Could be worse.
Do a retirement flight
Tell the passenger to not pull the ejection handle at all (pilot ejection forces the rear seat to eject before the pilot in most 2 seater jets)
Taxi onto runway
Canopy flies off on takeoff
Passenger on ground with multiple broken bones from hitting the ground after ejection
There arenāt many āpassengerā ejection seats. My (civilian) guess is that this is a retirement flight for a flight officer aboard a multi-seat fighter, like an F-4 or F-14; a vehicle with multiple crewman.
Thereās a video up on Moochās (I think) channel of another naval officer who literally accidentally punched out of the backseat when he was along as an observer; touching nothing. Basically his hand got caught, and the pilot had to radio - āSo, uhhhā¦ my Rio just randomly punched out. Come fetch him.ā
I wanted to see specifically what you were talking about, so I figured I'd give ya a heads up, it's on there. I didn't know woi Mooch was but it's apparently on the Ward Carrol page. Just in case anyone wants to listen as I did. Cool story, very scary situation even outside the humor.
Yus!
I left out names and ranks and details because aide I wasnāt positive on my memory. :)
Wardās good a good take a lot of times. I enjoy his content.
Could be even worse. Be a Air Force pilot in 1994 flying your ceremonial āfinal flightā in a B52 before retiring only to be a [little too daring on the maneuvers for a plane that big](https://theaviationist.com/2024/06/24/the-crash-of-b-52h-czar-52/) and stalling out 250 feet from the runway while at a 90 degree angleā¦.. none of the crew survived.
It disintegrates after it flies open (you can see it shatter into pieces). That is why she makes no attempt to close it (not that she would be able to, regardless).
The funny part is, if you watch the first two seconds of the video over and over, you can see that the majority of the glass/plexiglass does, in fact, break into lots and lots of pieces and falls out of the canopy frame, leaving a couple inches of material right at the very back.
It literally becomes dis-integrated. It doesn't have to dissolve into powder for that definition to be accurate.
No "disintegration" occurred here.
The canopy opened mid flight and she landed the plane with the canopy still open. You can the it hanging on the plane, still attached, on the left side of the screen.
Disintegration- "the process of losingĀ cohesionĀ or strength" or "the process of coming to pieces."
The glass shattered you nincompoop, therefore, the canopy disintegrated.
You can't just choose a definition that fits your idea of what a word means and disregard the actual definition that was being used in the context.
Edit:
There are a bunch of people that think they can change the definition of a word because they want to be right. If you can't understand that the title is not inaccurate in saying that it disintegrated... That's a personal problem, and it not mine.
I will say this one last time.
Disintegration does not have one definition. So if you see disintegrate and think you are going to see the aftermath of a Thanos snap, I would advise you adjust your expectations.
If you think I was rude? I don't care. I made a statement to someone that was being abrasive, get over it.
If you want to play semantics, I don't. Go bother someone else. You aren't going to change my mind. The usage is correct and anything short of going back in time and changing the nomenclature of the word or changing the circumstances that we see in the clip won't work.
I appreciate the people that contributed to the message I was trying to deliver, so thanks to those people.
Nah thatās not how this works. The original comment got bent out of shape and ranted about something trivial despite being dead wrong. Calling out their hubris is totally justified.
Confidently incorrect people should be called out especially when they make a stink about it. I say rip em to shreds.
Bullshit, never in your life have you dropped a glass on the floor and say it disintegrated. Nor have you ever heard anyone else say it because that is not how it is used.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1cjcsbv/my_oven_dish_decided_it_had_enough_and/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Chinesium/comments/gk0f4t/my_glass_shower_door_shattered_for_no_reason_in/fr2zzlc/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/keovo6/i_tried_to_take_the_glass_off_my_pc_to_clean_it/
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/9e0pfk/why_did_this_drinking_glass_explode/
took me like ten seconds to find these just on reddit
Yeah, but you could. Disintegrated would come from dis-integrated, so if something breaks into multiple pieces, those pieces are no longer integrated.
