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F-4 Phantom narrowly avoids crash in Northern Cyprus

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Only-Av@reddit

How do you even get int this situation
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FraShe27@reddit

That’s a “fly home with the music off” kinda thing. Sheesh.
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JaviSATX@reddit

*turns off Danger Zone*
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CharcoalGreyWolf@reddit

*Turns off One Vision*
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zwober@reddit

thank you for reminding me that exists. now i need to remember what the name of the movie was.
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stegs03@reddit

Haha. “Budget Top Gun” but I still loved it as a kid.
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MaddogBC@reddit

I thought Airwolf was the coolest.
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Ok-Entrepreneur7324@reddit

Blue thunder was first, the Airwolf producers stole the idea, and Airwolf killed Blue Thunder before it could gain traction. Same exact ideas, two different aircraft. Both are great shows, but Airwolf should've altered their idea quite a lot to have stood out enough for Blue Thunder to have also survived as a series. Fans of Airwolf should watch the movie Blue Thunder and some of the series, just to see for themselves.
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FleetWorksOfficial@reddit

"Stole the idea" Yeah but one was a movie, the other was a show. And one was a police helicopter, and the other was a secret military project.
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Ok-Entrepreneur7324@reddit

Blue Thunder originated the idea, and one of the plot points was that the helicopter was funded by DARPA, which is funded by the DoD, which means it recieved military budget allotment also. Watch the movie and watch Airwolf, and tell me how either one is that different from one another, because there isn't much difference between them, aside from cast and machines. Otherwise, it's the same ideas, almost verbatim.
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MaddogBC@reddit

I had a Blue Thunder model, I was that big of a nerd, my room was wallpapered in every magazine pic I could find.
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xieem@reddit

thanks now I got that tune stuck in my head :D
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chillassdudeonmoco@reddit

☝️This. ⤴️
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libmrduckz@reddit

best theme music…
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Scouter197@reddit

I've seen all 4 movies. Loved the first three...four...eh.
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Clickclickdoh@reddit

Ready to have your mind blown? Iron Eagle was first.
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W00DERS0N60@reddit

Wow, TIL.
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RunWithDullScissors@reddit

"Time to die, Iron Eagle!!"
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OnceUponAStarryNight@reddit

Still love it as an adult.
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LiquidAltruist@reddit

Great flick. Mt Rushmore use of a cassette player in a film.
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drrhythm2@reddit

Wait until you see Iron Eagle II, III, and yes, even IV.
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AmbienSkywalker@reddit

To be fair, the first like 8 minutes of Iron Eagle II was epic.
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drrhythm2@reddit

Kinda but also what happens to Doug is a little messed up. Guess he really thought Rooftops was going to be a hit.
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Phog_of_War@reddit

What? Next thing you'll tell me is that there is also a Highlander 2. Stop lyin'
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Dbgator03@reddit

Thank you! I was thinking of this movie the other day and couldn’t remember the name. Loved it as a kid
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Own_Donut_2117@reddit

I consider Iron Eagle 2 the worst movie I've ever seen. For the 15 minutes before I stopped. Just mentioning the original sent shivers down my back. Thanks for the PTSD relapse.
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CharcoalGreyWolf@reddit

All of the sequels were terribad.
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belugarooster@reddit

Chappieeeeeee!
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BurntOkie@reddit

Chappie NOOOOOOOooooooo!!!!!
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shredbmc@reddit

Iron Eagle was great!
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DividedStatesofFeces@reddit

 🎶Never look back! Iron Eagle! Never look back! Never say DIIIIIIIEEEEE🎶 I always liked the F4 the most of the U.S. jets. :)
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Drunkenaviator@reddit

*Turns off Old Enough to Rock and Roll*
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KuwatiPigFarmer@reddit

I have the cd of that song. Had to buy it from the artist direct.
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Drunkenaviator@reddit

Yeah it's still not on Spotify or anything.
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einTier@reddit

For a while, if you asked Alexa to play *Hide in the Rainbow* by Dio, she would play *Road of the Gypsy* by Adrenaline. While very much not what I asked for, I had to admire the troll.
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CharcoalGreyWolf@reddit

Have several of the tracks on the music library in my phone including that one
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Limp_Growth_5254@reddit

You bastard . I must watch that. Right now.
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CharcoalGreyWolf@reddit

The opening is hilarious low-budget where they go between single and two-seater F16s
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theitgrunt@reddit

*Turns off Gimme Some Lovin'*
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FixergirlAK@reddit

I still want fried chicken, though.
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drrhythm2@reddit

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie... Fried Chicken..
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OrganizationLower611@reddit

The end of seven seas of Rhye always was a highlight
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SuicideOptional@reddit

Yum, chicken.
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AgentCirceLuna@reddit

I hate how the fried chicken line makes the song cheesy af. That line represents everything lame about Queen
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gfen5446@reddit

Now go find the Laibach version and witness it the way it should've been sung.
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Colonel_Akir_Nakesh@reddit

*Turns off Old Enough for Rock and Roll*
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snakecatcher302@reddit

*Turns off Comona*
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drrhythm2@reddit

*Turns off Chasing the Angels*
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mongosanchez@reddit

Chhaaaaapppppiiieeeeeee!
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Richard-Brecky@reddit

This is a reference to a film about a child who steals an F-16 from the US Air Force and uses it to rescue his dad from an Arab prison.
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NoJedi66@reddit

Turns off Road of the Gypsy
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Sivalon@reddit

Turns off *Rollin’ on the River.*
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Bladder_Puncher@reddit

Turns off Ring of Fire
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dflorea4231@reddit

You better turn that stuff off! I can't it will ruin my concentration
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fiftymils@reddit

Highway to th....awwww....
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w1lnx@reddit

_Pulls spare underwear out of the flight bag._
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XayahTheVastaya@reddit

Shakily sings "I came from the danger zone"
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Aah__HolidayMemories@reddit

*puts on Barbie girl*
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definitelynotweather@reddit

Probably sounded like if Freddy Mercury wrote a song titled "Pull Up"
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octopoddle@reddit

Highway to the safety zone
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RectumdamnearkilledM@reddit

LANAAAAAAAA
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jrdnmdhl@reddit

*stops watching Crash*
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Tasty_Philosopher904@reddit

Damn it Maverick I said the hard deck for this op was 60 ft not 16 in!
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prefusernametaken@reddit

Took a soil sample for extra terrain intelligence
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Baldrs_Shadow@reddit

Are we still doing that?
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No_Echo_1826@reddit

🎶Fllyyyy ouuut oof the Danger Zone🎶. *Silence*
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AloneIsGoated@reddit

Turns off Free Bird
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Cp_3@reddit

Turns on instructions on how to clean up poop
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pocketbadger@reddit

Highway to the, safe flight home!
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thementant@reddit

Turns on Sittin on the dock of the bay
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TacticalVirus@reddit

Watchin the alt' roll away...
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IcyHowl4540@reddit

\*Sittin on the dock of the baaay!\* - me bopping along sadly
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Asgigara@reddit

Danger zone successfully visited, turning back home now
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iJeepThereforeiAM@reddit

“Get your butts above the hard deck and return to base immediately!”
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RandyJohnsonsBird@reddit

Someone was begging him to touch and go
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naclest79@reddit

Puts new flightsuit on order too!
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randomusername_815@reddit

Mighty Wings or GTFO.
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Infra-Man777@reddit

LOL
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VoopityScoop@reddit

Nobody ever wants to listen to Danger Zone when they're actually in the Danger Zone
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windowpuncher@reddit

He got there and didn't like it lol
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Crab_Jealous@reddit

Dirt album swiftly paused....
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mz_groups@reddit

You mean Doug Masters didn’t have his cassette player running?
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No_Cranberry1853@reddit

Dammit Chappie, Im doing it my way!!
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falcongsr@reddit

As a kid this movie was AMAZING. Don't watch it as an adult.
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KristnSchaalisahorse@reddit

It’s a strange feeling to hear ‘as a kid’ in reference to a film from 2015. Aging is wild ride.
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Low-Feature-3973@reddit

Iron Eagle is from 1986?
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KristnSchaalisahorse@reddit

Ah crap I thought it was a quote from *Chappie*.
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fatdjsin@reddit

that's not the real chappie !
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lukeydukey@reddit

Oh you mean the unlimited bombs he had to take on an entire country with an F-16? Or the weird patriotic lines like talking up Ronald Regan as “Ronnie Raygun?”
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technos@reddit

Ronnie Raygun was an insult, stemming from that whole 'Star Wars' thing where people weren't entirely sure he didn't think there were actual sci-fi blasters that he could put on satellites.
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lukeydukey@reddit

The way they used it in the movie not so sure. > Oh, no, that was different. Mr. Peanut was in charge back then. Now we got this guy in the oval office who don’t take shit from no gimpy little countries. Why you think they call him Ronnie Ray-Gun?
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drrhythm2@reddit

THE ACTOR!!???
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Iohet@reddit

That feeling when you find out Chappie lived
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TactlessTortoise@reddit

That close to the ground it's more of a "go to bed sith the tinnitus off" kind of thing. Gonna spend a whole month in contemplation.
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Familiar-Ad-5058@reddit

sith?
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Icy_Sector3183@reddit

So that's what happens when you get close to the Hard Deck...
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Pleasant_Ant_835@reddit

*Turns off Fly WIth Me*
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LifeToTheMedium@reddit

Thats a very tight asshole kinda thing.
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NewVillage6264@reddit

[https://i.imgur.com/TQpcRsf.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/TQpcRsf.jpeg)
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Patruck9@reddit

"I was NOT in control"
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PaleShadowNight@reddit

[https://youtu.be/uZG4qDpvvLo?t=10](https://youtu.be/uZG4qDpvvLo?t=10)
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AAAPosts@reddit

That’s an oddly specific yet weirdly accurate
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TheDudeV1@reddit

Pants full of excrement
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godzilla9218@reddit

A very contemplative fly home.
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aiptek7@reddit

The leveling off tells all.
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Deadalious@reddit

LMAO
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PilgrimOz@reddit

‘….its an application to lower the hard deck, sir’
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EggsceIlent@reddit

Have fun cleaning the cockpit out and laundry That seat will have a pucker mark embedded in it forever.
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immallama21629@reddit

When he stood up, I bet it sounded like a suction cup released.
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DickHammerr@reddit

Mmmmm
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Imanidiotththe1st@reddit

Yup his pucker bit the seat!
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Coreysurfer@reddit

Roll the fire and rescue on runway 23C….oh..nevermind..
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blue_cadet_1@reddit

And soiled underwear.
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troubleschute@reddit

That flight suit is filled to the knees.
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GoodGoodGoody@reddit

Meh. There needs to be a r/aviation penalty for that overused comment.
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reckless_responsibly@reddit

When they leveled off at \~100ft, my first thought was "Why don't you climb a little higher before you shake out your underwear".
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Ehernan@reddit

Bravo. Best internet ever. Bra-vo.
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SpartanDoubleZero@reddit

Switches from Kick start my heart by Motley Crue to Waterfalls by TLC.
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Jills89@reddit

The best phrase I’ve heard for a long time. 😂
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MyFavoriteLezbo420@reddit

*bring me my brown pants private*
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DonoAE@reddit

Dude flew the straight and narrow after that close call lol
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Ctrlplay@reddit

Yuuuup been there. Bet the rest of his turn at the show was real chill
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Stuckwiththis_name@reddit

That is really funny. And soberingly true
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skydivingkittens@reddit

Almost tied for the low altitude record
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ecco311@reddit

Now I'm sitting here wondering about the lowest altitude crash. I know it's not so much related to the joke you made, but there are so many places on earth that are below sea level, there has to be some specific plane crash that happened at a lowest point.
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M3L0NM4N@reddit

In between giant waves in the pacific? If that doesn’t count then it’s probably a huge tie.
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ecco311@reddit

There are many places on earth FAR below sea level. Lowest being the dead sea and it's shore, being more than 400m below sea level... But Google didn't come up with any plane crashes in the dead sea.
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Alternative_Ninja166@reddit

I’m sure there were some Arab and/or Israeli military aircraft crashed in the Dead Sea valley between the 40s and 67. 
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Alternative_Ninja166@reddit

I’m sure it’s somewhere in the Dead Sea valley. 
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kmax89@reddit

That's really funny.
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ImmediateSmile754@reddit

In thrust we trust!
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Accujack@reddit

With big enough engines, even a brick can fly.
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Alternative_Ninja166@reddit

I think that was the engineering philosophy behind the F-4. 
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Jazzlike_Climate4189@reddit

“Flyin’ brick! I like that” -space cowboys 
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Dpek1234@reddit

And then with the f117 they figured a way to not need big engines
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ChairForceOne@reddit

Hence the F-4 Brick.
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andrewrbat@reddit

Seriously. In any non-fighter plane that would be a definite crash. Yiu can get away with a lot when your thrust to weight ratio is that close to 1:1.
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Messyfingers@reddit

Those engines don't exactly spool up quickly though. I'm having a hard time telling from the audio if the throttle does get slammed forward or not.
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andrewrbat@reddit

If he hadn’t jammed max power at the beginning of this vid the result would have been an accelerated stall and a fireball.
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MakeChipsNotMeth@reddit

Cause of crash: engine failure due to catastrophic hillside ingestion.
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fart_huffington@reddit

Hangry airframe
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fly_awayyy@reddit

Not really accelerated if the plane isn’t accelerating leading to the stall lol
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rockmancuso@reddit

ya probably should just avoid commenting about aerodynamics lol
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fly_awayyy@reddit

