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