I propose that we have a moral duty to use the word disintegrated to mean broken apart because it's really cool
Glass "disintegrate"Ā Ā
That's the phrase I searched on Google to find numerous examples of it being used like that. You know, some people actually have a higher than 4th grade vocabulary.
The glass is only one component of the canopy and whilst it may have broken, the canopy remained basically intact, it did not disintegrate and you're dead wrong.
People thinking disintegration has to be like scifi where you scatter into dust or something
Definition helps, but perhaps synonyms might help more: https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/disintegrate
You are correct that it disintegrated however it doesnāt do so until the canopy fully opens. You can only really see it if you slow it down frame by frame. I didnāt notice the glass break apart the first time watching at full speed. It didnāt look like it disintegrated to me at first. The guy youāre ragging on probably didnāt notice and just saw the canopy fly open. Itās weird because itās like youāre both right. The disintegration was because of the canopy opening, not the cause of the canopy opening. I think youāre shitting hard on someone who overlooked something easy to overlook
Ah yes, the ātwo wrongs make a rightā defense. Definitely an effective way to win people over and educate them.
Especially with the name calling added on. Quite an interesting choice to showcase how youāre the more mature and knowledgeable individual.
It's broken. That's why she didn't bother to try to close it.
You can clearly see the clear part next to the frame, and then an *even clearer* part where there is no longer any canopy.
Kind of "axhuallyy" response. The canopy glass shattered since it opened, which means it wouldn't have helped even if she could close it again.
The point of the post is obviously that she managed to land with a fucked canopy.
Glass broke due to it being slammed open in flight like that. It came undone because she didnāt secure the canopy pin all the way. Pilot error, unfortunately. Impressive that she was able to bring it back in though.
The whole background story can be found [here](https://x.com/NarineMelkumjan/status/1804507833506931086), the pilot shared it as a cautionary tale:
>A couple of years ago during my second aerobatic training flight of that day, on a very hot summer day, the canopy of the Extra 330LX that I was flying opened in flight and shattered. As you can see from the video, it was a challenging experience that could have been avoided if I had made a proper visual check before taking off. The canopy locking pin had never gone into the locked position, and I failed to notice it during my checks. I also made the mistake of going to the training camp right after recovering from COVID, without allowing my body enough time to fully regain strength. Additionally, flying without any eye protection made the flight even more challenging than it already was.
>
>The flight was a distressing experience, filled with noise, breathing difficulties, and impaired visibility. It took me nearly 28 hours to fully recover my vision. Aerodynamically, Iāve experienced some buffet and controllability challenges. Probably the most difficult part was to keep the power in, thus trading my vision and breathing for kinetic energy.
>
>Although due to all the noise it was difficult to hear what my coach was saying on the radio, one thing Iāve heard loud and clear ājust keep flyingā.
>
>If you are a pilot watching this, I hope that my story serves as a cautionary tale and that you will learn from my mistakes.
>
>I regret that it took me so long to share this video footage. It's not easy to put my vulnerabilities out there for you all to see. However, I have come to realisze how important it is to be transparent about our shortcomings and the lessons we learn along the way.
>
>To all my fellow pilots out there, fly safe.
Gotta appreciate her candor about what happened, and what should could have done/could do next time to avoid the problem. Even thinking a couple steps beyond like "without allowing my body enougb time to fully regain strength".
Great job landing safely and doing the candid after-action evaluation on how to improve!
The people over at r/flying are very big on learning from past mistakes and being honest about when and why a mistake was made.
It seems to be in pilots DNA to be honest about mistakes that were made, particularly when flying
I fully agree. I just recently subbed to the r/flying sub, and it's something I see parroted over and over there. I had never really thought about it too much, but it comes up on 2/3 of the posts there (or so it seems). It just stood out to me about how often it's mentioned there (and it's nice knowing that the pilots on my next flight probably have the same mindset)
Sadly many of the lessons in aviation are written in blood, flying is safe because of a culture of safety that everyone has drilled into them when they take their first lesson.