Wing really could’ve been stalled, lots of fighters have enough power to vector themselves alone from the thrust.
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Dpek1234@reddit

You do know the "brick with engines" isnt litteral?
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fly_awayyy@reddit

You do know when F-22s and F35s do those crazy maneuvers at time when they hang in the air it’s from thrust vectoring. Shoot when the F35 VTOL transitions from a vertical take off to flight the wing is not producing lift and is stalled until a certain speed.
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Dpek1234@reddit

Sir, the plane in the video is a F-4 phantom Its a jet designed in the 50s Trust vectoring only for manuverability simply was a thing untill the 80s F-15 STOL/MTD is the first aircraft that had it, its first flight was 30 years after the first flight of the f4 and less then 10 years before the f4 was ritered from combat survice in the us
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fly_awayyy@reddit

Sir I’m quite aware of that and the plane in the video. The point I’m trying to make out to you is with enough thrust with modern example of planes with the F-4 being no exception it is quite literally possible to power out of a stall even regardless of thrust vectoring.
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Dpek1234@reddit

It didnt get into a stall in the first place? I dont see any loss of altitude that would have resulted with the loss of lift due to a stall Even then its not on afterburner and with such an angle? Getting out of a stall with these parameters? The wing would have to support at least 60% of the planes weight (assumeing  45° angle and the fact that it was  climbing ) 
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fly_awayyy@reddit

Possibly or possibly not. You keep alluding alway from point even if it was stalled the wing you know it can power out of it. With these fighters (even these old ones since you keep getting technical) they won’t loose altitude in a stall with enough engine power. Hence why they can climb vertical…
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Dpek1234@reddit

My point is that this figbter just cant do this.... You are talking about examples which simply dont apply No this cant climb verticle its twr is 0.86 at afterburner power No its not "even the old ones" Every comment you make make me think you dont know what we are talking about In car terms its like comparing the stability and power of a ww2 to a modern truck with traction control, computer controled engine , etc Remember you are saying that a 68 year old plane can do the same as a 27 year old  No you cant do the same as a 1.2* twr with 0.86 twr You talk much but most of it is that some planes can, some planes can go mach 3, we are not talking about such planes, we are talking about the f4 phantom A late 50s aircraft
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wyomingTFknott@reddit

Bro, go read Fighter Combat by Robert Shaw and maybe come back. No offense, but you have no idea about the actual aerodynamics that is happening here. Things a fucking flying brick and you're talking about vectoring thrust? GTFO All we're worried about is the wing stalling due to accelerated wing-loading.
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andrewrbat@reddit

Thats not what an accelerated stall means. Its about An increased load factor, which causes a stall to take place at a higher airspeed (accelerated airspeed). The increased load factor is due to the hard pull up and the bank he’s in before he starts the correction.
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cars10gelbmesser@reddit

I don’t think he was at MaxAB. The candles weren’t lit. He carried a lot of energy into that dive / pull.
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Gutter_Snoop@reddit

He definitely mashed the throttle well before they scraped some tail cone paint on the runway... but as you said those puppies don't respond quickly. Betting he wishes he'd mashed the throttles forward about 5 seconds earlier!
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joesnopes@reddit

I think the tailplane tips might get there before the tail cone. Lots of anhedral.
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Gutter_Snoop@reddit

You just wanted to say "anhedral"
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joesnopes@reddit

Actually, I was testing if I could spell it. But, given the amount of back stick he was applying, the tail cone might well have been lower than the tailplane tips.
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Gutter_Snoop@reddit

My phone spell check still doesn't think it's a real word, ha. Look at us pilot types, just making up gibberish as we go along
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Squeakygear@reddit

lolololol
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erhue@reddit

you get from ground idle to 100% thrust in 3 seconds
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storyinmemo@reddit

3 of the longest seconds of your life.
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TaskForceCausality@reddit

They’re two J-79s, so in fact they spool pretty fast for their design era.
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Lostinvertaling@reddit

If I remember right it’s 3-4 seconds which is a long time when you’re doing 150 kts and that close to the ground
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Dpek1234@reddit

As per u/erhue >According to the J79 manual for the F-4C, the engine takes approximately 1 second to accelerate from idle to 90% RPM, and then another 2 seconds to go from 90% to 100% RPM.
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ProtoBacon82@reddit

Key phrase is “for their design era”
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erhue@reddit

J79 Turbojet Spool-Up Time Summary: The General Electric J79 turbojet engine, widely used in aircraft such as the F-4 Phantom II, is known for its relatively rapid throttle response compared to earlier jet engines. However, the exact spool-up time-the time it takes to accelerate from idle to maximum thrust-varies depending on conditions and throttle setting. Detailed Spool-Up Timing: According to the J79 manual for the F-4C, the engine takes approximately 1 second to accelerate from idle to 90% RPM, and then another 2 seconds to go from 90% to 100% RPM. Therefore, the total time from idle to full military power (100% RPM) is about 3 seconds under standard conditions. This fast throttle response was a significant advantage for pilots, as the J79 was specifically noted for its ability to "spool up quickly for its immediate throttle responses".
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rsta223@reddit

According to the J79 manual for the F-4C, the engine takes approximately 1 second to accelerate from idle to 90% RPM, and then another 2 seconds to go from 90% to 100% RPM. Worth noting that RPM and thrust are very nonlinearly correlated. 90% RPM is likely only around 60% thrust.
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erhue@reddit

good observation. I made some estimates based on some data available and thrust at 90% rpm (1 second in) is about 66%, and thrust at 93% rpm (2 seconds in) is about 76%. However, these are estimates for ground idle, where rpm is 65% of max rpm. In flight, idle rpm is 84% of max rpm. So it's likely the engine accelerates faster.
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Dpek1234@reddit

Also would the engines even be in idle?
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LefsaMadMuppet@reddit

Also the J79 in the F-4C was a much earlier version than this F-4E has. If anyone really wants to dive into the weeds on this, here is some mind numbing engineering information: [https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZnVU2VZ3jUQji5iaE8obXrXLyCPfRvVkHV0](https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZnVU2VZ3jUQji5iaE8obXrXLyCPfRvVkHV0)
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TheImpalerKing@reddit

My back is also in great shape "for its design era."
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Wdwdash@reddit

My back isn’t. Sitting in the window on the ramp crest for about a gazillion landings has taken its toll
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Pristine_Barber976@reddit

Doing what now?
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Wdwdash@reddit

Loadmaster observer duties on C-130s
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Ok_Main3273@reddit

Just curious to know (I am not in the military). Would that type of 'work related injury' entitle you to some kind of financial compensation / higher retirement pension? Sorry if it sounds like a joke in case you get nothing; I guess soldiers – regardless of what country their serve – cannot claim against injuries sustained during their duties? I know the ones who served during the nuclear tests / Agent Orange / depleted uranium shells / Gulf Syndrome years are still struggling to have their claims recognized to this day.
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Wdwdash@reddit

Yes in the US it counts toward disability/VA claim, it is annotated and compensated for in my rating.
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Ok_Main3273@reddit

Glad to hear. Thank you for the info. All the best in the skies 😊
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Activision19@reddit

Can you explain what the loadmaster observer window is and why it’s F’d your back?
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Wdwdash@reddit

The [Troop Jump Door](https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/aero/documents/sustainment/ACS-Product-Cards/23-14239-005_ParatroopWindow_ProductCard.pdf) sits just aft of the main gear. On landing, the flare of the aircraft means the rear mains hit first. The C-130, meant made rugged and able to land virtually anywhere, is often landed in a much harder and more violent manner than commercial planes. It compresses the discs in your back.
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tyme@reddit

Heh…loadmaster
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Hi_Trans_Im_Dad@reddit

And my knees!
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dedgecko@reddit

And my axe!!—wait, sorry, this is not the fellowship you’re looking for.
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8ringer@reddit

That qualifier is doing so HEAVY lifting in that comment.
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Turbo_SkyRaider@reddit

One second idle to mil power.
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Turbo_SkyRaider@reddit

Those engines spool up quicker than anything else short of a piston engine. They take only one second from idle to mil power provided they are GE J79s, dunno about the spool up time of the Rolls Royce Spey. Look for AgentJayZ on YouTube and pick one of his many J79 afterburner test run videos, those things are quick.
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andrewrbat@reddit

Not much bypass on those puppies so makes sense. Its certainly not an airliner style turbofan.
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Turbo_SkyRaider@reddit

The bypass ratio of the J79 is exactly zero. Fun fact, they were used on airliners, on the Convair 880 and 990, minus the afterburners but with the incredible noise and smoke. Might be the reason they are still the fastest airliners.
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ActivePeace33@reddit

Iirc, afterburner takes even longer and some pilots were lost in Vietnam due to it.
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eragonawesome2@reddit

I am by no means an expert but I do trust my ears: that thrust lever is all the way forward from the first second to the last, that pitch doesn't change for shit except as it gets doppler'd
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dimechimes@reddit

I don't know if it's true but I was told the B1 was only the 3rd plane that could reach Mach 1 without afterburners, behind the F4 and the Concorde.
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Potential_Arm3704@reddit

Captain groundeffect saves the day
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PlanesOfFame@reddit

Should be higher. Lotta comments mentioning the engine spooling and whatnot but ground effect absolutely put a sweet cushion right between the plane and the ground
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TacticalVirus@reddit

The only time F-4 Aerodynamics work in your favour; bodyslamming a mattress of air into the ground
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SigilumSanctum@reddit

This is a breathtaking statement.
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prefusernametaken@reddit

A good pilot knows how to work those matresses
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mareksoon@reddit

We must … we must … we must increase our thrust!
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Papersnail380@reddit

Did he bounce a phantom?
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SpareBinderClips@reddit

I remember reading that pilots referred to the F4 as the triumph of thrust over aerodynamics and saying that if you pushed the plane sideways through the air you wouldn’t notice the difference in flight performance.
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Hornswaggle@reddit

My 2013 Chevy is crapping out. How is this relic still flying?
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inVizi0n@reddit

Well, the jet gets regular maintenance, so...
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croooowTrobot@reddit

Who's making the parts for those? Or did they just ship 2000 crates of parts when they sold them to whoever? (Make 'em last boys!)
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halcyon4ever@reddit

I'll add that domestically they get the plans for all the parts and can try to find a manufacturer to re-make the specified widget. But good luck finding a company that re-tool for however that widget is made, only to find out that the sub parts don't exist any more either. We have a section of the DoD who's entire job is wrapped up in finding/making parts for these older planes.
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halcyon4ever@reddit

That's pretty spot on.
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Hornswaggle@reddit

well... I mean... So does my Chevy... sort of.
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AndroidAtWork@reddit

That and he's driving a Chevy.
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AgreeablePudding9925@reddit

Touch and go. Cool!
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DAVIDWAU@reddit

Calculated.
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sparqq@reddit

Someone needs clean underwear
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Sorry-Cook-905@reddit

WOW SMH ‼️‼️ https://www.ebay.com/itm/356849140501?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tkzdpaegqg-&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=tkzdpaegqg-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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local_meme_dealer45@reddit

ground effect saved them there
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Key-Monk6159@reddit

Could you please explain what that means?
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Sir_twitch@reddit

Ground Effect *really* over-simplified is basically that an "air-cushion" of sorts is formed by the increased pressure air being squished between the plane and the ground. It is debated that this is actually how the Spruce Goose got off the water, and didn't technically fly. Check out the Soviet-era Caspian Sea monster as an example of an aircraft designed specifically to operate utilizing Wing-in-Groud-effect. There's been a modern design for a small 10-20 passenger coastal plane punted around for the last several decades. I distantly recall hearing about it a bit in the mid-90s. Mind you I was early teens at the time, so my dates might be wrong.
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ReallyBigRocks@reddit

> It is debated that this is actually how the Spruce Goose got off the water, and didn't technically fly Flying using ground effect is still flying. Why wouldn't that count?
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Electronic_Echo_8793@reddit

At least in Finland ground effect vehicles are not classified as planes but boats, so technically a 15 year old with no license could operate a 24 meter ground effect vehicle legally
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ReallyBigRocks@reddit

A ground effect vehicle is one that can only operate in ground effect, but all aircraft experience it during take off and landing.
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lobax@reddit

It’s aerodynamically different.
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ReallyBigRocks@reddit

When you find me a plane that takes off without ground using effect I'll lend this argument some credence.
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spazturtle@reddit

Does the X-15 count?
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ReallyBigRocks@reddit

Never took off, did it? Air-launched.
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ThePrussianGrippe@reddit

> Spruce Goose Ghost of Howard Hughes: IT WAS THE HERCULES, DAMNIT!
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Agent7619@reddit

Flarecraft [https://sciencephotogallery.com/featured/flarecraft-ground-effect-craft-over-sea-flarecraft-corporationscience-photo-library.html](https://sciencephotogallery.com/featured/flarecraft-ground-effect-craft-over-sea-flarecraft-corporationscience-photo-library.html)
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Sir_twitch@reddit

Thanks! There's also AirFish. I feel like there was one of a different name from the 90s, but maybe it was the AirFish... they all mirror roughly the same design.
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Agent7619@reddit

Flarecraft [https://sciencephotogallery.com/featured/flarecraft-ground-effect-craft-over-sea-flarecraft-corporationscience-photo-library.htmlhttps://sciencephotogallery.com/featured/flarecraft-ground-effect-craft-over-sea-flarecraft-corporationscience-photo-library.html](https://sciencephotogallery.com/featured/flarecraft-ground-effect-craft-over-sea-flarecraft-corporationscience-photo-library.htmlhttps://sciencephotogallery.com/featured/flarecraft-ground-effect-craft-over-sea-flarecraft-corporationscience-photo-library.html)
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gkaplan59@reddit

