UPRT at 500 meters AGL

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tailwheel307@reddit

That’s not training. That’s putting uneducated and uninformed passengers at risk for a ridiculous stunt.

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Mole-NLD@reddit

I have my aerobatics rating (SEP) and can confidently say: this “pilot” is an idiot.

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Just curious, since you said "SEP" I assume you're from EASA-land. Would you mind telling me a bit about this rating and what you were required to do for it? Here in the US aerobatics are a matter of proper equipment and training, but there's no rating or even endorsement from the FAA for it. Some organizations do offer formation endorsements of their own, but those are more for mutual agreement and insurance purposes.

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Mole-NLD@reddit

Yep easa here. (Netherlands)

You need a minimum of 40hrs PIC before starting, the course is a minimum of 5,5hrs flying of which 30mins solo and additionally 7hrs of theory, going over aerodynamics, the ‘tech and airframe’ (things like: engines don’t always like to be run inverted and wings don’t like extreme changes in direction of force) emergency procedures, safe altitudes to train at, etc.

For the solo I made my own sequence with aresti symbols and performed it, first with instructor then solo.

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Carlito_2112@reddit

I do not have my aerobatics rating. I also do not have a pilot license at all. However, I can confidently say that this was idiotic.

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MonkeyDavid@reddit

As an idiot, I concur.

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BlueSteel_12@reddit

As a concur, I idiot 100%.

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Ok-Somewhere-2325@reddit

As a 100% I. ,

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Revolutionary_Good4@reddit

As a %, I 100

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Psalm_143@reddit

As a I, % 100

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Ok-Somewhere-2325@reddit

100 as I %,

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spearmint_flyer@reddit

As 1, I 00%

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SleddyEddie@reddit

As a 0 there was no hero

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Ok-Somewhere-2325@reddit

There was hero no 0 , " hercule montage."

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Kermit_the_hog@reddit

As uh.. what were we talking about? Oh yeah, that guy is a bad dog.

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collegefootballfan69@reddit

As a person my wife calls an idiot, i concur

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DiverDownChunder@reddit

Same as a lay person (not a pilot, John Q Public) this does not look like a good idea...

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abstractmodulemusic@reddit

I was merely a ramp agent, and later a maintenance document controller. Even I think this is idiotic.

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Vitrico@reddit

Microslop copilot agrees.

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RRRedRRRocket@reddit

I do not have a license, live in the jungle and I have no idea what an airplane looks like. Even I think this is idiotic.

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abstractmodulemusic@reddit

I love how quickly this comment thread became a Monty Python sketch

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Lrrr81@reddit

I'm still waiting for an "airspeed velocity" comment though...

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Chapman1949@reddit

Not today, Tim!

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HavingNotAttained@reddit

Greetings!

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WillyPete@reddit

The Ministry of Silly Flying

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only_respond_in_puns@reddit

I do not have a Monty Python sketch and even I think that was a comment thread.

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Mole-NLD@reddit

This sub is the flying circus.

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DiverDownChunder@reddit

Wink wink nudge nudge I know what you mean.

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mitcheda@reddit

I don’t live in the jungle, but I do live in the ocean. I have no concept of what flying is, but shit look crazy.

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DukeBradford2@reddit

I don’t live in the ocean but I do live under a rock at the bottom of the sea. Even I think I’m Patrick

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Im_an_airplane_idiot@reddit

I am an airplane and I can clearly tell this pilot is an idiot.

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Responsible_Ad7198@reddit

I am an idiot and I can tell this is idiot.

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Bill-T-O-Double-P@reddit

I am brain-dead and even I think this is idiotic.

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Street-Run4107@reddit

Plane upside down bad

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horrible_noob@reddit

I am an idiot and I can confidently say this plane is a pilot.

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madlyalive@reddit

I am a plane and can confidently say that idiot is a pilot.

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Muchablat@reddit

Even my cat thought this was idiotic.

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_entrxpy@reddit

As an idiot, I confirm this is one of us

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828jpc1@reddit

I stayed at a Holliday Inn express last night, and can confidently say…this pilot is an idiot.

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Apexnanoman@reddit

I don't have a plane or a pilot's license or anything. But I've done a barrel roll in Star Fox. Same thing. Not like it's very hard.

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OldKinkyDrew@reddit

I don’t have an aerobatics rating, I couldn’t scrape together the money for a pilots license, and I was denied a fishing license due to a misunderstanding with the local fish monger over “catch and release” and even I know this video depicts utter stupidity and probably an FAA violation.