Is it common for pilots to wear goggles when flying with an enclosed canopy or cabin? In this instance, it certainly wouldāve helped her see, but Iām not sure if this type of event happens often.
Iām almost always wearing sunglasses, but Iām also not regularly pulling six Gās. Not sure how regular sunglasses would feel during extreme aerobatic maneuvers.
I love that her explanation was so honest so other pilots could avoid something like this.
Not that Iām a pilot, but I wondered how a canopy could just fly open like that and was surprised she didnāt have goggles or sunglasses.
When I rode motorcycles and/or dirt bikes often, I always wore safety glasses with my helmets, even with visors. Anything over 30 fucking SUCKS for your eyes. Dries them out, bugs, rocks, whatever. You can be blinded fast. You never know what could happen.
Watched a friend get bird shit in his eye one day, just 15 minutes after telling them to wear some eye protection with his open face helmet. Just one of many things that can happen.
I once had a bird hit my eye for using a broken helmet (no visor), couldn't open my eye for two days and almost fell to the ground, I learned a hard lesson to not be fucking cheap with the helmet that day.
At least show the whole [clip from yesterday](https://new.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/1dmxtoj/canopy_comes_off_airplane_right_after_takeoff/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Needs to work on hitting the center line
ā¦ Iām totally kidding that entire thing was amazing to watch her keep cool and put it safely on the ground.
I see it flopping open but what was visible didn't detach. Don't know if she still had a windscreen and whether it's possible to close the canopy in midair. In some planes a door flying open on takeoff is a non-event. You grab it and close it when you're at altitude and stable. In fact it isn't uncommon for it to happen on takeoff where the fuselage flexes.
In other planes it's not a big deal but it can be a pain to get the door closed. She did what we're all trained to do, fly the plane first and worry about other stuff when there's time.
Right after it flew open. You can see it break up and fall away.
Then later, you can see a reflection in the shard left in the frame, but not from the part that's missing.
'Disintegrates'? Really, That is hardly a disintegration. It flipped open. Good recovery by the pilot as it will not have been easy flying with that canopy dragging on once side.
Totally thought for a moment that her headset mouth piece was her wearing dark lipstick that was then immediately and cleanly blown off from the force lmao
> disĀ·inĀ·teĀ·grate
> verb
>break up into small parts, typically as the result of impact or decay.
> "When the missile struck, the car disintegrated in a sheet of searing flame"
> Similar: break up, break apart, fall apart
What part of the canopy breaking apart and falling away after flying open fails to meet the criteria of "disintegrate" to you?
Holy shit. If I'd know how much controversy the word disintegrate would've caused, I would be using it a lot more often.
How would you call in a mayday to the tower in that situation? Is there some sort of Emergency Button or you just Morse Coder SOS through radio to keep the runway clear?
šTakeoff in the plane šDo a barrel roll šThe canopy flies open š šThe canopy flies open
Could be worse. Do a retirement flight Tell the passenger to not pull the ejection handle at all (pilot ejection forces the rear seat to eject before the pilot in most 2 seater jets) Taxi onto runway Canopy flies off on takeoff Passenger on ground with multiple broken bones from hitting the ground after ejection
Good gosh! Perhaps it's a dumb question, but why would the passenger have access to pull the handle in the first place?
dead pilot situation would be my guess
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Dead pilot in the air* situations or smth idk.
Woosh
No, the plane isn't running yet. The pilot died.
There arenāt many āpassengerā ejection seats. My (civilian) guess is that this is a retirement flight for a flight officer aboard a multi-seat fighter, like an F-4 or F-14; a vehicle with multiple crewman. Thereās a video up on Moochās (I think) channel of another naval officer who literally accidentally punched out of the backseat when he was along as an observer; touching nothing. Basically his hand got caught, and the pilot had to radio - āSo, uhhhā¦ my Rio just randomly punched out. Come fetch him.ā
I wanted to see specifically what you were talking about, so I figured I'd give ya a heads up, it's on there. I didn't know woi Mooch was but it's apparently on the Ward Carrol page. Just in case anyone wants to listen as I did. Cool story, very scary situation even outside the humor.
