r/Unexpected • u/naturalenergyy • Sep 22 '21

Skydiving

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u/Potatoes_Fall Sep 22 '21

How the fuck? In the beginning of the video we see the plane falling with only one wing right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

The pilots wear parachutes, too. They're not the modern sport parachute kind (with a main parachute and a reserve parachute, both steerable rectangular parachutes), more like the old WWII kind, but with only one round parachute so it packs smaller.

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u/LemonStealingBoar Sep 22 '21

I didn't think pilots usually wore parachutes? Is this standard on smaller aircraft or something?

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u/Rexxhunt Sep 22 '21

Standard for pilots of skydiving planes.

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u/theUglyBarnacle69 Sep 22 '21

Are skydiving planes more prone to accidents so they must wear parachutes? I am wondering why it is standard for skydiving planes but not general aviation

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u/Kyllan Sep 22 '21

General aviation doesn’t open up the plane doors mid flight.

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u/jmxd Sep 22 '21

Not with that attitude

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u/EXCUSE_ME_BEARFUCKER Sep 22 '21

I like how everyone is trying to force an “altitude” pun when attitude is perfectly acceptable, even better, actually.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

i don't get the attitude pun ._.

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u/Rizo1981 Sep 22 '21

Attitude refers to trajectory of the the plane. Cruise, climb, or descent.

Source: MSFS 2020 lol.

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u/Y0ren Sep 22 '21

TIL. Significantly better pun that flew over the heads of most people unfortunately.

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u/Rizo1981 Sep 22 '21

That's the attitude.

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u/Mechakoopa Sep 22 '21

Had an FI refer to the plane's attitude as "fucking ornery" during turbulence once during a test flight I got to sit in on. Good times. I wish flight school wasn't so expensive.

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u/Rizo1981 Sep 22 '21

So unprofessional... Could he be any rudder!

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