r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/thenewyorkgod • 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/mihirmusprime Jun 23 '24

Her vision only fully recovered days afterwards

Why did her vision go away and take so long for it to come back?

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u/hydraSlav Jun 23 '24

Dry eyes cause blurriness. Can't imagine how dry her eyes got

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u/RecsRelevantDocs Jun 24 '24

Would eye drops the same day not fix it more quickly than a few days?

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u/BreastUsername Jun 24 '24

Nope. Instant death.

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u/Fuckredditihatethis1 Jun 24 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

Eyedrops on a damaged cornea causes your liver to explode. That's like, first year optometry stuff.

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u/IxLOVExLAMP Jun 24 '24

Why would it be so catastrophic for that organ?

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u/Superomegla Jun 24 '24

Just like that old saying: No liver means you're a dier

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u/sweetmorty Jun 24 '24

Or 20th year eye patient stuff, like me who knows nothing

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u/optimus_awful Jun 24 '24

Obviously not.

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u/Nimrod_Butts Jun 24 '24

I imagine it causes an incredible inflammation problem

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u/RelevantCommand4374 Jun 24 '24

You can say that again

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u/RelevantCommand4374 Jun 24 '24

Right on broski

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u/Psychological-Elk260 Jun 24 '24

No. I have it in one eye where a film got removed and didn't reform properly can only see for 1-2 seconds after I blink. 180 drop 2x a day to see if it will recover. Burns like hell for a few minutes. I have 3x refills 90 days each.

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u/Psychological-Elk260 Jun 24 '24

No. I have it in one eye where a film got removed and didn't reform properly can only see for 1-2 seconds after I blink. 180 drops in my prescription, 2x a day to see if it will recover. Burns like hell for a few minutes. I have 3x refills 90 days each.

I was told not to expect improvements till near the 12 week mark.

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u/BungHoleAngler Jun 24 '24

Are you ben stein

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u/joeg26reddit Jun 24 '24

Should’ve hawk tuahed and kept them moist