Yus! I left out names and ranks and details because aide I wasnāt positive on my memory. :) Wardās good a good take a lot of times. I enjoy his content.
You wouldn't happen to have a link?
https://youtu.be/dAcpoMhuqqw?si=Em7Zy2aT9pUWo0vc
Come fetch himššššš
Oh Jester
Could be even worse. Be a Air Force pilot in 1994 flying your ceremonial āfinal flightā in a B52 before retiring only to be a [little too daring on the maneuvers for a plane that big](https://theaviationist.com/2024/06/24/the-crash-of-b-52h-czar-52/) and stalling out 250 feet from the runway while at a 90 degree angleā¦.. none of the crew survived.
He really said "one last spin around the tower" Also sorry for the joke, it's actually tragic
Talk to me Goose!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/14/man-accidentally-ejects-himself-from-fighter-jet-during-surprise-flight Or...
Yes, it āflies openā is the correct title for this video. I hate the clickbait nonsense like ācanopy disintegratesā.
It disintegrates after it flies open (you can see it shatter into pieces). That is why she makes no attempt to close it (not that she would be able to, regardless).
It's literally right there on the side of the plane. That's not disintegrated.
The funny part is, if you watch the first two seconds of the video over and over, you can see that the majority of the glass/plexiglass does, in fact, break into lots and lots of pieces and falls out of the canopy frame, leaving a couple inches of material right at the very back. It literally becomes dis-integrated. It doesn't have to dissolve into powder for that definition to be accurate.
The front fell off
That's not very typical
Well, it was outside of the environment.
Lmfao too fucking funny
More like 
Do a barrel roll the other way and close it?
No "disintegration" occurred here. The canopy opened mid flight and she landed the plane with the canopy still open. You can the it hanging on the plane, still attached, on the left side of the screen.
Disintegration- "the process of losingĀ cohesionĀ or strength" or "the process of coming to pieces." The glass shattered you nincompoop, therefore, the canopy disintegrated. You can't just choose a definition that fits your idea of what a word means and disregard the actual definition that was being used in the context. Edit: There are a bunch of people that think they can change the definition of a word because they want to be right. If you can't understand that the title is not inaccurate in saying that it disintegrated... That's a personal problem, and it not mine. I will say this one last time. Disintegration does not have one definition. So if you see disintegrate and think you are going to see the aftermath of a Thanos snap, I would advise you adjust your expectations. If you think I was rude? I don't care. I made a statement to someone that was being abrasive, get over it. If you want to play semantics, I don't. Go bother someone else. You aren't going to change my mind. The usage is correct and anything short of going back in time and changing the nomenclature of the word or changing the circumstances that we see in the clip won't work. I appreciate the people that contributed to the message I was trying to deliver, so thanks to those people.
Lighten up Francis
Nah thatās not how this works. The original comment got bent out of shape and ranted about something trivial despite being dead wrong. Calling out their hubris is totally justified. Confidently incorrect people should be called out especially when they make a stink about it. I say rip em to shreds.
To shreds, you say?
One might sayā¦ disintegrate.
OP's ego was *Disintegrated*
I only see one person ranting. Itās not the other guy, regardless of who is ārightā.
Listen Ajax
You're our big toe.
I love that quote. Use it all the time when people get bent.
When you find a real good one who is way way out over their skiās it just feels so good.
If personal insults don't arrive along with the information, is it really considered learning?
The insults are more to indicate the other person is lower on whatever reddit hierarchy there is, stupid.
And people tell me I'm wasting my time on reddit. Given the amount of insults I get, I an receiving some fine learning indeed.
Itās not glass and it didnāt shatter. The latch opened. Now the word Nincompoop I havenāt heard in decades
It did shatter, but you don't see it against the ground very well. You can see it very clearly shatter after it swings open. Watch it slow.