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swaggler@reddit

I also have an aerobatics rating, in Australia, though we call it an aerobatics endorsement. What is SEP?

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Mole-NLD@reddit

Single Engine Piston

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swaggler@reddit

Ah thanks, we call it SEA 🤷

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CryptographerHuge682@reddit

What does SEP means ?

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Mole-NLD@reddit

Single Engine Piston.

(So no multi engine, turboprops. Just planes with a singular piston engine (as in one engine, obviously multiple pistons)

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beastpilot@reddit

Interesting, I had no idea other countries had aerobatics ratings. There isn't one in the USA.

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org000h@reddit

AU / NZ call them "flight activity endorsements" - spinning and aerobatics are seperate, but you need spin before aero. Then there are low level aerobatic endorsements etc.

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Mole-NLD@reddit

No I know US doesn’t have one.

EATA does though. And honestly, I don’t think that’s a bad thing. It’s not bureaucratic, purely practical training (and i mean that in the sense of “useful”, obviously theory is heavily involved too) and an exam. I mostly did it to learn capabilities, just like a (anti)slip-course in a car or an advanced rider course on a motorbike. I found a great deal of enjoyment from it too though! Would highly recommend it to any pilot that can to do so. It’ll make you a safer day to day pilot having those skill in your bag of tricks if SHTF

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beastpilot@reddit

The irony from your other comment is that the USA doesn't require aerobatic training to do aerobatics, but if you do them with a passenger, you must have a chute, no matter your level of experience. But for Europe, you need training, but no regulation requires a chute ever (and you're proud of never wearing one).

(I've done aerobatic training with a chute in the USA, and agree it's great to add to your pilot skills)

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UniqueIndividual3579@reddit

When I did aerobatics I had a chute and an ejection seat.

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jxmac@reddit

What were you flying aerobatics in? The citabria I did aerobatics in was equipped for neither hahahhaa

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Mole-NLD@reddit

I've never flown with chute, (I know some who do, but only in pitts) Ejection seats are for tax paid planes, I amn't allowed to fly those.

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beastpilot@reddit

How did you learn to do aerobatics without a chute? No chute needed in the USA if only one person onboard, but needed if 2 are.

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Mole-NLD@reddit

Europe.

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UniqueIndividual3579@reddit

Nope, put it back on the peg after the flight. The AF was very happy about that. In ROTC we had a chance to go to jump school. I wanted to, but was told no. I had a pilot slot and if I broke a leg I would lose it.

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AggravatingCounter91@reddit

I don't have any kind've aerobatic rating and I can confidently say this pilot is doing some cool moves B)

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Skilldibop@reddit

That's not even a stunt. Stunts are planned, practiced and carefully assessed for safety and conducted using equipment set up for it. This didn't look like it was any of those. I don't know of any 4 seater single engine aircraft that's built for aerobatics...

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indorock@reddit

How does them being uninformed put them at risk?

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jtshinn@reddit

Pretty russian of them.

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jaierauj@reddit

This is just standard training for Aeroflot.

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Shoddy_Act7059@reddit

Didn't an Aeroflot flight do something very similar to this years ago, except it actually crashed, and at least one of the pilots was drunk?

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Galactica_Actual@reddit

Aeroflot

At least one of the pilots was drunk

You are repeating yourself

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Stock-Creme-6345@reddit

In Soviet Russia, plane flies you!!!! vodka belch

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Shoddy_Act7059@reddit

Lol, I know, but still, it was like...on top of the usual...

Ah, found it: Aeroflot Flight 821.

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SilentWatcher83228@reddit

When Aeroflot pilot let his kids fly the plain ? Yeah.. That ended badly for everyone onboard.

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Shoddy_Act7059@reddit

That's not the accident I was alluding to; this was Flight 593, and the crash I was thinking of was Flight 821. But, yeah, Flight 593 might actually be, IMO, the most tragic and stupidest air disaster of all time.

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Wyciorek@reddit

Aeroflot is the only airline to have a separate wikipedia page for every decade worth of their crashes, so it might be hard to figure out which “aeroflot crash” it could be - there are so many to pick from.

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DaSilence@reddit

According to the Aircraft Crashes Record Office, as of February 2016 a total of 8,231 passengers had been killed in crashes involving Aeroflot aircraft, over 4.5 times more than any other airline.

From 1946 to 1989, the carrier was involved in 721 incidents.

