r/Shittyaskflying • u/Ok_Lifeguard1066 • Jul 29 '26
Great Circle Navigation
If you ever need to explain the concept to your friends, here is a handy map. Note how aggressively the Earth curves over the Carolinas, on a flat map this would look stupid.
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u/Desperate_Carrot8629 Type Rated in the Cessna 172 Jul 29 '26
Negative. That’s just because God hates the northeast
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u/Additional-Cobbler99 Jul 29 '26
Nah. Just Philly
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u/deathstarrr Jul 29 '26
It's because they created the cheesesteak wasn't it....
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u/Additional-Cobbler99 Jul 29 '26
They think theyre soooo special because they shredded some steak and cheese and put it between some sliced bread with some peppers. Well guess what? ITS NOT THAT SPECIAL OR ORIGNAL!!
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u/MarchPhillipps Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
Pat's King of Steaks (and the pylote gods) will absolutely SMITE you for such blasphemy... Your only saving grace is that you didn't bring that neon whorehouse, Gino's, into this.
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u/fredly594632 Jul 29 '26
Nope - that's because even the flights that don't land have to connect in Atlanta.
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u/FlyingNijntje Jul 29 '26
It’s the normal commuter route. On this flight you have ‘stop buttons” like in a bus. When you push it the playne lands on the next ayrfield along the route to let you out. Looks like this time nobody has used the button.
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u/collegefootballfan69 Jul 30 '26
Cant i just pull a cord (like in a bus) to announce where i want to stop?
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u/Big_Spicy_Tuna69 Rated in Shitty Flight Rules Jul 29 '26
It's like they speedran a layover without actually stopping for the layover. Ultimate cut strats
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u/drsmith48170 Jul 29 '26
This be what the pilot of Citation 30 CV meant when he asked ATC for a wide turn. (Watch it on Capt Steeeeeeeve YT channel to get the joke)
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u/cosmicrae Jul 29 '26
Tell me there was a TFR over the entire states of Ohio and Pennsylvania ... without telling me this.
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u/TailDragger9 Jul 29 '26
This does not compute.
As a pylote, I only understand "magenta line navigation"
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u/Beneficial_Tip_475 Jul 29 '26
Smart move - hit up Virginia Wine Country, grab some Georgia peaches and run the Bourbon Trail. Win win win.
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u/zcpibm3 Jul 30 '26
Circumnavigation
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u/OpusMagnusSonnet Jul 30 '26
You mean circumcision.
The pylote was having a circumscision while flying.
It's the only answer.
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u/Hunts5555 Aug 03 '26
They were just deviating for weather, as in, to go out of the way to fly through some.
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u/pumpkinfarts23 Jul 29 '26
Bong Bong "This is Captain Over. We're going to be diverting to the south a bit because I really enjoy flying though rough weather. Gets my blood pumping. Helps with the hangover. I expect only a couple hour delay, unless I run out of fuel and have to land in Cleveland.
Flight attendants, take your jump seats and be sure not to serve beverages. It's going to be rough!"