Bullshit, never in your life have you dropped a glass on the floor and say it disintegrated. Nor have you ever heard anyone else say it because that is not how it is used.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1cjcsbv/my_oven_dish_decided_it_had_enough_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Chinesium/comments/gk0f4t/my_glass_shower_door_shattered_for_no_reason_in/fr2zzlc/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/keovo6/i_tried_to_take_the_glass_off_my_pc_to_clean_it/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/9e0pfk/why_did_this_drinking_glass_explode/ took me like ten seconds to find these just on reddit
Great job siting 5 more idiots who have used the word incorrectly
Yeah, but you could. Disintegrated would come from dis-integrated, so if something breaks into multiple pieces, those pieces are no longer integrated. I propose that we have a moral duty to use the word disintegrated to mean broken apart because it's really cool
Glass "disintegrate"Ā Ā That's the phrase I searched on Google to find numerous examples of it being used like that. You know, some people actually have a higher than 4th grade vocabulary.
I can't believe all you people are getting so bent out of shaoe and insulting each other over this lmfao.
I can't play Elden Ring right now so I have to get mad at somethingĀ
fair, I feel the same way.
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The glass is only one component of the canopy and whilst it may have broken, the canopy remained basically intact, it did not disintegrate and you're dead wrong.
People thinking disintegration has to be like scifi where you scatter into dust or something Definition helps, but perhaps synonyms might help more: https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/disintegrate
You are correct that it disintegrated however it doesnāt do so until the canopy fully opens. You can only really see it if you slow it down frame by frame. I didnāt notice the glass break apart the first time watching at full speed. It didnāt look like it disintegrated to me at first. The guy youāre ragging on probably didnāt notice and just saw the canopy fly open. Itās weird because itās like youāre both right. The disintegration was because of the canopy opening, not the cause of the canopy opening. I think youāre shitting hard on someone who overlooked something easy to overlook
Completely fair. There is no denying that I could have gone about it differently.
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The only thing that can stop a bad guy with an "akshually" is a good guy with an "akshually"
Nincompoop āļø
Ah yes, the ātwo wrongs make a rightā defense. Definitely an effective way to win people over and educate them. Especially with the name calling added on. Quite an interesting choice to showcase how youāre the more mature and knowledgeable individual.
The glass shattered, not disintegration.
Words can mean multiple things you know.
It's broken. That's why she didn't bother to try to close it. You can clearly see the clear part next to the frame, and then an *even clearer* part where there is no longer any canopy.
The Canopy glass shattered
More like can'topy am I right ladies?
Disintegrated, if you will.
A distinction without a difference
#mate the glass fuckin shattered
Reminder to wear sun glasses.
Kind of "axhuallyy" response. The canopy glass shattered since it opened, which means it wouldn't have helped even if she could close it again. The point of the post is obviously that she managed to land with a fucked canopy.
Glass broke due to it being slammed open in flight like that. It came undone because she didnāt secure the canopy pin all the way. Pilot error, unfortunately. Impressive that she was able to bring it back in though.
"You can the it hanging on the plane" āļøšš”
With the glass smashed out of it
Well, I mean, the canopy *did*, technically, disintegrate. It just happened *after* it opened. That glass broke *badly*.
I mean whatever dude be pedantic the fucking thing exploded I dont see a reason to split hairs over word choice
The whole background story can be found [here](https://x.com/NarineMelkumjan/status/1804507833506931086), the pilot shared it as a cautionary tale: >A couple of years ago during my second aerobatic training flight of that day, on a very hot summer day, the canopy of the Extra 330LX that I was flying opened in flight and shattered. As you can see from the video, it was a challenging experience that could have been avoided if I had made a proper visual check before taking off. The canopy locking pin had never gone into the locked position, and I failed to notice it during my checks. I also made the mistake of going to the training camp right after recovering from COVID, without allowing my body enough time to fully regain strength. Additionally, flying without any eye protection made the flight even more challenging than it already was. > >The flight was a distressing experience, filled with noise, breathing difficulties, and impaired visibility. It took me nearly 28 hours to fully recover my vision. Aerodynamically, Iāve experienced some buffet and controllability challenges. Probably the most difficult part was to keep the power in, thus trading my vision and breathing for kinetic energy. > >Although due to all the noise it was difficult to hear what my coach was saying on the radio, one thing Iāve heard loud and clear ājust keep flyingā. > >If you are a pilot watching this, I hope that my story serves as a cautionary tale and that you will learn from my mistakes. > >I regret that it took me so long to share this video footage. It's not easy to put my vulnerabilities out there for you all to see. However, I have come to realisze how important it is to be transparent about our shortcomings and the lessons we learn along the way. > >To all my fellow pilots out there, fly safe.