I'm not pilot but I assume the bottom of the aircraft is a hoverboard
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ddwood87@reddit

Like when a sheet of glass falls on top of another and is air-cushioned as it closes the gap.
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broadarrow39@reddit

I used to do something similar with a frisbee as a kid. I'd launch it towards the ground and watch it lift off.
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looper741@reddit

[Geound effect](https://www.pilotmall.com/blogs/news/ground-effect-learning-to-use-it-to-your-advantage)
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SnipeUout@reddit

ELI5. When a plane gets very close to the ground, the wings become very efficient and the plane has more lifting power and less drag.
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falcongsr@reddit

i thought it was because ground is less compressible than air
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SnipeUout@reddit

It also has a Pk of 1.
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Key-Monk6159@reddit

Ty all for explaining.
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cpt_ppppp@reddit

Also why it feels like it takes longer to touchdown than it should when you take a commercial flight. That ground affect means you have more lift close to the ground until you scrub off some more speed
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Shorn-@reddit

Aircraft wings get a boost to lift due to reduction in drag when very close to the ground. https://youtu.be/xTUkwP4noGY?si=FdDukxPhemmEWiyR
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Just_some1_on_earth@reddit

Ground effect is when a wing is very close to a surface (usually the ground), which causes it to interfer with the wing's air flow, which causes additional lift.
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jjp82@reddit

Top Gun reference
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Loose_Employee_1597@reddit

It's the minimum altitude you set when training that you pretend is the ground, so if something goes wrong you go through an imaginary boundary instead of crashing.
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SpacecraftX@reddit

No it’s not. It’s a physical aerodynamic effect of flying close to the ground.
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mwthomas11@reddit

that's what a hard deck is, that's not what they asked though lol
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MarkerMagnum@reddit

Aircraft experience an increase in lift within close proximity to the ground. This is the “ground effect”. Here that extra little help might have saved the aircraft.
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oblizni@reddit

Could it be he damaged plane with all rocks flying around
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marty4286@reddit

There was a helicopter crash in the Philippines a couple of decades ago where they took off and immediately went past a cliff and lost ground effect. Brutal way to teach the witnesses why it matters (no fatalities thankfully)
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Euphorix126@reddit

All part of the plan /s
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on3day@reddit

"hard deck, my ass"
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NewspaperNelson@reddit

We nailed that son of a bitch
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SerDuckOfPNW@reddit

I saw the shot There was no danger So I took it
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mz_groups@reddit

“And broke a major rule of engagement”
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TraditionPast4295@reddit

“The you broke another one with that circus stunt flyby”
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woodworkingguy1@reddit

I want somebody’s butt, and I want it now!
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MoeSzyslakMonobrow@reddit

Your ego is writing checks your body can't cash!
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letsbuildasnowman@reddit

“And one Admiral’s daughter!”
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Voodoo1970@reddit

"Something something freighter full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong!"
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Least-Back-2666@reddit

I am so disappointed Maverick didn't open with him flying cargo planes full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong.
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Voodoo1970@reddit

After all these years I'm still wondering why the Navy would be flying cargo planes full of rubber dog shit, out of anywhere let alone Hong Kong.
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Least-Back-2666@reddit

Because the navy would can you and the only company that would hire you would be some shitty company no one wants to work for
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Grow_away_420@reddit

If they weren't so close to the ground they wouldn't have been in danger
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Ghostrider117@reddit

altitude = airspeed OR airspeed = altitude God Bless the F4
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ApuLunas@reddit

i am glad it wasn't an alt + f4.
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ChoMan59@reddit

Me, I’d punch.
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Every-Ad3529@reddit

Yeah, he was committed to the End. I wonder why he didn't and how he got in that position in the first place.
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Ziegler517@reddit

Because elite fighter pilots almost always think they can save it. Killed 3 of my dads mates in the 80s. Always said their ego often gets the better of them and that you can only, “tie the record” for lowest altitude (zero), can’t beat it. I do know there are areas that are below sea level but those are exceptions
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BrianWantsTruth@reddit

“Think I can make it in between there?” “Nope.” “Oh, ye of little faith” [*doesn’t fit through there*](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVksKfBwORs&pp=ygUTaGVsaWNvcHRlciBoaXQgdHJlZQ%3D%3D)
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Un0rigi0na1@reddit

Literally one of the most common videos that are referenced when we are going NOE. It will never not be a part of our psyche in our heads when we go below the trees.
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BrianWantsTruth@reddit

I love the immediate confident “nope”. Like not a hint of “maybe”.
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Un0rigi0na1@reddit

Culture has changed a bit and more people are willing to speak up and call out a stupid idea. Fully convinced it has saved alot of aircrew lives. Too many variables at play to risk a $30mil aircraft and two pilots just to be below the trees for a few extra seconds.
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cat_prophecy@reddit

"Never question your superiors" has killed more than a few people. Crew Resource Management helps prevent this.
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WestDuty9038@reddit

CRM for the win baby 😎 Still boggles my mind that a South Korean captain once backhanded his first officer for speaking up. I get the culture difference and everything but Christ
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Cultural_Thing1712@reddit

Korean Air had some of the worst company culture ever in the industry. Their lack of CRM was so egregious they were ranked the most dangerous airline in the late 90s. Now it seems like the culture has been fixed, but it's crazy how scared F/Os were of Captains.
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lunettenoir@reddit

I just watched The Rehersal by Nathan Fiedler on HBO and they go over this exact same problem. How the first captain doesn’t want to speak up to the pilot and how it’s resulted in numerous airplane crashes over the years. Definitely worth a watch.
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BrianWantsTruth@reddit

I was about to bring that up! It’s supposed to be a weekly episode release, and since that first episode, the next one is overdue. This is pure speculation, but I wonder if E2 is late due to airline industry pushback. They saw the first episode and shit their pants a bit.
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lunettenoir@reddit

The episodes release every Sunday I believe. I just started E2 last night. I’m assuming the whole season has already been filmed but you can already see United Airlines giving pushback in E1 with the media rep not wanting to go any further with Nathan’s requests.
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DrSpaceman4@reddit

And graduating from one of Canada's top business schools with really good grades.
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cat_prophecy@reddit

Is this a reference I am missing?
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DrSpaceman4@reddit

Yea sorry it's a little deep: The Rehearsal Season 2 is a ridiculous HBO show about a comedian, Nathan Fielder, teaching copilots to speak up to their superiors to prevent aviation disasters. Fielder famously "graduated from one of Canada's top business schools with really good grades."
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thevvhiterabbit@reddit

You should check out the new season of Nathan Fielder’s ‘The Rehearsal’ this season seems to be all about copilots who aren’t scared to call out a captain’s mistakes because it historically leads to accidents if they don’t.
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AnExpensiveCatGirl@reddit

Pilot should've trusted his crew mate.
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osuaviator@reddit

Non-flying pilot should’ve been more assertive once he realized the flying pilot was exhibiting terrible judgment and accepting unnecessary risk. The referenced incident has been played during just about every CRM training I’ve attended.
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rctid_taco@reddit

There's about five seconds between the initial question and the impact.
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osuaviator@reddit

Turns out things happen quickly in the air, doesn’t change your obligation to speak up or take the controls when necessary.
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BrianWantsTruth@reddit

Oh I’m sure the pilot never lived that one down. 25 years later “hey remember that one time wh-“ “yes!! Stfu!!”
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obi_wan_the_phony@reddit

When someone else is gambling with your life you are pretty direct
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ChevTecGroup@reddit

Even more incredibly stupid was him continuing to fly it.
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MrManGuy42@reddit

the obviously better option is to jump out and get chopped up by the blades
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ChevTecGroup@reddit

How about "land immediately and do an emergency shutdown" instead of pulling up and putting more space between you and the ground.
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Dpek1234@reddit

Well its not like its 4k
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SolipsistSmokehound@reddit

What do you mean? It’s a helicopter…are you expecting him to eject?
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obi_wan_the_phony@reddit

So what actually happens there. The grainy footage makes it hard to tell. Did they clip trees?
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CaptainRedPants@reddit

Then the other guy keeps saying "get a hold of it, get it on the ground" and it appears they do indeed land it. 
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Mist_Rising@reddit

>and it appears they do indeed land it.  I mean, they're landing one way or the other. Gravity ain't a kind mistress. But yes they made it out safely (physically, God knows what the command did).
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horst-graben@reddit

Yep, clipped the trees with the blades.
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Heavy_Cheddar@reddit

> “Oh, ye of little faith” that's hard, though
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shane515dsm@reddit

I believe what happened was the pilot had made it through before. Then he served at another post. When he came back a few years later the trees had grown.
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EtherealMongrel@reddit

Sneaky fuckers
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AffectedRipples@reddit

Thank you for this. I watch this video a couple times a year and I'm always asking my friends stupid questions and using that response when they say no.
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ImYourHumbleNarrator@reddit

> crashes in death valley
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Mickus_B@reddit

I watched it once and thought "surely this is a weird angle and he didn't get that close". On second watch I thought "does this guy think he's Maverick? Unless he's MEANT to do that, why didn't he eject?" I read your comment and that makes total sense now.
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Lirsh2@reddit

This guy basically tied it there. Not sure I've seen a plane dip below a runway before
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ctesibius@reddit

Blackburn Buccaneer. Designed to cruise below the deck they took off from.
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cucumberblueprint@reddit

Israel’s Bar Yehuda Airfield would disagree! It’s at -378m below sea level. But even amsterdams Schiphol Airport is 3m below sea level.
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BaddestKarmaToday@reddit

“Your ego’s writing checks your body can’t cash”
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F14Scott@reddit

"It's better to die than to look bad." ~fighter maxim
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Least-Back-2666@reddit

Any ground passes on death valley count?
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AnubisEvo@reddit

Oh yeah, my maintainer always tells me I can only tie the record for closest parking near the hangar. I’m sure you get why.
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SomethingIWontRegret@reddit

> you can only, “tie the record” for lowest altitude (zero), can’t beat it. Untrue. Smoking holes have varying depths.
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PPJ87@reddit

Indeed. See the Shoreham Disaster, UK - crash during an air show. Overly confident ex-fighter pilot tried to loop too low and slammed into a major road on top of cars. 11 killed. Absolutely tragic.
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Mediocre-Housing-131@reddit

And videos like this only help to reaffirm this misplaced trust in themselves
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play_hard_outside@reddit

To be clear, anyone not already dead simply hasn’t died yet. They’ve survived everything thrown at them until that point, so why not the thing that kills them?
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sirblobsalot@reddit

Uhhh the crater in Pennsylvania would like a word with you.. that plane made it negative
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avar@reddit

>you can only, “tie the record” for lowest altitude (zero), You can get to -1250+ ft by landing at MTZ, and well below 0 at various other airports.
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I_GottaPoop@reddit

You can break it if you're going fast enough
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OnlyImprovement9796@reddit

Only some, not all fighter pilots, are elite.
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twarr1@reddit

AGL
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pattern_altitude@reddit

Still applies if you use AGL.
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bonfuto@reddit

I recall a crash where the pilot was practicing for an airshow and did one too many descending turns. The plane landed and slid along the ground but he never punched out. Possibly (partial?) gloc. Probably looked a lot like this. With the condition of the plane afterwards, it had near-zero vertical velocity when it hit.
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Current_Operation_93@reddit

F/A-18 Hornet at El Toro MCAS circa 1990. It was at the airshow. He started his loop too low, when he was rounding out and going wings level at the bottom he pancaked into the runway. He lived, but injured his spine in the mishap.
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One_Spot_4066@reddit

Pretty sure he sustained 75Gs and broke his face in the process as well. Crazy to survive something like that
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dvcxfg@reddit

75g? That's insane. Either that's an exaggeration or his spine is now fully fused.
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One_Spot_4066@reddit

I thought so as well but I've seen it reported in multiple articles. Idk how the human body could survive that much force. Crazy stuff
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ChillStreetGamer@reddit

its 75Gs for s plit second. like standing on the sun for a nanosecond.
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MilkNreddit@reddit

Isnt ejecting really dangerous at that altitude?
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TheRealGuitarNoir@reddit

I wondered the same, but I also wondered if F-4's have a Zero/Zero ejection system?
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Grandpas_Spells@reddit

The reason you got into it is the same reason you aren't getting out of it. I recall a Navy flight instructor saying something like that.
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hat_eater@reddit

Too slow I think.
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IM_REFUELING@reddit

Probably outside the ejection envelope with that kind of sink rate. Doubt they've got 0/0 seats on those old thangs
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Giggsey11@reddit

Even with 0/0 seats they’re likely still outside the ejection envelope. Thats a pretty high decent rate.
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SkidRauh@reddit

A lot of people think 0-0 seats will get you out of every situation, for the interested folks there is a really interesting video on YouTube called Ejection Vectors.
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John_E_Vegas@reddit

Key point: they aren't -10/-10 ejection seats.
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SvenskaLiljor@reddit

-10 Degrees, huh
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John_E_Vegas@reddit

It was either that or 0/-10 and I coudn't be bothered to look it up, nerd.
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ComfortablePatient84@reddit

Yes, zero/zero means the seats will just barely work if the plane is on the ground with zero negative vertical velocity. Hence, zero altitude and zero negative velocity. If the plane's in a descent, the situation changes!
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Wobblycogs@reddit