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jaierauj@reddit

It's my favorite fun fact about the airline lol

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TheMachman@reddit

I feel like Aeroflot 6502 could be a contender for the throne. Crashing because the captain made a bet he could land with the window blinds down, and lost, has to be up there.

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Shoddy_Act7059@reddit

Huh, this is the first time I'm hearing about this one.

Okay, then. Aeroflot 593, you've officially been dethroned (but don't think that doesn't make you any less stupid!).

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Wyciorek@reddit

That does not really narrow it down too much

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Available_Theory1217@reddit

Or when they did a bet that they can land instruments only and covered windows with curtains

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swift1883@reddit

Needs a civilian in the left seat for a few mins to be Aeroflot top gun.

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Crckwood@reddit

In Russia, the stunt kills you.

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wadech@reddit

He only had 3 drinks at lunch, so he was fine.

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theitgrunt@reddit

One of my fears is that my passenger will lock their legs on the rudder pedals making them inoperable.

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Yussso@reddit

The biggest Indonesian pilot content creator got his license revoked for doing a Zero-G Maneuver, which I think is much less dangerous than this. This guy needs his license revoked permanently.

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ttystikk@reddit

If I was a passenger, I'd wait until we got back on the ground and then I'd beat this fool of a pilot senseless. I mean, I wouldn't even have to touch him.

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vortex_ring_state@reddit

Reminds me of this sad story

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Radiokaikan@reddit

Agree. There was a tragic accident at a gliderport I used to fly where an idiot had a guest with no experience flying with him and tried to perform an unnecessary high-speed low-altitude skid approach using the ground effect along a river that was adjacent to the landing strip to “spice thing up” and crushed into the water. The worst part was that pilot knew how to release the harness but the passenger didn’t (or couldn’t). You don’t have to impress anyone. Flying alone is impressive enough…

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Maruan-007@reddit (OP)

Totally true, pilot should do those stupid things at least alone and not with passengers just to show off…

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dpetngl@reddit

Dumb

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DrChaos77382@reddit

Shouldn't even have a driver's license.

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Pndapetzim@reddit

As everyone else says: doing this with passengers is insane.

I'm also thinking about stress this puts on the airframe and the fact he's clearly done this before.
If anything goes wrong there's almost no margin for error.

Gorgeous view though.

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AtmosphereMiddle1682@reddit

He's still in the green arc, and he's not fully deflecting any control surfaces because he is cognizant that he's likely exceeding the maneuvering speed of the plane. There's no stress on the plane. This pilot's issue isn't a lack of skill, but rather a lack of wisdom.

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phaederus@reddit

I mean, based on how well the attitude indicator is working, who knows if the IAS is correct..

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LawManActual@reddit

What instrument are you looking at? It’s certainly not the airspeed indicator. He maybe just barely crossed into the yellow arc.

I can assume you’re looking at the GPS in terrain awareness mode, and he’s in a valley, so yeah that’s red. But that’s not what they were talking about.

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phaederus@reddit

You're right, I watched it again and what I saw was just glare.

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Pndapetzim@reddit

Oh, he knows what he's doing all right

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AdPrestigious1139@reddit

Exactly. Unwise thing to do. Skillful recovery to not die. But that’s like saying it’s skillful to avoid being mauled by the bear you slapped five seconds ago.

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TraitorousFlatulence@reddit

Beautiful views! And look at those people, living in the moment, no phones in si… ah well. Probably fly back from Coachella

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Katana_DV20@reddit

This idiot should have his license yanked.

Unbelievable. While initially shocked the girl then kinda settles down and doesn't seem bothered at all, keeps filming as the clown "pilot" does his low level thing.

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-Aces_High-@reddit

What in the XA.....?

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JoeTheBrewer@reddit

If your passengers are screaming, you are doing something wrong.

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CactusPete@reddit

what about . . . in bed?

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IndependenceStock417@reddit

Screams of terror or pleasure?

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Derekduvalle@reddit

Ah to be 14 again..

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AtmosphereMiddle1682@reddit

Not necessarily 🤣

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surfsnower@reddit

I can back you up there. F15 pilots aim for this on incentive flights.

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SirMcWaffel@reddit

There it is. The stupidest thing I have seen this week. And I work in an office, so that says something.

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IAteTwoPlanes@reddit

I fly gliders, and we have something called HASSELL checks before any kind of Aeros (stalling, spinning, loops etc.)

Stands for

Height

Airframe

Straps

Security (loose articles)

Engine

Location

Lookout.

If I was in this situation, I would have stopped at nearly all of those points.