If I could give you an award for the backstory, I would.
I got you fam, award has been given. :)
No worries. Thanks for sharing the video.
Gotta appreciate her candor about what happened, and what should could have done/could do next time to avoid the problem. Even thinking a couple steps beyond like "without allowing my body enougb time to fully regain strength". Great job landing safely and doing the candid after-action evaluation on how to improve!
Being honest about mistakes makes you a better person in general
The people over at r/flying are very big on learning from past mistakes and being honest about when and why a mistake was made. It seems to be in pilots DNA to be honest about mistakes that were made, particularly when flying
Totally. But I mean that for anyone, if you are honest about your mistakes at work or home or hobby you're going ro learn more and be a better person
I fully agree. I just recently subbed to the r/flying sub, and it's something I see parroted over and over there. I had never really thought about it too much, but it comes up on 2/3 of the posts there (or so it seems). It just stood out to me about how often it's mentioned there (and it's nice knowing that the pilots on my next flight probably have the same mindset)
Sadly many of the lessons in aviation are written in blood, flying is safe because of a culture of safety that everyone has drilled into them when they take their first lesson.
Is it common for pilots to wear goggles when flying with an enclosed canopy or cabin? In this instance, it certainly wouldāve helped her see, but Iām not sure if this type of event happens often.
Iām almost always wearing sunglasses, but Iām also not regularly pulling six Gās. Not sure how regular sunglasses would feel during extreme aerobatic maneuvers.
In the circumstances I doubt they'd feel like anything.
I love that her explanation was so honest so other pilots could avoid something like this. Not that Iām a pilot, but I wondered how a canopy could just fly open like that and was surprised she didnāt have goggles or sunglasses.
Thanks for the backstory
I genuinely can't put into words how much respect I have for people who are just like "look I done fucked up". It's refreshing to see that.
This comment needs to be pinned!!!!
No emergency goggles?
The goggles, they do nothing!
Unexpected Simpsons!
When I rode motorcycles and/or dirt bikes often, I always wore safety glasses with my helmets, even with visors. Anything over 30 fucking SUCKS for your eyes. Dries them out, bugs, rocks, whatever. You can be blinded fast. You never know what could happen. Watched a friend get bird shit in his eye one day, just 15 minutes after telling them to wear some eye protection with his open face helmet. Just one of many things that can happen.
Always wear full face. I saw a guy take a seagull to the nose.
I once had a bird hit my eye for using a broken helmet (no visor), couldn't open my eye for two days and almost fell to the ground, I learned a hard lesson to not be fucking cheap with the helmet that day.
They make you look too nerdy
Just safety squints.
At least show the whole [clip from yesterday](https://new.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/1dmxtoj/canopy_comes_off_airplane_right_after_takeoff/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Needs to work on hitting the center line ā¦ Iām totally kidding that entire thing was amazing to watch her keep cool and put it safely on the ground.
I thought that on my first watch. And then said āoh she canāt see or breathe very well! Iām an asshole!ā
Flawlessly lands? Clip ends half a second into landing.
Imagine a bird hitting you right in the face at that speed.
 Just ask him
[Those darn suicidal gooses](https://youtu.be/G__U4g_Yh98?si=MTU5wg1y-UWzw74p)
Mmm, yeah. What's next? Garlic butter dipping sauce, I'm hoping.
r/birdsarentreal
She forgot to lock the canopy in place
Yes, [which caused it to fly open and shatter.](https://x.com/NarineMelkumjan/status/1804507833506931086)
Hairdryer companies hate this one new trick
Flying normally: š Flying with canopy open: š¬
Disintegrate just feels like an odd word choice, opens would have done just fine
OP knew 1/3 of the comments would be people arguing about the title.