Very interesting video, thanks.
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nellyspageli@reddit

wanna link that video?
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SkidRauh@reddit

https://youtu.be/09DckvwFrXY?si=PCb9-o_PLnqLlfVO
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hoodranch@reddit

If given the choice, 10k ft agl is preferable.
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BigJellyfish1906@reddit

Not by the end. That thunderbird F-16 crash on takeoff was way worse. 
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dzl_thunder_aviation@reddit

Early production Phantoms were fitted with the Martin Baker Mk 5 seat and were not 0/0. When the Mk 7 was installed in the F-4, they became 0/0.
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FZ_Milkshake@reddit

With the backseat going first, certainly outside of envelope.
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JasonWX@reddit

With that much sink rate in an older seat like the phantoms have, you wouldn’t even have one swing in the chute.
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ChoMan59@reddit

Not so obvious, Petunia. OP will check his logbook to see how much “ejection seat time” he has, having flown a Hornet in and out of combat and having suffered lots of cats & traps, but the ejection decision is sort of a holy-shit moment that is not based upon the disco charts that we see in the back of the manual, but in the split-second gut-level moment that we all cannot predict and hope we never face. Good luck in your flying.
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JasonWX@reddit

I got it wrong then. As a fellow ejection driver (no combat time for me yet) I’ll probably also pull the handle if I have the O shit moment like you said. I fly a jet with a real dogshit seat. For us if you consider going with a sink rate and/or bank at low altitude you go splat. Gotta decide super early or ride it out. I figured an F4 would have a somewhat bad seat also but I may be completely wrong.
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red286@reddit

Punching is the end of your career though. Plenty of guys would probably prefer to just die.
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Natedoggsk8@reddit

I think because you need a second at least to prepare to eject
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jj3449@reddit

He either has massive steel balls or doesn’t have a working ejection seat, either is possible.
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ksfst@reddit

We just saw someone earn the "skidmark" callsign.
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BigJellyfish1906@reddit

Yeah sticking around waiting for impact is a shit idea. If you guess wrong, the plane slaps down and cartwheels and you have no chance to eject then. 
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SchrodingersNinja@reddit

Maybe that a situation where he orders a new ejection handle and new pants.
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astral__monk@reddit

I think I'd have done the same. But it also depends what seat he was in though. Some of the older ones and you're that low, with that much sink rate, the seat still wouldn't have saved you.
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FZ_Milkshake@reddit

Don't know what seat they have in the Terminators, but that was a lot of sink rate to punch out.
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Strained-Spine-Hill@reddit

I wouldn't have. Not because I wanted to save the aircraft, but because my butthole would have puckered so hard it would have had such a tight grip on the airframe that it would have over powered the rockets.
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Affectionate_Hair534@reddit

Just another day for “J79’s”
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cig107@reddit

That guy or gal completely shit themselves within 30 seconds of that near death. Shocked they didnt eject!
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robo-dragon@reddit

I know it’s perspective and all, but it really looks like he avoided death by mere inches! Damn!
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RaymondLuxury-Yacht@reddit

I've been trying to figure out *just* how close. And this is far more fucked up than I think anyone realizes. ***Based on my geolocation of the footage, this appears to have happened at the main airport in North Cyprus: Ercan International.*** The key to locating the footage is the white cylinder-shaped structure in the distance at the beginning of the video. If you use street or satellite view to look at the other airfield in North Cyprus, Gecitkale, you can see that there are no structures nearby the ends of the runways at Gecitkale, let alone any white cylinder-shaped ones. However, if you look at the satellite view of Ercan, you can see singular white structures at the corners of the airfield. This would match the footage to Ercan. Additionally, Gecitkale seems to have vegetation of various levels around it. Ercan and the footage do not. As for *where* at Ercan, you can see in the video that the terrain in the distance is relatively flat with no clusters of buildings. Based on that, it would seem to be the southeast corner of the airport, somewhere around [here](https://www.google.com/maps/place//@35.1451781,33.5262517,377m/). Probably from the concrete pad between the two runways and the cameraman is looking almost due west over the end of the new runway being built in satellite photos. Enabling the terrain map would show that off that end of the airport, there is a downward slope that goes down to a creek. It looks like there was probably *some* room over there, but the perspective of the camera makes it look far more close.
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Thats_a_vReck@reddit

Why would it be more messed up than a near miss in some other airshow? They also tend to be full of people right?
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Then-Quail-1414@reddit

I’m only replying here bc nobody else has and your comment took a lot of work.
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RaymondLuxury-Yacht@reddit

Thank you! But I will admit that it wasn't *too* hard to do. I've gotten pretty decent at geolocating footage since the Feb 2022 invasion. And on top of that, there are only two airports in all of North Cyprus which makes things pretty easy. This was far, *far* more easy than something like trying to figure out something like which small Ukrainian hamlet an SU-34 was shot down over based on powerline direction of travel relative to the placement of the sun in the sky haha.
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waffling_with_syrup@reddit

That's some cool detective work
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RaymondLuxury-Yacht@reddit

Thanks!
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TherearesocksaFoot@reddit

Hell yeah, good work
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RaymondLuxury-Yacht@reddit

Thanks!
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SomethingIWontRegret@reddit

Technically true, since all distances can be measured in inches.
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Ricerat@reddit

Close enough to kick up dust
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meteoritegallery@reddit

Hard to say how close that is, could've been 20 ft with how he was oriented
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rex-222@reddit

Thats not perspective, that was a fact.
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ThaddeusJP@reddit

JC-Factor: 10
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TacoBroman4005@reddit

r/nononoyes
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Feeling_Doughnut5714@reddit

The Phantom is old as hell. Replace those shit.
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Consistent_Course413@reddit

Nobody is willing to sell us planes, eurofighter was recently blocked and the US is making problems
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Feeling_Doughnut5714@reddit

I'm pretty sure french Dassault would be happy to sell you some Rafale fighters.
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Consistent_Course413@reddit

The only countries that sell us military stuff is, Italy, Uk, Spain and South Korea. Only South Korea is producing fighter jets, but they are ITAR regulated (Lockheed asistance and american engine)
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Feeling_Doughnut5714@reddit

Ok, good to know.
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Consistent_Course413@reddit

Yeah sure they have an embargo on us too. We fought an proxy war with them just a few years ago.
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FenixOfNafo@reddit

It literally shit itself lol.... (Yeah yeah it's an optical illusion of some birds or debris falling behind it as it pulls up)
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BurgerJunkie87@reddit

RIO Code Brown..... RIO Code Brown
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LubeTornado@reddit

That cockpit is full of excrement
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par-a-dox-i-cal@reddit

I will tell you this, I stood at about three meters from F-4 while its two engines test ran at 100%. I felt my internal organs vibrating. With earplugs and soundproof earmuffs, it was still loud.
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narwhalsare_unicorns@reddit

I used to go to airshows where dozens of these exact F4’s would do low flybys with afterburners on. I still remember how the ground was shaking it was such a cool thing to witness.
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WannaChange_Username@reddit

Average war thunder expe
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DecisionRelative5769@reddit

It's not a near accident, just an older pilot flying. Its true they were not level, but what they did is called a "touch and go." I was stationed at an F4 base in the early 80s, and pilots would do this regularly when they were getting their flying hours in.
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BrewerShawn@reddit

Few questions , why would they need to do a touch and go to get hours ? Do they need a certain amount of landings and take offs too ? Would just flying in a straight line and back or in a circle give the same amount of hours ?
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DecisionRelative5769@reddit

Part of a pilot getting their requisite hours is performing various maneuvers, of which the touch and go is one of them. Other examples would be flying in formation or landing & taking off side by side. That latter one was one of my favorites because I loved seeing them do that. And to be clear, each pilot was only flying a few hours at a time. But the base I was at had multiple squadrons of F4s, so there was constant activity on the runway.
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PepeNoMas@reddit

he didnt even ejaculate himself from the plane. balls of steel!
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allahbkool@reddit

😮what you said
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allahbkool@reddit

I have a number…
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Perfect-Time-9919@reddit

I bet debrief wasn't fun.
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Certain-Hour-923@reddit

Could probably create a diamond in that puckered rectum.
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ZehAngrySwede@reddit

Pilots nuts just itched.
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ColdFyre2112@reddit

TIL there are still Phantoms flying! Such an iconic aircraft.
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Nikon_D750@reddit

I loved flying those planes…they always brought me home
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DillyDillyMilly@reddit

“I meant to do that”
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SKXtra@reddit

war thunder when you don't look at your altitude
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kriskringle73@reddit

Hope the Cyprus AF's flight suits are brown
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OneOfAKind2@reddit

If only there was a way for a phone to capture horizontal movement better. Like a sideways view? Dunno, but I hope the phone manufacturers look into this.
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KickFacemouth@reddit

Someday, somebody's going to accidentally tilt their phone, discover it has a secret horizontal mode, and go viral for discovering a photography hack.
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Hobash@reddit

Show off
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Street-Baseball8296@reddit

If his asshole had teeth, it would have chewed a hole in his seat. lol
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fuggerdug@reddit

Still such a cool looking airplane.
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JayGold@reddit

It had the nickname "Double ugly", which I don't understand. It's one of my favorite looking planes.
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fuggerdug@reddit

I always thought that was because the pilots hated it, what with it not being targeted at a particular mission but being a jack of all trades, but somebody on here claimed to be a pilot and said they all loved it. Perhaps it was the earlier version they didn't like and the aeronautics were improved, but the nick name stuck?
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Voodoo1970@reddit

Pilots loved it, but compared to earlier generation jets it wasn't sleek or stylish. Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder, but the looking at the Phantom compared to its predecessors was like marrying a square-jawed mid-West farm girl after only ever dating California beach girls. There's nothing wrong with square-jawed Mid-West farm girls, and she'd make a great wife and in the right light can be physically attractive enough - but when did anyone write a song that went "I wish they all could be mid-West farm girls"?
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TheDuceman@reddit

Me, goddamnit. I wish they all could Midwest farm girls.
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throwaway123xcds@reddit

😂😂🤣
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cat_prophecy@reddit

It also wasn't a good plane for the type of combat they were flying into. It was a lot bigger and a lot more powerful, but got out-rated by the MiGs it was against.
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TheAndyGeorge@reddit

i had heard it was the two tail wings, and/or the contrasting upward wings vs the downward tail
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froses@reddit

At the academy we had static displays of the F-4, F-15, F-16, and F-105 right outside the dorms. The phantom was always my favorite, such a huge airplane with 2 massive engines and the woodland camp paint. What a badass plane.
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W00DERS0N60@reddit

I did a science camp there in the late 90's, the B-52 on the way up the main entrance was impressive.
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Vv4nd@reddit

Well, it's a brick with two very powerful and angry engines. Thing doesn't really fly.. it's engines just scream at the ground to keep it away.
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mr_yuk@reddit

Exactly. We called it the "flying brick" in the AF. They still had a few flying when I was working on F-16s. The FCF from a F-4 was kinda pathetic when you regularly see F-16s do it. F-16 locks wheels, full afterburner, takes off about 1/3 the way down the runway, stays 20' off deck, full burner to EOR then straight up until you can't see it anymore. The F-4, same routine but starts to move slowly, watching it with a grimace hoping it gets off the ground before EOR, max climb is like, I mean it's going up, but just. Still ripping loud from 3 miles out so it has that going for it.
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OddAttorney9798@reddit

We called it the "lead sled". They were phased out by the time I was in, but we had a bunch of decommissioned aircraft in the range yard. Any chance you were at Cannon?
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Crankbait_88@reddit

I read somewhere that the F-4 was proof that with enough power even a brick could fly. Wish I could remember who said that.
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Boeing367-80@reddit

In the early 80s I was a passenger in a 747 taxiing towards the reef runway at Honolulu. Two or three F-4s departed before us. The sound was incredible \*inside\* the 747. Those things were loud as hell.
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HomeAir@reddit

MKE airport has a big F4 outside and I don't know why, but it's always a sign of home
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Hot_Time_8628@reddit

And she was LOUD.
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DieCastDontDie@reddit

very
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DieCastDontDie@reddit

We'd see a couple Phantoms fly over pretty often in primary school. It would be so hard to track them in the sky from a classroom window. By the time you heard them it was almost too late.
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aBigOLDick@reddit

I need to drive up there to check them out when I get back to Fort Carson.
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TheAndyGeorge@reddit

the air guard base/airport where i grew up has lifesize displays of the f4 and f16 (replaced our f4s in the late 80s i'm gonna say), and yes exactly - they are huge and impressive. and LOUD
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ragingxtc@reddit

I was fortunate enough to be involved in flight testing the QF-16 at WSMR a number of years back. Most days, I got to see QF-4s flying along side our QF-16s, with F-22s and Luftwaffe Tornados flying around in the background. One of my favorite memories was when we were launching an unmanned QF-16 and we had a QF-4 (manned) as a chase plane. The chase plane would take off first and circle around as the test aircraft started it's takeoff roll. We all stood at the end of the droneway and watched in excitement as the pilotless QF-16, representing countless hours of our work, rolled down the droneway for the first time... forgetting about the QF-4 that had been circling around. I'm pretty sure the pilot knew we weren't paying attention because he buzzed the droneway about 50 ft off the deck at several hundred knots, both J-79s in full AB, and scared the shit out of all of us. It. Was. Fucking. Awesome.
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that_dutch_dude@reddit

it looks cool but its a testament to the saying "with enough trust anything can fly".
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thatfatbastard@reddit

Something something thrust something brick something fly.
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captain_ender@reddit