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phaederus@reddit

Yep, HASSELL was pioneered by the RAF in WW2. I just remember it as "use common sense" tbh..

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Overlord-of-Robots@reddit

“I fly gliders…. Engine”

6 out of 7 ain’t bad! /s

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IAteTwoPlanes@reddit

You can get motorgliders that have an engine in

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KingJellyfishII@reddit

just what I was thinking!

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Stock-Creme-6345@reddit

Yeahhhhhh if you could just finish those TPS reports, that’d be grrrrreeeeat

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sabzeta@reddit

Give it time, it's only Tuesday!

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ttystikk@reddit

Hey! You stole my comment and posted it 3 hours before I did!

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ttystikk@reddit

Well, it IS only Tuesday. Give it time...

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datz710@reddit

Haha comment of the week here.

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SuperFriendlyAv8or@reddit

As a fellow office worker, that made me let our a single guffaw

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zoinkability@reddit

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realNoobnoob@reddit

You work in office so you know how to fly planes... ?

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SirMcWaffel@reddit

I work in an office that pays well enough for me to fly recreationally…?

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FratStarStallion@reddit

Somehow it surprises people that not all pilots fly professionally

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Positive-Orange-6443@reddit

that's most people

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Alone_Height_7407@reddit

49% of accidents happen after the words, "Watch this—look what I can do!" The other 51% happen after the words, "Pfft, that's a piece of shit! Watch—*this* is how it's done!"

The pilot is a fucking idiot.

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Jennibear999@reddit

This is why there are so many aviation deaths. I’m a professional pilot and I can tell you I meet many other pilots, usually guys trying to impress me asking me if I want to go flying with them. First off, nope, I’m a lesbian, secondly there is nothing more dangerous than ego an inexperienced pilots trying to impress someone.

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Numerous-Rate-193@reddit

Guess there won't be a second date, but at least she knows what a near death experience feels like.

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cpav8r@reddit

Something, something bold pilots, something, something, old pilots.

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Calling_left_final@reddit

The saying goes "old pilots love to lick the heads of the bald pilots".

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Jrnation8988@reddit

Bald pilot, here. Please don’t lick my head. Thank you

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admiral_sinkenkwiken@reddit

Just one?

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Stock-Creme-6345@reddit

Awwwww…… sulks away sadly to wistful music

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DrinkingVomit@reddit

Bold pilots, old pilots, dead pilots and passengers.

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orthicon@reddit

Sounds like the start of a witches stew.

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Rebeux@reddit

Something, something we'll likely hear more from this in the near future.

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OkResource9877@reddit

You never flew with Connie Kollita….

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Actual_Environment_7@reddit

Yes, there are plenty of exceptions to this rule, enough so that it really shouldn’t be a rule.

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Real-Blueberry-2126@reddit

Bro thinks he is in a video game

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BrainScaping@reddit

Can someone translate what UPRT means?

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Mr_Sia10@reddit

Upset Prevention Recovery Training. It’s a bunch of scenarios that cause upset (i.e. stall). Although I thought it’s mostly a term in the training industry since I work at a sim manufacturer and we implement UPRTs. Didn’t know it extended to real world scenarios too

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BrainScaping@reddit

Thanks Reddit bro/sis/gender-non-specific buddy :)

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Catatafisch@reddit

She screams like she is the stall horn

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Public-Cookie5543@reddit

Thought he was flying a SU 25

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Chainsawferret@reddit

Future Pilot Debrief YouTube video subject

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Own-Knowledge-7720@reddit

The FAA would like to have a word.

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memostothefuture@reddit

There always is some dude who talks about the FAA even when it says Russia in the description. Typical Reddit.

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Own-Knowledge-7720@reddit

a. I was kidding. b. As the US trustee for many N Reg ac around the world I can assure you there's a better than 0% chance this is an N Reg ac.

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zoinkability@reddit

Russian FAA equivalent: shrug

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Hawsie@reddit

Just a Private SEL, but I never intentionally did anything like that below 5000’.

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MoccaLG@reddit

This also could be the mountain maneuver you do when you realize you cannot turn around AND not beeing able to climb over the mountain so you dont crash into the mountain

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Traditional_Panic251@reddit

idiot. should have his license revoked before he kills someone and himself

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TheCatOfWar@reddit

100+ comments and not one explaining what a UPRT is

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Mr_Sia10@reddit

It’s not really UPRT because the T at the end stands for Training. This is a RedBull kind of stunt

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echtemendel@reddit

I wanted to reply with another term of the same initials, but couldn't find any. So here's the real deal: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training.

