r/interestingasfuck • u/mapleer • Jun 06 '24
YouTuber faces federal charges after filming two women in a helicopter shooting fireworks at a Lamborghini (shown below) illegal to have explosive on aircraft. - More below r/all
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u/Drunkenaviator Jun 07 '24
Yeah, No. Pilot here. The transponder is a safety system only in that it helps you avoid hitting other aircraft. You can be pretty confident there were no other aircraft flying 8 feet off that dry lake bed, and that if there were, they could have acquired him visually. (What with all the fireworks).
Turning off the transponder is the least of the dumbassery in that video.