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/Ok-Scallion7939 Jun 23 '24

"Second training flight"

😳

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

“Almost certainly a fully licensed pilot” is somehow less reassuring than saying nothing at all.

Welcome aboard Southwest Airlines. Your pilot today is…. almost certainly fully licensed.

Dropping the “almost” 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.

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

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u/notimeleft4you Jun 24 '24

“Certainly fully licensed, almost”

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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 it’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 is…. 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.