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TelecomVsOTT@reddit

This looks more like a stunt than a training session though.

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AtmosphereMiddle1682@reddit

Stop being upset!

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TheCatOfWar@reddit

:(

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-FlyingAce-@reddit

What is UPRT?

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Mr_Sia10@reddit

Upset Prevention Recovery Training

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F1fan-123456789@reddit

this is really stupid considering a crash could happen so fast from there

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Maruan-007@reddit (OP)

Yeah agreed, this is not safe for sure

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F1fan-123456789@reddit

even the passenger looks distressed

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CowboyLaw@reddit

You mean the one screaming her face off? Yeah, I'd say she was distressed, Bob.

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Bicwidus@reddit

What is it you actually, you know, do here?

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F1fan-123456789@reddit

she was recording, so the pilot probaly told them what he was going to do too

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CowboyLaw@reddit

I have no reason to disagree, but this is one of those maneuvers where telling someone isn't good preparation unless they've been through the maneuver several times themselves. And, if they have been through the maneuver, I think it's a lot less likely they'd scream like the devil was chasing their daughter. So my assumption (and it's nothing more than that) is that right-seat was NOT prepared for what was about to happen. Hell, when I turned the volume on for the video, I wasn't prepared for what was about to happen.

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F1fan-123456789@reddit

yeah true

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jambox888@reddit

It's when they went quiet I think they were actually worried

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CowboyLaw@reddit

That's fair too.

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fd6270@reddit

Well it is Russia so....

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Principle_Dramatic@reddit

There was that Russian airliner crash where the pilot tried to land the plane with all the windows blacked out as part of a bet.

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StylizedIncompetence@reddit

Weight distribution matters in maneuvers where feet/inches is your estimated margin of error. Improperly bracing or being unprepared to brace could have fucked the whole thing up.

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vaping_menace@reddit

I know my way around boats and ships. I would never try such a dumb maneuver like this with any of them.

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kk11235@reddit

The fuck?
Crazy Ivan

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Bookworm10-42@reddit

Was it on the hour or half-hour?

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kk11235@reddit

Looks like bottom half of the hour to me.

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MegaBusKillsPeople@reddit

Yeah, good ride until the pilot goes beyond the design limits of the airframe and a wing comes off.

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Ok-Yogurtcloset3704@reddit

Bro plays gta hes a skilled pilot ive done this maneuver several times

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sirholymafia@reddit

Why the attitude indicator frozen?

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whyyounogood@reddit

It's manually caged with that knob, locked in position, to prevent possible damage to the gyro bouncing while he spins. You can see the red tag showing it's inop.

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sirholymafia@reddit

Ahh, thanks!

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winterfresh0@reddit

So, for things like historical fighter planes that might need to have gyroscope readings while doing maneuvers, did they use a different design/technology, or was it just built tougher to handle the stresses?

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8636396@reddit

Totally possible those ones had a locking mechanism as well

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winterfresh0@reddit

Yeah, but they would need the horizon measurement during maneuvers the most, I assumed they had ones that worked during maneuvers.

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Neither-Way-4889@reddit

You don't really need an artificial horizon for maneuvering because those maneuvers are done using visual references. Modern AHRS are all solid state and don't need to be caged like gyros do, but you're still looking outside when doing aerobatic maneuvers.

Gyro instruments are primarily used for reference in IMC or low visibility situations, not so much for basic attitude flying or visual maneuvering.

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AztecPilot1MY@reddit

That's why I came to the comments - made me wonder if it was AI.

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dhc2beaver@reddit

You can see the flag in it. Might be caged for one reason or another, or just busted

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AztecPilot1MY@reddit

Right-There were too many things "right" after a close look. Unfortunately, this is where we seem to be headed: questioning so much of what we see online.

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subedai77@reddit

It is most likely caged, to prevent the gyro from toppling. Common in aerobatic aircraft.

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SquirrelMoney8389@reddit

Because it's cold........

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apflores904@reddit

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Impressive_Bet7952@reddit

There was a fucking boat on that water too

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BoyFromSpace_@reddit

Terrain Terrain Pull Up

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GoDeacs7@reddit

Yet she made sure to hold her phone up the whole time to record. Humanity has reached peak stupidity.

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paper-astronaut@reddit

I believe in this scenario, peak stupidity is the fellow sitting next to her at the controls...

poor girl was probably frozen in fear.