My dad's coworker flew Phantoms, chilliest dude you'd ever meet. I guess everything is chill after you survive all the creative ways those things plotted to kill pilots.
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SpaceHorse75@reddit

I had no idea those were still in service
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I-LOVE-TURTLES666@reddit

More luck than skill
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DrRob@reddit

"Better lucky than good" my old RCAF crew commander used to say after things got a little hairy.
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a_bucket_full_of_goo@reddit

Proudly proclaims the redditor, as he sees a trained fighter pilot do something impressive
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BigJellyfish1906@reddit

I’m a former fighter pilot. That was incredible luck getting them put of a situation their poor skill put them in. 
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kiddico@reddit

Yeah, see you have room to talk. Just by looking at your comment history I'd know that you are at least into aviation. I-LOVE-TURTLES666 on the other hand is into F1 memes and PC modding... Also things I like, but my BS-o-meter says he isn't a good source for aviation judgments...
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mattblack77@reddit

Yet they reached the same conclusions
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kiddico@reddit

Yeah... but now I vetted the source... ?
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highmickey@reddit

Poor skill or some sort of miscalculation of weight because of drop tanks maybe?? It seems like he wanted to start climbing one second earlier with full throttle but somehow it is not happening and the plane keeps going down for one more second. I guessing pulling off such an extreme maneuver would be difficult even for a light weight fighter like F-16. I mean, not crashing with such a huge, heavy and old fighter? Ngl, I'm impressed even it was dangerous 😳
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BigJellyfish1906@reddit

> Poor skill or some sort of miscalculation of weight because of drop tanks maybe? That’s not a possibility. It’s a skill issue. > but somehow it is not happening and the plane keeps going down for one more second. Because he got too slow when he tried to do this turn, and he didn’t have anywhere near enough lift. > I guessing pulling off such an extreme maneuver would be difficult even for a light weight fighter like F-16. Probably not because a modern fighter wouldn’t let you get that slow on accident, and they have way more thrust to power out of a situation like that. > Ngl, I'm impressed even it was dangerous 😳 The same way you’d be impressed if someone swerved into oncoming traffic and “skillfully” managed to dodge 10 cars before spinning off onto the shoulder.
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pm-me-nothing-okay@reddit

I think most people forget how stupid people can be. I once someone flip a bradley over in a flat desert.
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highmickey@reddit

You're probably right sir, I haven't fly an aircraft before. But just as a reminder, this footage from an air show. I've watched this exact aircraft before and if he didn't make that mistake he was going to start climbing just one second earlier; so, the original move is not such a close call but a similar extreme low altitude sharp turn.
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AlarmingAerie@reddit

I don't why you frame it as "extreme maneuver", it's a mistake.
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highmickey@reddit

If this wasn't a mistake, he was gonna start climbing one second earlier. It's not like he lost 100ft and nearly crashed. This is an air show and this aircraft performed extremely sharp turns before. I don't what happened here exactly but yeah this was really a dangerous close call.
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erhue@reddit

it's good that trained fighter pilots never make mistakes, they're flawless creatures!
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Tsarsi@reddit

if you think that trained fighter pilots are meant to almost kill themselves AND lose a multi million dollar aircraft that isnt easily replaceable, then i have a bridge to sell you. Calling people redditors for having common thought is ridiculous......
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TheodorDiaz@reddit

What's impressive about nearly crashing in the ground?
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Somrandom1@reddit

That's a salvaged fuck-up more than anything else
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Pro-editor-1105@reddit

Ya because you could have done this.
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joeyhorshack@reddit

Shut up
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Longshot-Kapow@reddit

Change the underwear and keep flying!
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Lonestar3504@reddit

First thought was Holy Crap.... they still fly F-4s!?
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SU37Yellow@reddit

Yeah, Iran, Turkey, and Greese all fly them. South Korea retired theirs in 2024 and I want to say Japan retired it in 2020.
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New_Dom2023@reddit

These are what Iran uses. There’s a funny story online of our pilots trolling a couple Iranian pilots with our high tech planes. F4 pilots didn’t even know they were flying right under them.
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Lewd_ish@reddit

That plane was kept off the ground by pure pucker power.
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SU37Yellow@reddit

It's an F4, it direct really fly, it just bests the air into submission.
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DarkRajiin@reddit

Gotta watch out for those Cyprus Hills
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NOORMOBASHIRSAMI@reddit

When did this happen?
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UberKaltPizza@reddit

Code brown.
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Ribitia@reddit

Bro getting his ass kicked from his comanding officer...
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ComfortablePatient84@reddit

For anyone who makes the mistake of conflating deck angle with angle of attack, this video's first few seconds displays the sometimes vast difference between the two. The F'4's deck angle was positive long before the aircraft's angle of attack finally turned from negative to positive. The angle of attack is the angle of the wing's path to the horizontal movement of the air. The deck angle is of course the angle of the aircraft's centerline to the horizontal movement of air. Many a pilot of a high performance jet has died because while he corrected the deck angle to remain aloft, the aircraft's angle of attack was unable to go from the descent to the climb in time to avoid the crash. This F-4 pilot got about as close to the brink as one can get without suffering the crash. I'm sure it was a harrowing experience for him.
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RegiABellator@reddit

How did he end up in that situation? Air show?
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Mister_Ed_Brugsezot@reddit

I think the pilot heard some grinding, and then smelled something. 😄
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Stormin_82@reddit

Dang
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0_Camposos@reddit

occupied Cyprus *
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jamesraynorr@reddit

Yeah it was occupied to stop Greeks from ethnically cleansing Turks from island. Who told you to unite the island with Greece? Who violated tripartitate agreement between GR TR and UK? Who committed Bloody Christmas and kick started the mess? Well it was not Turks.
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Buy_from_EU-@reddit

You sound like Putin with his excuses. You ethnically cleansed 200.000 people and many more Turks died as result of your actions. Not even your friends agree with your point of view, they all seem you for what you are. War criminals
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the_gentilman@reddit

So beautiful plane almost 50 age old but gold.
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DrtyBlvd@reddit

Jesus Christ. Why's it wearing a Xmas jumper.
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tartare4562@reddit

Ground effect saved his ass
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les1968@reddit

“With a big enough engine even a brick will fly”
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RandyBeaman@reddit

The maintenance team is going to need a hose for the cockpit.
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smart_bear6@reddit

He wore his brown pants.
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gkaplan59@reddit

Pilot's new callsign is "Puma"
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slippy_mcslip@reddit

I know [stab](https://www.theautopian.com/how-i-got-my-navy-callsign-by-shitting-myself-in-an-f-a-18-fighter-jet-twice/) But I have been trying to think what acronym for shitting yourself in this situation is and can't, please explain
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gkaplan59@reddit

"Puma" pants
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5parky@reddit

Engaging puma maneuver.
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slippy_mcslip@reddit

I know... I know.. I am I'm disbelief I can't get this... Like just the ones with puma written on the bum? Not an acronym for like pooped upside my airplane or something
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UsernameAvaylable@reddit

Think really dump. "puma pants" == "poo ma pants"
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slippy_mcslip@reddit

Ohh omg omg it's not just the text... Fuck... Omg why am I like this... Thank you Reddit stranger you have saved me
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gkaplan59@reddit

Haha you're thinking too much! Come down to my level
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slippy_mcslip@reddit

Lol yeah I think I just over thought. I was like there more to just the text on the bum like juicy/puma Omg I'm going to wake up and take a shower all the while sighing and muttering come on brain why you do this to me
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ScoopyVonPuddlePants@reddit

[“Didn’t I just tell you to stop making up animals?”](https://youtu.be/01qtl7GYw4w?si=7bmRcqYdpzuVH40h)
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Graucus@reddit

Poo-ma-pants
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dsdvbguutres@reddit

Of the Pants squadron
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fftimberwolf@reddit

Stencil it on his pants
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6inarowmakesitgo@reddit

I sure as shit would have.
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Dysastro@reddit

in 50 years their grandchildren will ask "grandparent? why are those old people calling you 'pants'?"
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samuel906@reddit

That took me a second 😂
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ejwestcott@reddit

Pretty sure I saw the jet poop a little afterwards
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Teab8g@reddit

Jokes on you. He wore his brown pants.
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videoismylife@reddit

"Aaah, Roger, tower.... that's a Code Brown, repeat Code Brown.... over."
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ridthyevil@reddit

I was thinking how much I would hate to be the crew chief that had to clean the shit stains out of the pilot’s seat after that!
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Nimix_@reddit

I was lucky enough to shoot pics at the French fighter pilot school and heard the whole briefing of the VIP guy who was to go on a flight on one of the Pilatus PC21, they said something along the lines that you'd better be quick with the bag in case you felt like vomiting, because if anything spilled in the cockpit they had to take everything apart to clean it. Looks like this F4 is grounded for a while :D
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Stunning-Crab2064@reddit

just a little sea water love tap
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fuelhandler@reddit

That’s an impressive touch and go “look ma, no gear!”
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Hamster_S_Thompson@reddit

The g force made the bowels evacuation instantaneous
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_Stank_McNasty_@reddit

“boop boop boop PULL UP PULL UP”
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LordDragonus@reddit

OVER G OVER G
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jimbobTX@reddit

That paint job, tho. Might as well paint a target on it.
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BigManScaramouche@reddit

I wonder what nickname this pilot will get after his colleagues see this vid.
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DogsOutTheWindow@reddit

Maybe Scooter, because they scooted that F4s ass like a dog with worms.
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ImYourHumbleNarrator@reddit

my worm cat was named as such
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StanFitch@reddit

Skidmark…
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faughnjj@reddit

We had an F15 pilot called Bondo....I'm not sure exactly the story behind it, but he once pulled handles after clipping wings with an F16 in Alaska, and we used to joke that "God saw a dent in the mountain and tried to smear some bondo into it". From what I remember of the dude, he was a pretty decent pilot....just had some bad luck that day. He came out fine though.
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DogsOutTheWindow@reddit

Holy shit sounds like that was a close call! That’s a perfect call sign though damn!
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maxi4493@reddit

Snake shit
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warmygourds@reddit

Wingardo
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Ziegler517@reddit

DESK Cause that’s all he will be flying
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pb_n_jdams@reddit

Not in a foreign military like Cyprus. You should see how laughable horrible pilots from that area are—there are some excellent ones, but lots of nepotism hires. 
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typ0r@reddit

Foreign?
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FatherHoolioJulio@reddit

He said the quiet part loud there.
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iamteewoo@reddit

Northern Cyprus which is a mostly unrecognized breakaway state which is largely guaranteed by Turkey, who happen to be one of the last operators of the phantom. You could also see the Turkish flag painted on the top of the body of the plane. Also Cyprus doesn't really have much of an airforce, no fighters to speak of.
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Fuck_auto_tabs@reddit

He’ll be lucky to be flying plastic dog shit out of Hong Kong!
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mattblack77@reddit

‘Lucky’
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file_13@reddit

“Terrain”
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Euphorix126@reddit

Pucker
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PeruvianHeadshrinker@reddit

Callsign: "Dip Dip Potato Chip"
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Guntztuffer@reddit

Teepee, because he wiped that ass
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rebmcr@reddit

Ferrari
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Ok_Difference44@reddit

(skid)Mark
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NeighborhoodDude84@reddit

Burpie - he got down and back up real quick.
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M-Cat03@reddit

Fumbles, it was always Fumbles
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CharlotteLucasOP@reddit

Twerk.
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Vau8@reddit

Warphog.
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gkaplan59@reddit

Puma
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planes01@reddit

brownie
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ImYourHumbleNarrator@reddit

camera angles and all that, i would have assumed this was fine. until pilot was blowing dust up
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TheNotorious53@reddit

Just Türkiye things....
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Pleasant_Ant_835@reddit

"Hey Mav, watch this!"
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InternationalTie504@reddit

Still pulling seat cushion out the b-hole.
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AbeFromanEast@reddit

*"Hope the Greeks didn't see that"*
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MinorIrritant@reddit

We saw it and laughed because we still have a squadron of our own and have been there, done that.
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esrevinu@reddit

A friend of mine that flew F4 wild weasels in the sandbox had a wing man whose callsign was Grazer. Guess how he got that name, something very similar happened to him.
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saltedpepper547@reddit

Time for a fresh flight suit
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QuillsROptional@reddit

It did crash! It's just an F-4 and it was able to win a fight with the ground.
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wt1j@reddit

Shallowing that bank angle is what saved it.
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richiememmings60@reddit

Stath behind the yoke!
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Tolipa@reddit

I'm thinking ground effect saved his butt.
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Fun_Value1184@reddit

Hope he wore his brown underwear that day! 🫣
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Serious-Sundae1641@reddit

Lucky they didn't fill in that pothole.
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jak-o-shadow@reddit

Phew, nice. In America we just dump them over the sides of aircraft carriers for funsies.
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hongkonghonky@reddit

TIL that 3 air forces still fly the Phantom
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FantomexLive@reddit

Bro that’s crazy close
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FJ40PJ@reddit

"I meant to do that"
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RetardCentralOg@reddit

He did otherwise he would have ejected.
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FJ40PJ@reddit

For the very literal readers out there... "I meant to do that" is a tongue-in-cheek response when you barely survive a colossal FU of your own making. I guess I'm old...
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RetardCentralOg@reddit

Dude he litterally meant to do that otherwise he would have ejected as in it wasn't an accident or fuck up. It was intentional.
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Thequiet01@reddit

See also: cats.
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Linktheb3ast@reddit

Aerodynamic brick strikes again
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Aikidojo35@reddit

