coastwood
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Just gonna plop er’ down here!!
An A-10 warthog in action
Gotta go!!
Helitax... because they are crazy too!! #airplane #crazy_people #dump
Dec 27, 2019 5:25 PM
coastwood
119610
3018
45
Just gonna plop er’ down here!!
Gotta go!!
Helitax... because they are crazy too!! #airplane #crazy_people #dump
isaypoopythingabecausemostofyouannoyme
#3 where will you be when your period starts
Sphinxycat
LeakyBunghole
Remember kids, you can only tie the low altitude record
JohnMike64
#14 few feet too low and there goes the squadron
LookinSmasher
Bigemedic
I’m sorry, but there’s a couple of these that look a bit more like dumb luck than balls of steel.
netharia
The line can be very fucking thin.
GuyWithDog
Flares just give me goosebumps. I know it's just for display, but seeing them is hardwired to immediate life threatening situations in me
schmau
The F-18 are probably Swiss. Looks like Axalp.
Lightsmith
Must have had some serious headwind in 1st pic.
NukeItFromOrbitMan
There are old pilots...
AVeryTallGlassOfIToldYouSo
a pilot can only make One big mistake
skipweasel
almusalamifa9000
Wow amazing captain
abeigor
Hercuhlees Hercuhlees
ChimingIn
elvianempire
mach loop in the uk
skipweasel
Indeed, it's about an hour and a half away.
ConstableDuggins
Nap the fuckin earth
avnerd82
You had me at “brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrttttttt”
Fenwaywookie
SupraLove
It was the rumble of the WW2 fighters that got me going, then the BRRTTTT just finished me off...
KrillinLikeAVillan
avnerd82
I...... love.........this.
kbunyan
My buddy is a brrrrt mechanic. I just send him this
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
Ask him if he's seen this variant of the GAU.
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
Need even more brrrrrrrrrrrtttttttt?
banur
fireflowerfire
Yeah there's a lot of shit in this album that is not okay.
Blze001
These guys in this album flirted with it, but in the end the ground has yet to lose a battle with an airplane.
NowYourJustBeatingOffaDeadHorse
Does the retirement for an aircraft still count as a win for the ground?
ReferenceGameOnPoint
Horrible training and shoddy maintenance will do that
freezingpilot
NO GOOD PILOT DEPARTS WITH ICE ON THEIR WINGS.
WhatTheDormouseSaid
Oh
chrismofer
I didn't think fokker was still making planes.
bluesun68
There is a parking lot in death valley you can watch military planes fly by. One hit the ground and pelted tourist with debris.
stainlessteelmohawk
Owch
almusalamifa9000
Professional man at the sky
amp99
dustmywets
I WANT SOME BUTTS!!!!!
Sven1137
The jet that buzzed the guy on the ground... that guy has zero hearing left
holyshonks
#3 interesting gender reveal but ok
DaveSamsonite
Deploy countermeasures! Stall Stall Stall! Whew. This brings back memories of that dream I had about being a pilot!
FrolickingFrolicking
I am so glad that videogames exist
mitula23
dustmywets
Pull up, pull up, woop woop terrain terrain
kawkamawaq
#6 Amiright?
ohmsett
Ha, I can hear the voice now!
dustmywets
I’ve watched enough Air Disasters to avert my childhood dreams of being a pilot.
KaJuN
50, 40, 30, 20, 10, RETARD, RETARD
StupidAutocorrect
These pilots have great skill and big steel balls.
Garrus63
HARDENED steel balls!
SuperCowFanboy
Shouldn’t their balls be titanium alloy for weight reduction purposes? Thought that is important in aeronautics
TomFoolery82
The Air Force replaces the balls with carbon fiber. The navy didn’t have any in the first place so no reason to add. Boom suck it navy.
hairybastard
The Marines report to Sec Navy. Therefore they are Navy. I believe they’d like a word with you.
puddlejumping
xtsnx
this one was a near crash, got the angle wrong and dumped load to pull up. skill and luck was on their side
blurPilot
Some are just plain stupid
StephenDaniels
Agreed, the ahole flying no more than 150 feet from cars and trucks on the road has way more money than sense.
SkinDamage
#12 omfg
OneOfEarthsGreenLanterns
Russia
Xionis
When your thrust to weight ratio is juuuuuust right.
ben21PiSmuggler
that's some black magic fuckery right there
IAlwaysUpvoteIdolmaster
More like Belkan Witchcraft
azgrak
#1 bush pilots have competitions for this. I read the current world record landing is 9ft 5in.
Imaloserbabysowhydontyoukillme
Ummmmm I have a serious question, how do you drift in a plane? #2 and #10 for example, don’t those just have one “stick” to control with?
FrolickingFrolicking
The stick rolls plane left/right (like barrel roll), but there’s also pedals to turn the heading of plan (YAW) left or right
Imaloserbabysowhydontyoukillme
oh and @OP, awesome post
RecurringNightmare
planes drift all the time and in all directions as there is literally nothing that keeps them from going sideways or vertical...