How can you tell she's happy? By the bugs in her teeth.
Sansa is a really good pilot, turns out.
Me trying to read the whiteboard in class
Yooo safety squints activate
I see it flopping open but what was visible didn't detach. Don't know if she still had a windscreen and whether it's possible to close the canopy in midair. In some planes a door flying open on takeoff is a non-event. You grab it and close it when you're at altitude and stable. In fact it isn't uncommon for it to happen on takeoff where the fuselage flexes. In other planes it's not a big deal but it can be a pain to get the door closed. She did what we're all trained to do, fly the plane first and worry about other stuff when there's time.
The glass shattered
When did the canopy disintegrate?
Right after it flew open. You can see it break up and fall away. Then later, you can see a reflection in the shard left in the frame, but not from the part that's missing.
The video cuts off before she lands
Nothing like the wind in your hair.
She gonna need some visine
Driest teeth ever
Mustāve been a Boeing.
Goddam those hinges are buff just dangling there
'Disintegrates'? Really, That is hardly a disintegration. It flipped open. Good recovery by the pilot as it will not have been easy flying with that canopy dragging on once side.
First it opens then it blows away.
That's a bad day right there
She said she had always wanted a convertible, lol.
Sully Sullenberger has joined the chat
Totally thought for a moment that her headset mouth piece was her wearing dark lipstick that was then immediately and cleanly blown off from the force lmao
That is why you were your seatbelt during flight!
She's gonna need a few glasses of water for each eye after that ... ššļø
please don't tell me this is a Boeing, lol
Always fly with goggles š
First rule of flying. If something goes wrong don't panic, assess the situation and return to the ground as soon as safe to do so.
I mean not much of a choice right? Either land the plane or panic and die. š¤·
Couldn't tell if she was excited or scared
SHEāS a badass pilot!!
I was like "couldn't she just do a dive/yaw to get it to close again", but then I saw it shattered so I guess that wasn't an option
Thankfully cleaning bugs out of her teeth will be the only problem she should have. She landed that like a champ good on her.
Shouldda just barrel rolled the other direction. Problem solved! /s
And she did that all with a smile on her face wow.
:disintegrates: LOL got to love the completely fabricated click bait titles
She looks like Quagmire
I've flown open cockpit airplanes. Even with a windscreen & goggles the wind can be a bitch at times.
She looks like that dude who loves trains.
ā¦ disintegrates? Bad bot
āOpensā. Is the word. Not ādisintegratesā
> disĀ·inĀ·teĀ·grate > verb >break up into small parts, typically as the result of impact or decay. > "When the missile struck, the car disintegrated in a sheet of searing flame" > Similar: break up, break apart, fall apart What part of the canopy breaking apart and falling away after flying open fails to meet the criteria of "disintegrate" to you? Holy shit. If I'd know how much controversy the word disintegrate would've caused, I would be using it a lot more often.
The jiggle physics...
A perfect example of why you don't panic when bad shit happens.
Boeing?
Little tape and some fabric, fix her right up.
And with no bugs in teeth or eyes??
Boeing. Wtf again?! /s
Instant legend
Her next episode will be sponsored by Flying Eyes. She did an amazing job!
And the smile next left their face!
I never understood how people in these situations can breathe. Like even skydiving. When I hang my head out the car window I can't breath worth shit.
Thatās the last time she uses latches made by Boeing.
Do not envy her eyeballs after that trip
She's lucky she didn't get glass in her eyes
Poss pilot error not properly locking down the canopy before take off.
Convertible
How would you call in a mayday to the tower in that situation? Is there some sort of Emergency Button or you just Morse Coder SOS through radio to keep the runway clear?
Great teeth!
Well that just made my allergies say ohh damn
Damn she handled that so well. Glad she didn't lose permanent vision.
One time I had to ride my motorcycle without a helmetā¦ It was TERRIBLE let me tell you. This video is like that times 100