O Türk pilotu ve bilerek yaptı o manevrayı yetenek Türk askerinin özelliğidir
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Studio_DSL@reddit

*woop, woop* terain, pull up *woop, woop*
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Cheez_Mastah@reddit

Someone needs to check the ground for a brown streak
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thewrinklyninja@reddit

Reminds me of that SR-71 Blackbird story where they went to show off to some kids, but it was foggy and they nearly hit the deck and ended doing a massive afterburner thrust right next to where the kids were.
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What_Chu_Talkin_Kid@reddit

Goes to full "Oh FUCK" power
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Pimpstik69@reddit

Dude needs to change his underwear I’ll bet
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W00DERS0N60@reddit

TIL people are still flying F-4s
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BanziKidd@reddit

And then the ground came up and hit the plane out of the sky…
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Kind_Rate7529@reddit

It wouldn't surprise me if folks are skeptical of the following but it is 100% true; I served on the USS Enterprise mid to late seventies and early on we had a Marine squadron of F-4's aboard. They were some of the last 'bridle aircraft ' still in use in the Navy (The Navy went to 'Nosetow' style aircraft after this). The 'clamshell' capatult shuttle had a scoop like feature in front that you drape the center part of the bridle around then each end of the bridle has a machine formed loop that you hooked onto the hooks built into sides of the nose area of the plane. Install the holdback bar along with the proper Tbar (which are specifically designed to break at a certain force level - this keeps the plane in place while it's engines are spooling up in preparation for launch) Then the Retraction and Tension engine moves the shuttle a few inches forward to get everything nice and tight until the cat officer tells deckedge to launch. When deckedge hits the launch button it releases the pre staged volume/pressure of steam into the catapult launch tubes very rapidly which breaks the Tbar and the plane hauls ass 330 feet to the end of the cat where the water brakes stop the shuttle/pistons assembly immediately and safely. The R and T engine retracts the shuttle all the way back to the other end to do it all again. If anyone is actually still reading this thanks! It's been a really long time since I've even thought about any of this stuff. I served one tour on the E as ships crew and my duty station was catapult number two -port side bow. Good times!
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W00DERS0N60@reddit

Meanwhile, in the UK...
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play_hard_outside@reddit

Dude, I read it all and I’m glad you wrote it!
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poopinasock@reddit

I'm more amazed that an F-4 is still actively used. My dad was at Wheelus before Gaddafi took over the country but shit was getting a little tense. Libyan forces, specifically Gadaffi and his crew, used to just roll up to the front gate doing all sorts of posturing, but they were all kinda complete fucking idiots. The base commander just took the F4's and put them at the front gate since they didn't have anything beyond jeeps and rifles on the base for armaments. It kept them from coming back and trying to poke the bear. Apparently they knew the Libyan forces would be scared off because they had no idea it couldn't even shoot the guns when it's turned off and no one is in the pilot seat.
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brifake@reddit

I was fully expecting shittymorph. Good story.
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on3moresoul@reddit

Same, mildly disappointed it didn't end with the undertaker throwing mankind off hell in a cell
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kunderthunt@reddit

Thanks for the description this is interesting I’ve always been fascinated by the catapult takeoff launchers even though i know very very little about aviation in general
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NYC2BUR@reddit

"Come on TARS!"
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SevenSix2FMJ@reddit

This little maneuver is going to cost us 51 yeeaaarrrs.
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W00DERS0N60@reddit

If they'd just gone to Anne Hathaway's bf's planet to begin with, everyone would have survived, including that dude, cause they'd have gotten there before the rockslide. Also, wild to think that the chick in the capsule that died on the water planet was only dead for like 10 mins before the crew showed up on account of the time dilation.
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SomethingIWontRegret@reddit

MAIN ENGINES ON!
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NYC2BUR@reddit

That’s the actual line but it wouldn’t have worked here as a comment because nobody would’ve understood where it came from.
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SomethingIWontRegret@reddit

It is such a badass scene.
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creepythingseeker@reddit

Tars in an f-4….? So racist probably thought it saw a vietnamese dude on the ground.
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Chihuahuablend@reddit

Not if Coop had him set racism to 0% But also, what do you even mean with your comment?
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creepythingseeker@reddit

American engineers in the 50s had Nazi ties, on top of the whole segregation thing…if they built an AI, it would probably be pretty racist.
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NYC2BUR@reddit

Tars must be slang for some neighboring country this guy lives in.
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RhymingUsername@reddit

You need to watch more movies.
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droptheectopicbeat@reddit

What?
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captain_ender@reddit

*Retard Retard Retard*
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Amity423@reddit

Callsign: Skidmarks
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Shankar_0@reddit

"Shit, shit, shit, **shit, SHIT**!" \-- This CVR (probably)
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Spinxy88@reddit

That went well. Almost pulled off this:- [Shoreham Air Show Crash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvHplYmh2f8) My second cousin was taking photos on that stretch of road and found himself surrounded by literal hell on earth. Also, same family, had a 'bungee jump with rope too long incident' around the same time. The PTSD was strong.
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_bymf@reddit

i recognise that “oh shit” slow down too well
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Chief-_-Wiggum@reddit

Hope he had his brown flightsuit on..
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prefusernametaken@reddit

Margin for error? I don't make no errors. Don't need it
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Diddle_the_Twiddle@reddit

That’ll make your butt pucker
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not_cozmo@reddit

Serious question. Did his flightpath intersect the earth?
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Jet2work@reddit

that flight suit is gonna have to be deep cleaned and sanitised
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kanakamaoli@reddit

Thank goodness he was wearing the brown pants.
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Agreeable_Character7@reddit

ground him!
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Careless-Field9500@reddit

Yup, he was pretty low. Was Tom Cruise in the back by any chance?
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-The-Boy-Wonder-@reddit

Fifteen years later and he is still clenched.
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coffeearabica@reddit

What is northern Cyprus? Do you mean the occupied terretories of Cyprus?
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Anti-Climacdik@reddit

The only thing that saved him was the shift in weight distribution as the poop evenly distributed itself across the back of the seat and cockpit
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ChazR@reddit

Not impressed. Didn't even tie the low altitude record.
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VetusCorvus@reddit

Can I presume the lowest altitude record holder is dead?
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ChazR@reddit

Many brave pilots share the record. No matter how good you are, you can only share the record with them. You can't beat it. >"How did my son die?" >"Like a tent-peg ma'am." >"What was ho doing when he died?" >"About Mach 2"
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IvyGold@reddit

Is this beauty still on active duty or being used for airshows? I genuinely didn't know that anybody was still flying them.
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Lagoon_M8@reddit

Wow. This plane should be modernized and build in new version. It's machine from Vietnam and still amazing.
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akraut@reddit

They always say, "fly the plane all the way to the scene of the crash"
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Stormytestpilot@reddit

I bet that literally scared the crap out of him or her.
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neighbourleaksbutane@reddit

Pilot had to use his combat stims to even exit the plane after that
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ryguymcsly@reddit

Touch And Go over here showing off again.
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Katana_DV20@reddit

Misjudged the rollout altitude at the end of a loop? Is that the cause of this? Would be interesting to see more of the vid prior to this. Incredible recovery. This vid does not do justice to the sheer size of that thing which shows the power needed to.shove it back into the air after a close call like this. Seeing it parked with humans in/near it gives it a sense of scale: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT61hhLiwUw7RfAQeiABQJA3a4Xem_0HGqmWIWKsU9HYQMHRIBoiOjOEzbt&s=10
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oldm8ey@reddit

Wings level may have been more appropriate
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Lootdit@reddit

What country's F-4 is this? is a private owner?
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SomeBiPerson@reddit

looks like a Turkish F4E 2000
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DryBad5424@reddit

Are they still flying?
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SomeBiPerson@reddit

yes the Turks modernised their Phantoms to be semi modern Bombers almost the entire internals were replaced ijrc the Greek also still have some in reserve
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ol__salty@reddit

That’s as close as you can get to Baileys without gettin’ yer eyes wet
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Potential_Amount_267@reddit

oH NO, A KILLING MACHINE ALMOST CRASHED!
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bacon_n_legs@reddit

I feel bad for the guy assigned to clean that pilot's seat.
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PepeNoMas@reddit

give that pilot a raise
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QP873@reddit

That pilot owes his life to Ground Effect.
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ReconKiller050@reddit

I can hear the silence between the pilot and WSO from here
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SidewinderLowLevel@reddit

he is lucky to be alive, close call!
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ilybae2015@reddit

Inches from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Shoreham_Airshow_crash
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Purple_Spino@reddit

In todays episode of: Are my pants a different collor?
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Current_Operation_93@reddit

Let us see a different camera angle. It may not be as close as it appears. It could be the depth of field is off due to the telephoto lens used. He for sure is not hitting the ground and the lake bed is obviously crowned, giving the illusion of the aircraft skimming the ground.
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eeeking@reddit

I wondered the same. In the video it looks like the tail went *below* ground level: https://i.imgur.com/RdxItnS.png So there's clearly a question of perspective here. Perhaps the lowest point was tens of meters above ground. Still very low, though!
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KorallNOTAFISH@reddit

Judging from the dust it blew up, it was pretty damn close. Brown pants close for sure.
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Zealousideal-Ad-4716@reddit

Sink rate!!
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DantheDutchGuy@reddit

That’s gonna leave a skid mark
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Scared_Breadfruit_26@reddit

He better land and change his underwear
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TheLesserWeeviI@reddit

Poo definitely came out.
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throwaway4231throw@reddit

The amount of skill necessary to pull a stunt like that. This guy is a real life maverick.
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Magnet50@reddit

Don’t see afterburner cones. Was he at max non-afterburner? Or did he just have his eyes closed while chanting the shahada.
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JacoRamone@reddit

Sudden shift in center of gravity at the last second there from the pilot shitting his pants
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enigmaroboto@reddit

legendary luck
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Terrible_Return3449@reddit

Butt pucker moment.
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FlagshipMusashi@reddit

The immediate wings level followed by the gentlest clearing turn ever tells all
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bilgetea@reddit

Driving at 25 mph all the way home.
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OkBand4025@reddit

The Lead Sled
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dimechimes@reddit

Man I miss those.
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The-D-Ball@reddit

My only question is how old is this? Are people still flying the F4?!?!?
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BeigeListed@reddit

THEY'RE STILL FLYING THE PHANTOM???
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Silver_Draig@reddit

Love phantoms
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aiaizhar@reddit

Old jet .
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Draymond_Goat2323@reddit

most competent turkroach
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mnztr1@reddit

Maverick, you're writing cheques your body can't cash!! (My fave Top Gun line.)
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DodgyQuilter@reddit

Watchers clapping while pilot be crapping.
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billyraylipscomb@reddit

Never has a butthole been more puckered
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coffeecup9898@reddit

“Smells like shit in here” -mechanic
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ztunelover@reddit

As Jeremy Clarkson would say “a lot of poo shot out”
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BaerMinUhMuhm@reddit

Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnghhhhh -that pilot
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PsychologicalCat9538@reddit

That aircraft is probably older than most Reddit users.
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Belajoy@reddit

Kktc*
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Velvettouch89@reddit

This was Casian s02e01
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Velvettouch89@reddit

This was Casian s02e01
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Standard-Diamond-392@reddit

I hope he was wearing his brown pants
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PastEntrance5780@reddit

F4 still flying?
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RandomActsofMindless@reddit

The inside of that cockpit not smelling so fresh right now
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Rahaman117@reddit

Terrain, Terrain Pull up Motherfucker
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Mandoo_gg@reddit

I know nothing about aviation. Is this skills or luck?
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Sensitive-Area2125@reddit

Both. Definitely both
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Moist-Cow-6506@reddit

I've already ejected less than one second into this video
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Kxng_Fonzie@reddit

Good job Mobius 1
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AudiB9S4@reddit

Still a pretty bird.
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SAMBO10794@reddit

The bad news is he’s flying a wingless school bus with huge engines. The good news is he’s flying a wingless school bus with huge engines.
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apolydas1@reddit

Happy he wore the brown pants i bet.
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cars10gelbmesser@reddit

Slipped a little bit too low. But the perspective is also behind a little curvature off that runway.
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Messernacht@reddit

Bah; when you've earned the right to fly one of this, you should be able to fly it however you CFIT.
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Cal_C_78@reddit

It’s amazing that it’s over 60 years old too
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yanox00@reddit

Looks like he's checking the water temperature. Seems it might still be too chilly for a swim.
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UberWidget@reddit

Flying brick, I see.
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SLAM1195@reddit

Those seats were definitely brown after that.
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DarrowBV@reddit

The most puckered asshole in all of history was caught on video. You love to see it.
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Suitable_Extreme7207@reddit

Needed another comment. I’ve been in one of those
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Existing_Royal_3500@reddit

Absolutely love the phantoms.
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OnceUponAStarryNight@reddit

I thrust we… oh my fucking god.
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sevendust719@reddit

Shit all in the pants
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Lysol3435@reddit

Saved the jet. Couldn’t save the seat, though
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fatcatdeadrat@reddit

Code brown in that election seat
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drumsdm@reddit

And…. **CLENCH**
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Spare-Wish-4619@reddit

The balls on that pilot.
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leseb@reddit

Stupid nationalist cuck!
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TheMadPoet@reddit

Talk to me, Goose...
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bigtotoro@reddit

Eh...rubbin is racin'.
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captcraigaroo@reddit

Cougar would turn in his wings after that one
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GuardianDom@reddit

Someone's getting demoted.
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Hungry-King-1842@reddit

In thrust we trust.
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dvcxfg@reddit