LTDeathSquid
You use the rudder pedals which are controlled by your feet.
Imaloserbabysowhydontyoukillme
today i learned
Imaloserbabysowhydontyoukillme
oh and thanks for realz.....very cool seeing stuff like this
SirButcher
No, planes have multiple control surfaces, called rudder and aileron.
tmutrmn
dont forget elevons/elevator
Imaloserbabysowhydontyoukillme
thanks! genuinely interested in all things plane related, just too poor to really learn more (as in taking flying lessons)
Thomikh
Usually done by inverted control inputs, like left aileron (roll left) and right rudder (turn right). Never done in normal flight.
azmyth1
There's plenty of flight sims out there that you can learn the basics on.
azmyth1
War Thunder is free to play if you like WW2 stuff.
NukeItFromOrbitMan
Most of these
QuamvisSintSubAqua
Most of these are illegal by the laws of aerodynamics.
fireflowerfire
do you mean the flagrantly wrong ones taught in 3rd grade
Blze001
That biplane was a foot and a half from parking inside that SUV, this was my reaction.
renegaderegent
#18
StandAgainstTyranny
God I've been looking for this gif forever how did you find it!?
renegaderegent
No idea my fellow imguran. May it serve your comments as well.
YukonFox
Serious question, what function does the plane with the 2 cockpits have?
InsertNameHereIGuess
https://www.stratolaunch.com/
AgainstMethod
Seems like it could be a more fuel efficient passenger airplane if it wasn't so terrible in every other respect.
3nd3rwiggin
#11? It will eventually be used to fly a rocket/spaceship up to the edge of the atmosphere and launch from there. Saving a fuckton of fuel.
netharia
B-52s were used for that during the X-15 tests back in the day.
HumansArePrettyNeat
It was intended to, it's looking less and less needed as small rocket providers like RocketLab have undercut them.
3nd3rwiggin
Yeah, it is kinda crazy how quickly things are changing in that regard.
2fligh2high
Wow!
LumensAquilae
That pilot probably puckered so hard he shit diamonds for the next week.
AgainstMethod
Man, there's good and then there's lucky, and I don't know which one this is.
thebjornsson
I was wondering the same thing
The701
Lucky. I think there was an article on this, target fixation, the pilot forgot to watch for the ground. Checking....
The701
https://fireaviation.com/2019/08/17/more-details-possibly-emerge-about-air-tankers-hazardous-exit-out-of-drop-area/
AgainstMethod
This meant a lot to me, thank you. It's been reposted enough that I've thought about it all the time.
The701
You're welcome. :) It ties into that one reason given in some car accidents: "I didn't see
The701
to watch out for that big ground-looking thing. The human brain... pretty smart sometimes, and really *really* oblivious other times.
AgainstMethod
We're better at dealing with one very important thing two equally important things.
VagrantDust
My pilot dad likes to talk about all the times he nearly died trying to show off in a plane. Pilots are notoriously cocky.
MyCatIsMissingAnEar
Typically the cocky pilots aren't the old pilots. "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but no old, bold pilots"
VagrantDust
That makes a lot of sense.
MyCatIsMissingAnEar
It's an aviation mantra. There are tons of them.
ebits
How is #19 possible? Any pilots care to explain?
eatmorecroissants
Same, how?
netharia
Strong headwinds. Some places it just doesn't let up, or you can't delay leaving. With small planes and certain weights, it's doable.
MyCatIsMissingAnEar
Taking off into a very strong wind - same reason #1 landed so short.
OBx2
If the a/c is facing a headwind stronger than its one G stall speed, keeping it on the ground is a problem - even with the engine stopped.
OBx2
It's the airflow over the wing that produces lift - nothing to do with its groundspeed.
JIRAtheman
"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk with your eyes turned skywards. (1/2)
JIRAtheman
"For there you have been, and there you will always long to return" ~ Leonardo Da Vinci (2/2)
StonesTwice
Flew in to a remote area of Alaska in one of these. Extremely light w/ a limited carry weight. Pilot landed n took off like a helicopter
NowYourJustBeatingOffaDeadHorse
Right? Iv been a few bush planes in Alaska, and those things are crazy as hell!
sakela
I was wondering about that. Plane be like time to go my people need me
isaypoopythingabecausemostofyouannoyme
Large wings and light plane mean less airspeed needed for lift. Get a windy day and you can go vertical
Doglio
Great planes! I have 500 hrs in a Cub, 500' AGL, as an observer. Northern Rockies, tracking wildlife.
3nd3rwiggin
#8 Lets stick the smallest body on the largest engine we can find.
litgeek306
Look at the Gee Bee Model Z (and Model R). Racing planes were/are kind of nuts
StephenDaniels
Part of the reason they were that big was for cooling. The more exposed the cylinders were the more surface area that gets airflow.
StephenDaniels
I don't think any airplane has ever had a radiator.
moonweasel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_5kSxWO5rg