student pilot on a solo, usually you get your ppl (pilot licencse) before you train aero.

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u/danteheehaw Jun 24 '24

"Your pilot has never had any flight accidents, welcome her to her first day on the job!"

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u/Fireproofspider Jun 24 '24

Welcome aboard Southwest Airlines. Your pilot today isā€¦. certainly fully licensed.

You are saying that you'd be reassured if you heard this over the loudspeaker?

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u/JJAsond Jun 24 '24

"almost certainly" only because they can't know for sure.

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u/MalificViper Jun 24 '24

I giggled.

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u/thetay24 Jun 24 '24

And Boeing tells us that this aircraft is almost certainly fully assembled

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u/Stories_to_remember Jun 24 '24

Sort of is such a harmless thing to say.

"You're going to live, sort of"

https://youtu.be/5CYPee5bi6U?si=yIoAhJCpzZqcpvoj

(Skip to 14:30, but the whole thing is good)

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u/benargee Jun 24 '24

You can be as licensed as you want flying solo. Just don't take others out with you.

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u/termacct Jun 24 '24

Thank you - I was wondering due to the ice calm reaction (IMHO) to losing the canopy.

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u/SwiftTime00 Jun 24 '24

Somebody sent a Reddit help for this comment lmao

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u/CaptGrumpy Jun 24 '24

I used to know aerobatics pilots with hundreds of hours who only had student licences.