I wonder how much ground effect played a part in them not dying
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F-4Phantom21@reddit

Don’t crash another beautiful aircraft
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Blueridge-Badger@reddit

Friggin antique!
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Potential_Wish4943@reddit

Homeboy should have punched out
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Too_Chains@reddit

He shouldn’t even have been there in the first place. Way too low for that kind of turn. WTF is he doing? Stupidity
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KorallNOTAFISH@reddit

From the paint, the people and the very fact that it is recorded, I would say 99% chance this is an airshow. Pilot obviously miscalculated, but it's not like this would have been the first case of a jet hitting the ground at an airshow..
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TaskForceCausality@reddit

>>Homeboy should’ve punched out Too late for that. It’s an F-4E, which uses a two-step ejection sequence. The backseater goes out first (otherwise rocket exhaust from the front seater would roast the backseater) , then the pilot. Which means if you’re too close to the ground there ain’t no punching out first, cause you’re still hitting the dirt before you get out (although the backseater might live to tell the tale.)
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wllperegoy@reddit

Just curious, how can you tell which variant it is?
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Corvid187@reddit

It's the only F4 the turks have, AFAIK
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wllperegoy@reddit

Ahhh gotcha
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ency6171@reddit

Thanks for explaining.
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BigJellyfish1906@reddit

Still a better percentage solution than “hope I’m assessing this right and we don’t smash into the ground.”
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bteddi@reddit

F-4 Phantom II
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chicken566@reddit

Dude definitely pooped himself. Lol
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rockstarnun23@reddit

Bro was flying real casual after 💩his flight suit.
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Deepseat@reddit

Wow. Anyone whose ran this beautiful beast in DCS knows the feeling. It's enormous, heavy and extremely powerful. An easy airplane to get away from you, I'd imagine. It always sounds incredible too.
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JasonWorthing8@reddit

\*after shytin' a brick..."...I did that on purpose"
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endofmayo@reddit

Ah! She's built like a steak house, but she handles like a bistro.
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anberlin90@reddit

Close 🤙 call hitting the ground and exploding!! Upset he didn't wear his brown pants to work ✅
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Jimmyjames150014@reddit

He paid the dealer upgrade price for the skid plate.
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FinalJackfruit7097@reddit

Could your average fighter pilot recover like this or was this an expert recovery and most would have crashed?
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vctrmldrw@reddit

Any pilot can just pull back hard and hope for the best. A good pilot wouldn't get into that mess in the first place.
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TrueDirt13@reddit

That's crazy
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Marcusnovus@reddit

Reminds me of the f18 as mcas el Toro without the fireball
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whitephos420@reddit

That's someone who overestimates their skill and the aircraft
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Automatic_Tea_2550@reddit

I don’t get it. If they overestimated either of those, wouldn’t they have crashed?
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whitephos420@reddit

That was sheer fucking luck, anyone with their screws tight would have ditched or not even initiated the maneuver. You can be a bold pilot or an old pilot not both
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The-Oubliette@reddit

That’s one of the design flaws in that airframe
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KingDong9r@reddit

Who can tie that
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jbandtheblues@reddit

The brick with enough thrust to fly
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jocax188723@reddit

That’s a DCS YouTube short.
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R009k@reddit

Thank you ground effect very cool.
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StrumGently@reddit

Was that planned?
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42ElectricSundaes@reddit

lol I would’ve bailed so hard
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cryospawn@reddit

Brown trousers I bet.
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Drjohnson93@reddit

As a F4 main in war thunder, only thing missing is a MIG-23 putting a R24R up its ass from 30km away
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Not_your_cheese213@reddit

Come on, thrust, get here, oh shhh
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HUGE_FUCKING_ROBOT@reddit

never seen a plane gain altitude from the pilot shitting his pants before.
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Duo-lava@reddit

good thing he wore brown pants that day
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vanclan11@reddit

That was sick
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GooseySill@reddit

Look at that lead sled go!
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StopTheFishes@reddit

Wow!
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uwsdwfismyname@reddit

Wonder how that flight debrief sounded.
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Old_Afternoon6587@reddit

Anytime I see something like a near-miss I always think of that one scene from Bad Boys 2 WHOOOOO, THAT one puckered up my butt-hole!
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jeroen-79@reddit

"I meant to do this!"
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Smort01@reddit

I mean its in airshow right? With spectators and stuff?
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Relevant-Slide1686@reddit

Touch and go
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Timely_Bumblebee_645@reddit

I bet that adrenaline coursing through every single atom of his existence is unworldly. But then probably realllllllly scary lol
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R5Jockey@reddit

Just a reminder, kids. You can never beat the low altitude record, only tie it. This dude came close.
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showme10ds@reddit

Did the tail wings actually dip in the water?
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South_Bit1764@reddit

*This is your pilot speaking, please ensure that your seatbelt is fastened, and your butthole is in the fully puckered position*
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Pumbaasliferaft@reddit

Would the pilot be in any kind of trouble for this?
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Even-Battle6547@reddit

Almost became a phantom himself.
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jamac73@reddit

Someone forgot how physics works
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Dragneel4400@reddit

I have a feeling their g-suit might be a little brown...
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JustSomeGuyInOregon@reddit

Wait, people still fly Bricks? Note: in the USMC back in the day, we called F-4's bricks (as in, give a brick enough thrust and it can fly) and F-18's lawn-darts. Seriously, good recovery.
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FxckFxntxnyl@reddit

Man, it would take everything I had in my soul to not punch out.
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sfmcinm0@reddit

They might have to hose out the cockpit when he lands...
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WeddingImportant1227@reddit

Who is this what country anyone? Thanks have a nice day!
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Mistakeshavehappened@reddit

Now that's a fucking pilot
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Glittering_Lights@reddit

Soon to be ex-pilot if that damaged the plane.
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Mistakeshavehappened@reddit

As long as that shit didn't explode with them in it, then we'll call that a win.
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Glittering_Lights@reddit

It's definitely a win. If he was recovering from an accident, all the more so. He lived. The plane is flying. If he was playing around, I'm glad he's alive, but don't think much of his judgement. I just know that if a us military pilot returns a plane with bits of tree branches in the tail, he'll get to discuss his future career in aviation with the boss. The one person I know that clipped some treetops flying around our west lost his wings. I met him while working in the accident investigation section for military aircrafts of Pratt&Whitney. He was a coworker.
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SouthFromGranada@reddit

Wonder what was the airspeed at the lowest point, looked like it came to a near standstill.
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nosmicon@reddit

I fucking love the phantom
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ironfistedduke@reddit

Somebody is gonna need to change their underroos.
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Zorops@reddit

Pull Up! Pull Up! I can hear it!
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soonerpgh@reddit

That there is what you'd call a pilot with a pucker!
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Big_Bet3686@reddit

Pucker factor 3000!!!!
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Motor_Educator_2706@reddit

This is how Turks drive their cars
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Powerful-Transition8@reddit

RC?
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systemfrown@reddit

Guess they’re still making parts for it?
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SuperBwahBwah@reddit

No talking for the rest of the flight. Just sheer silence. 💀
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b2damaxx@reddit

If you look closely you can see the pilot’s shit flying out from behind the jet as it begins to lift again.
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intense_blue_cn7_n24@reddit

On scale of 1-10 how soiled it that flight suit after that?
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pharacon@reddit

i feel sorry for the guys that get to clean up the cockpit once it lands, cause that pilot defiantly dropped a shit doing that stunt.
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Carloz_The_Great@reddit

There is no sun thing as "northern Cyprus". There is the occupied Cyprus and the free Cyprus.
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Substantial_List_223@reddit

You can’t cross the border and enter? Everyone else does. Maybe your EOKA ass is too big.
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HerMajestysButthole2@reddit

I thought it was too...Idk...planned? If not...hell of a save. F4s are beasts, and there are some skilled fighter pilots out there. Can hear the turbo fans spool up just before the plane dips close to the ground.
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-Suzuka-@reddit

That pilot must have not looked forward to the debrief...
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Mikoriad@reddit

Sheeeeeesh!
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Common-Charity9128@reddit

Stuff that flies on thrust
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millos15@reddit

Holy crap
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Significant-Check455@reddit

I do believe the pilot might be sitting a few inches taller after that. I know I would be.
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Major_Spite7184@reddit

Hey Siri, pause music playback
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No-Seat9917@reddit

Pilot should have placed a piece of coal in their ass. With that clench a diamond could have been created.
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Helios86@reddit

They should ask the Greeks in south Cyprus to teach them how to fly a plane
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SOF1231@reddit

Bro 100% did the speed limit if there’s one for air speed, fucking hell that was a beautiful save too.
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CarminSanDiego@reddit

Is this a demo team? If not, how can this guy be so stupid?
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oysterpirate@reddit

The Turkish F-16 demo had a similar pants shitting moment a couple months ago as well.
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bonfuto@reddit

In my experience, units have test pilots for checkout flights after major maintenance. They often do exhibition flights for local airshows. I worked at a depot that worked on F-18's, and the test pilot was frequently out practicing the F18 show routine and making the F-16 pilots jealous.
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-burnr-@reddit

Close only counts in horseshoes & hand grenades
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Up_All_Nite@reddit

Cutting the lawn
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Majestic-Humor-761@reddit

Ahhh, the Ryanair approach.
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NebulaNinja@reddit

Looked like me flying in battlefield on one of my good days.
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rebmcr@reddit

"Tower, request vector at FL zero"
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ChromedGonk@reddit

I thought it was a RC model before reading the title
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ck4029@reddit

Looks like me playing battlefield
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chezburgs@reddit

Did you just teabag me with your jet?
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marathonrunnernyc@reddit

Oh how I miss the F-4! Those were fun times in Europe! RF-4C on my side technically.
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Jff_f@reddit

I can guarantee that he wasn’t intending on cutting it so close. I bet the flight back home was “slow and steady”
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RWLemon@reddit

Man that pilot must have crapped there pants 😂
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applestem@reddit

Their
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Woozletania@reddit

Glide ratio of a well balanced brick.
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TinyBrainsDontHurt@reddit

He didn't escape with only engine thrust, his ass had a lot of thrust going on too - lost underwear there
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404-skill_not_found@reddit

Saved by one of the first examples of variable stater vane engines.
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JimTheQuick@reddit

Κρίμα θα ήταν ενας λιγότερος τούρκος
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Educational-Gap427@reddit

Do any other countries still operate Phantoms?
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Glad-Attempt5138@reddit

Wow. I bet that pilot had to change his flight suit after that.
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ServingTheMaster@reddit

le pantalon marron dans le Phantom
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Flogger59@reddit

I lived relatively close to Loring AFB in the 70s, our house was on top of a hill overlooking the Saint John river, which is the US border. One morning I'm having my coffee on the deck, when I hear an odd noise. Below me was an F4 lazily flying along the border.
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FinancialEcho7915@reddit

“ I meant to do that…”
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ThrenderG@reddit

When I was a kid the F-4 was the GOAT for me. It was fast, tough, flown by the air force, navy, and marines, not to mention serving in dozens of air forces around the world in almost every role imaginable. And it just looked bad ass. 
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Typical-Assist2899@reddit

I hope he wore his brown flight suit to work.
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UncleBenji@reddit

How hard is it to get shit out of a flight suit? Asking for a friend.
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GYN-k4H-Q3z-75B@reddit

You can probably see the pilot's skid marks on the ground...
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beyotch_puhleaze@reddit

“Then he flew home in silence”
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Sad-Incident-4533@reddit

In occupied Cyprus.
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Werftflammen@reddit

That's how my toys used to fly!
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troubleschute@reddit

The Menace Phantom
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ThisIsReflex@reddit

I wonder what went through the pilot's head, as he saw the ground coming closer (or maybe not at that AOA?)
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Secure-Abroad1718@reddit

I bet he was trying to peel his britches out of his asscrack right about then.
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QuattroA4@reddit

There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. But there are never old bold pilots.
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checkmate14@reddit

IN THRUST WE TRUST - PHANTOMS PHOREVER!
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Away-Structure9393@reddit

How many F-4s are still flying?
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Legion_Paradise@reddit

Alot
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DesertRunnerX@reddit

Imagines Miami Vice scene in the way back to base with moody Phil Collins soundtrack.
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0235@reddit

First recorded incident of a Fish Strike in a jet engine
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Proof_Duty1672@reddit

Ground crew is going to enjoy cleaning up after this…
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EducationalAspect503@reddit

Today I fight against gravity
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general-illness@reddit

That’s definitely below the hard deck
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eragon2262@reddit

You can only tie the lowest altitude record
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orangejeep@reddit

He tried…just didn’t want it enough
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eragon2262@reddit

He's a quitter
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USA_A-OK@reddit

Yes. We've read this comment
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buddaycousin@reddit

Nailed it.
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huhuhuhhhh@reddit

That things a flying brick
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KlausVB@reddit

My oldest brother worked on F4s in the 70s and early 80s. He liked to say that an F4 was proof that if you put big enough engines on it, you could make a brick fly. 😉
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__abinitio__@reddit

Is there an element of mirage that made this look worse than it actually was? Or did our boy here just dunk his nuts in the toilet?
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Salt_Banana3740@reddit

PUCKER FACTOR: HIGH!
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Vast_Vegetable9222@reddit

Perspective
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TheRedditAdventuer@reddit

I bet he will stop doing maneuvers with "Free Bird" blasting in the background from now on.
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Potential-Assist-397@reddit

You could have cut washers off his asshole lol
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AminoKing@reddit

You cannot break the lowest altitude record, you can only tie.
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RichardDeRenour@reddit

