Because life ain't always shite
This probably cost less than a couple of pints
(, Mon 1 Jul 2024, 19:57, Reply)
Ah, this brings back happy memories. I was a cadet at my local gliding club, we mainly flew k13s.
Never managed to go solo, mainly because I kept puncturing my lung (and not, as my instructor would have you believe, because I was shit and kept trying to kill us both)
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Mon 1 Jul 2024, 21:38,
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OK commented before watching more than halfway through the video.
Jesus fucking Christ, impressive stuff but pretty sure those guys are going to end up as someone's anecdote about that time that Psycho X killed himself spectacularly in a glider
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Mon 1 Jul 2024, 21:46,
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There’s a small airfield near me.
Every few years we get a case of a malfunctioning parachute. I think the last unfortunate ended up on the roof of a bed showroom.
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jonbob loves you, Mon 1 Jul 2024, 22:54,
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^this
The boldest pilots I think I've ever seen.
You fly like that in a sim, not in the real thing. Sure looks like fun though.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 2 Jul 2024, 8:17,
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Actually
the most "dangerous" part of that flight was landing (almost) directly towards the hangar. Accepted practice is to not have obstructions directly in front because a 17m wingspan does not have the smallest turning circle on the ground.
Otherwise, it was well flown with plenty of margins e.g. speed, height and alternate landing fields.
(, Wed 3 Jul 2024, 14:11, Reply)
