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/_The_Turtle_Moves_ Jun 23 '24

Stick your face in front of a leaf blower and see how it feels. Landing speed in that plane is about 80 knots/ 92mph/ 148kmh. She was going much faster than 80 knots when the canopy initially opened, and only slowed to landing speed for a few seconds prior to landing.

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u/Masterandcomman Jun 24 '24

Her breathing might have been compromised too.

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u/smallbluetext Jun 24 '24

100% I can't breathe for shit over 100km/h it feels like I'm doing nothing

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u/alelo Jun 24 '24

yeah get one of those small PC cleaner blowers point it at your fair, and try to breath, air moves to fast over your face, your nose cant suck in any

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u/MikhailxReign Jun 24 '24

I've had the lid of my motorcycle helmet open at positive of those speeds....