Thanks for the memory. Last worked on one of them in 1970, right after the Forrestal got fixed up.
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ilikebeer19@reddit

Jesus, I shit that pilot's pants watching this.
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Ozguroloji@reddit

İşte bu normal bir pilotun yapacağı iş değil :) Yapsa yapsa bunu ancak bir TÜRK pilot yapar :D ;)
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rapatakaz@reddit

As is customary in the Middle East, in this video the pilot demonstrates his desire to be a tough guy. A completely unnecessary trick. I think he kept his hand on the trigger of the catapult until the last moment, and sweat was pouring down his back. And only after that, such people's brains turn on. I can imagine what kind of war it will be.
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Ricerat@reddit

"PULL UP, PULL UP"
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mi5key@reddit

Good thing he wore the brown pants that day.
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-13ender-@reddit

How the person was able to have a steady enough hand to land after that is beyond me lol
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Big_Z8304@reddit

I saw that moment of F-4 Phantom transformed into Harrier.
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turboj3t@reddit

Phantoms Phor Ever!
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IWishIWasOdo@reddit

Somewhere beyond the stars, Robin Olds just chuckled
View on Reddit #55125268

apoelaras@reddit

*Occupied Cyprus OP
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Cheap_Television_988@reddit

Absolutely mad how this has been swept under the rug all this time
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space_monster@reddit

Probably not though. They're clearly filming from the top of a hill
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NastyHobits@reddit

They’re filming from runway level, this jet is lucky there was a depression there.
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wstsidhome@reddit

When a backpack leaf blower just won’t do….this’ll surely blow off a dirty area 🤙👌
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basec0m@reddit

My favorite plane... must have made and painted at least 10 of these model planes as a kid.
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KFLLbased@reddit

Saved by ground effect, holy hell!
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Bitter-Matter6759@reddit

Nice....
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DonnyDonster@reddit

A flying brick causing the pilot and WSO to shit bricks.
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Some-Air1274@reddit

Excellent pilot skills.
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thatguy_griff@reddit

tom just fuckin around again.
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AaronBHoltan@reddit

Just testing the ground effect.
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sdgmusic96@reddit

“In thrust we trust” but Jesus….
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stupid_cat_face@reddit

Bro definitely has a code brown situation going on.
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MechanicalTurkish@reddit

I can hear his flight suit turning brown from here
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advancedjr@reddit

Flux capacitor needs to be flushed.
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General-Ninja9228@reddit

Still flying F-4’s ? Was this at an air show?
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pornAnalyzer_@reddit

Turkey still uses them.
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Background_Value519@reddit

That’s a code brown right there
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Lagunamountaindude@reddit

That a genuine level 10 pucker factor
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JaStrCoGa@reddit

All that red paint adds weight and creates drag. It needs stripes!😄
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DublinDaddy2024@reddit

When did this happen?
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Bluedevil1992@reddit

An F-4 is always about to crash, which is a result of the old adage, "with enough thrust, even a brick will fly". Source: my buddy who survived an F-4 runway excursion in St Louis.
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MintyFresh668@reddit

New flight suits please!
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Xesyliad@reddit

That pilot pooped a little
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surSEXECEN@reddit

Was he flying UGL?
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ASOG_Recruiter@reddit

Just raw fucking power saved him
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EmperorPenn@reddit

I always loved the design of the phantom
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stuck_in_the_desert@reddit

“Which one of you cowards shat in my flight suit?”
View on Reddit #55122015

The_Patocrator_5586@reddit

Looks like the Blue Angels footage from the Van Halen "Dreams" video.
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Izibella@reddit

he must have had the nastiest butt puckering of his life time.
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Majestic-Scheme87@reddit

Which Air Force is this?
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BlowOnThatPie@reddit

Turkish - the Turkish flag is painted on the top of the plane.
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SameSadMan@reddit

Does something like this get you grounded in US military?
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vagtoo@reddit

Its gonna need new paint and the pilot new pants
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airfryerfuntime@reddit

That guy definitely shit his pants.
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gocrazy305@reddit

That air intake from that ass puckering gave it the extra juice to fly away.
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MrFrequentFlyer@reddit

When in doubt, power out!
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DragonforceTexas@reddit

Ejection handle came away in his hand, gonna make a nice conversation piece.
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PauloMorgs@reddit

I did the same thing once... In war thunder.
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Redfish680@reddit

r/ratemytouchandgo
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CouchPotatoFamine@reddit

In thrust we trust...
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crevulation@reddit

J79s baby!
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PuzzleheadedTrash284@reddit

👀
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AbleArcher420@reddit

The F-4 is such a sexy fuckin plane. Major DILF energy.
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benjuuls@reddit

Pucker Factor 9.5
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qtpss@reddit

Later when his heart rate is back to normal he tells everyone he was “just clearing his six.”
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matjam@reddit

I'm hoping there's a dip there that we can't see and that he had way more room than we think. I'm being charitable. I think he was cleaning poo out of his flightsuit when he got back.
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Glittering_Lights@reddit

Whoa!
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MaYdAyJ@reddit

Those two J79-GE-17's came in clutch.
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ily300099@reddit

That's going to be a not fun post mission brief.
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E2TheCustodian@reddit

Look, if you can show me a more effective means of doing leaf clearance on the airfield, I'd be happy to see it.
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SpaceMonkeyMafiaBoss@reddit

if only there was some other orientation you could hold your phone in so that more of the plane could be seen at one time. if only we had the technology to see more of a long, sideways object, just like modern science can do with a tall, up-and-down object.
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YamComprehensive7186@reddit

CODE BROWN!
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Proper_Barnacle_4117@reddit

Greek air force is still flying these ???
View on Reddit #55119588

timfountain4444@reddit

Since when does anyone fly the F-4?
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Tincan1099@reddit

Many smaller countries still fly older jets.
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timfountain4444@reddit

Indeed, and this video was purportedly from Cyprus…
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IlikeYuengling@reddit

How much thrust from pooping your pants.
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turbocoupeturbo@reddit

Just enough, apparently.
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ThatBaseball7433@reddit

White smoke from the right wing, I’m not sure he didn’t rub the ground.
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czartrak@reddit

I believe you're seeing the smoke from the engines. F-4E was often nicknamed "Ol Smokey" for a reason
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ThatBaseball7433@reddit

Did they have water injection too? I’m not super familiar with the f-4
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czartrak@reddit

Water injection was never implemented for any F-4, they're just particularly smokey engines
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Additional_Bench_269@reddit

Does that mean we have a new pope?
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ThatBaseball7433@reddit

I’d find religion if I was in that plane.
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tsudhsA@reddit

The way really becoming a Phantom...
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astral__monk@reddit

Annnnd that's a Knock It Off.
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wtaaaaaaaa@reddit

I’ll bet the pilot was clenched so hard he will be shitting diamonds
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J-Q-C@reddit

Gonna need to throw those G-Jeans away.
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PrettyGoodMidLaner@reddit

Can you safely eject that low to the ground? I don't get why you would try to stick it. 
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Pixel91@reddit

Well, it's the MB H-7, so it's technically zero/zero. The problem is that it's an E model. Backseater goes first. So unless he pulls a LOT earlier, the pilot is toast regardless.
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JadeHellbringer@reddit

"High-way-to-the-brown-note-zone..."
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Kind_Relative812@reddit

Ground Proximity Warning be screamin!
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Darius2112@reddit

Sweet Jesus. A cm of difference between life and fiery death.
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OddClub4097@reddit

I’d love to see that from another angle, wonder how close he actually was.
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Vanson1200r@reddit

That. Was. Close. I bet he had one hand on the stick, the other one the throttle, and his dong on the ejection seat handle!
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happylizard87@reddit

Ground effect ftw!!!
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meme_medic95@reddit

He was just a lil thirsty...
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Gabrielsen26@reddit

Wow!
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matolandio@reddit

wow!!
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LittlestEw0k@reddit

Damn you know Bitchin’ Betty was screaming at him and he was talking back “yeah no shit pull up woman, I’m trying”
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disappointedfuturist@reddit

Did that plane just right itself by sheer umph of the pilots puckering backside?!
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Karl2241@reddit

You’d have to pry the cousin out from between my @$$ cheeks after this.
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g1obungle@reddit

you mean Cyprus?
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zaabb62@reddit

The Hooolllllllyyyyy Shhhhhhiiiitttt being said was audible. How much seat bun eaten by the pilots rectum is the real question.
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FRyffel@reddit

That's a "brown alert" if I ever saw one!
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karma-armageddon@reddit

Yo, that pilot been taking thrust lessons from Ray Donovan.
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PassStunning416@reddit

"Dude, calm down. I had it the whole time." - Pilot, probably
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OneT_Mat@reddit

"HOLL-EEE fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuckkkkkkkkkkkkk ohhhh my godddd I'm going home."
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woodworkingguy1@reddit

I do wonder if one of those people on the ground is Penny Benjamin?
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Preuxxx@reddit

Pants were shidded.
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homeinthesky@reddit

POWERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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HazardousEnergy@reddit

Tom Cruise was flying that thing
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Blue_foot@reddit

My question is what decade this incident took place. There are many possible answers.
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GradeAccomplished303@reddit

Im pretty sure it happened either today or yesterday.
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RomeoInBlackJeans1@reddit

Used all the torques.
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ghostchihuahua@reddit

The maintenance team was all over the pilot’s underpants before they even looked at the plane ig - dude looked death in the eye and probably only realized 1500ms later
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StellarJayZ@reddit

Idiot.
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charleyhstl@reddit

Hold on! Does that beat the closest call record from that fire fighting plane nearly eating the hillside?!?
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RaccoNooB@reddit

Walking the line between a flatspin and pancake
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Otherwise-Town8398@reddit

Yeah he leveled that shit out for the rest of that flight.
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Alt-Ctrl@reddit

Hope he had the brown pants
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scope_creep@reddit

If not it's certainly brown now.
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mikealao@reddit

What a ridiculous paint scheme.
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merrychristmasyo@reddit

You see a bit of jet poop come out the back and no it was not a bird.
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Durable_me@reddit

Without those fuel tanks I’d say he relied on the ground effect to bump him back in the air, the angle works. But with those fuel tanks attached…. Damn…
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OldButNotDoneYet@reddit

Seeing the F-4 is such a beast, the Earth is lucky, it didn't crash, could caused serious damage to the crust, and set off one hell of an earthquake.
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Active_Letterhead275@reddit

Reminds me of the videos of large RC planes.
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Secret_Paper2639@reddit

Don't these flame out under heavy g's? If this is the plane I'm thinking of, pilot is extra lucky
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Mowteng@reddit

Holy shit. I bet the pucker factor had their ass cheeks bite out a chunk of the pilot seat during that.
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UncleJorgeBikeGeek85@reddit

Anyone have the story on this? I’m thinking this a remote piloted target drone being flown from the ground. The control inputs are not smooth and it doesn’t seem like an area of the flight envelope where a pilot would find trouble. This type of ‘oh-shit’ recovery usually happens at the bottom of a loop that was started too low or without enough smash on (airspeed) …
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tinydevl@reddit

there's close ones, and there's this!
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Ustakion@reddit

Beep beep beep beeeeeeep
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RagingCatbtt@reddit

Countries are still using the F-4?
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Perfect_Jury5632@reddit

Seat cushion would have to be surgically removed from my lower intestine.
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homeownur@reddit

Proof earth ain’t flat, clearly
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BrexitReally@reddit

New keks required
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Mekazabiht-Rusti@reddit

The F-4 will always have a special place in my heart.
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davy_p@reddit

“Code brown, I repeat code brown”
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pattern_altitude@reddit

Probably wouldn't have been as close if they'd been wings-level -- that way they wouldn't be pointing some of their lift horizontally.
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DangerousBug6924@reddit

I shit my pants for this dude. Good lord.
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Stypic1@reddit

I’ve had this feeling in Warthunder. Tbh this guy is lucky there wasn’t a fence in his way
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bddgfx@reddit

And that’s how the seat cover gets button holes!
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DrMantisToboggan-@reddit

Meanwhile r/interestingasfuck thinks this is "really cool, and skillful/masterful." Embarrassing really.
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YebelTheRebel@reddit

BASH conditions are high
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JohnSMosby@reddit

In the operating manual, this is a PSM. Pant Shitting Moment
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Which_Material_3100@reddit

Holy cow
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Mysterious_Sir7076@reddit

Call sign, “Oh Shit”…
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Xinonix1@reddit

https://imgur.com/a/lkUusNz
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ManufacturerLost7686@reddit

I don't know much about this plane, but i know the pilot seat is brown in color.
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rickmaz@reddit

Burners, now!
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Crashball_Centre@reddit

Fook me!
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pavehawkfavehawk@reddit

Ho ho holy shit.
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DirtyMykeNtheBoys@reddit

Wingload, much? That airplane has such a high deck angle when in level flight.
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HereForTheCats777@reddit

Hope they wore the brown pants
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Longballs77@reddit

Those are some skills!
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Super-Resident11@reddit

And some big balls with huge 🍀
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Shallowbrook6367@reddit

Big balls? He didn't have any choice other than to have avoided that terrible error in the first place.
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reddituseronebillion@reddit

The big balls are probably more of a cause here.
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SuperMarioBrother64@reddit

I'd debate that. Skills wouldn't allow the pilot to ever be on that position in the first place.
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WigglyAviator@reddit

They were too close for comfort to the ground. Luckily they didn't hit the ground.
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Freddan_81@reddit

Pilot in need of clean underwear.
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