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Euphorix126@reddit

In violation of all things rational and professional, I (a non-pilot geologist) absolutely said out loud "Now THAT'S flying!!!"

Ill advised but, I personally would be all for it as a passenger.

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rozzavemel@reddit

thats one way to beat traffic

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N314ER@reddit

Russia really is the new Wild West..

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Jada_D@reddit

this gave me a tummy ache lmao

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FlyByPC@reddit

That guy shouldn't have a license to drive a moped, let alone fly.

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theitgrunt@reddit

How funny would this be if this was done in an old Bonanza...In Russia?

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ahh_my_shoulder@reddit

jesus f christ

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rcbif@reddit

This showboating reminds me of this crash video

Russia: aircraft enters the spin and crashes to the ground - YouTube

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MauschelMusic@reddit

What caused that? He seemed in control, and then all of the sudden, the plane just plummeted.

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swaggler@reddit

Skidding turn stall.

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RBeck@reddit

That slow and in that right of turn the inside wing can stall first because air is moving slower over it.

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Pndapetzim@reddit

He basically stalled in a banking turn to near zero airspeed, no forward airflow over the wings so the plane pitches down. Usually in a stall you'd be facing forward, so as you fall there's airflow over the wings and you get lift again - in this case he came down sideways, so the airflow running length-wise. He'd already killed all forward speed, so he just... fell.

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MauschelMusic@reddit

Thanks, that makes sense.

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LounBiker@reddit

Accelerated stall kills more people than the regular stall.

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SleepyForest@reddit

What pussy does to a man

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partlysettledin21220@reddit

Getting laid cannot be this important

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Stunning-Actuary-189@reddit

Just because you can it doesn't mean you should. Time and place.

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duxwontobey@reddit

I don't think those passengers know just how close they were to dying. I imagine the pilot will sell it as all skill and not luck.

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masteroftheuniverse4@reddit

Not a pilot of any kind.... watched the video and thought that stunt looked batshit crazy. I am glad the comment section confirmed my feelings.

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Unlucky-Constant-736@reddit

Is it just me or does that analog artificial horizon look like it’s not working

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3vanW1ll1ams@reddit

In old Soviet and Russian aircraft the artificial horizon is fixed unlike in western displays. The confusion has resulted in several tragedies such as the Crossair Flight 498 crash.

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Unlucky-Constant-736@reddit

Ohhhh yeah I do remember hearing about those. Preciate it bro.

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Food-Wine@reddit

Good grief buy a go pro

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PBP2024@reddit

This looks fun!

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damnsky_30@reddit

Well it definitely looks dangerous but at the same time it looks cool AF... I can't decide if I call the pilot an idiot or a badass 🤣🤣

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Rodgerexplosion@reddit

Jerry at it again

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ReadyplayerParzival1@reddit

That’s an rv-10. Not rated for spins. The guy got into basically an incipient spin, recovered and then set himself up for an accelerated stall. Wtf. It does appear to be in Russia or at least the plane is Russian registered, probably in the caucuses mountains.

The pilot is dumb as bricks

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aye246@reddit

yes now that you mention it, it looks exactly like the Caucuses. Terrain is straight out of DCS.

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CrazyNaV8r@reddit

It’s not polygon enough with bland lighting, DCS Caucus looks more realistic lol

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Wyciorek@reddit

Or drunk

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Kaito__1412@reddit

He already said Russian.

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Lrrr81@reddit

Or both.

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DoesntMatterEh@reddit

Holy fuck. If I was in the plane there's a good chance the pilot is getting slapped when we land.

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Saltydecimator@reddit

He did it all for the nookie

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Mercutio999@reddit

500ft not meters…

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Maruan-007@reddit (OP)

In Russia they use meters

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Sorry_U_R_Wrong@reddit

What an absolute imbecile.

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Wildfathom9@reddit

Rv-10s with a lycoming engine love losing oil pressure.

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Robrad30@reddit

Christ on a bike. This could have easily been the scene of the first recorded salmon strike.

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quietflyr@reddit

https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/flying-fish/

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Herkdrvr@reddit

You can't fix stupid.

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rickshaw99@reddit

sometimes it fixes itself

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tattcat53@reddit

Darwin can.

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Catatonic27@reddit

I wish he'd step up the pace

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hmwheele@reddit

Even in what could’ve been the last moments of here life she had to record it lol

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rUNEARTHLYINVENT@reddit

Goddamn she cant even live for the moment. Needs to document the flight.

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Significant-Pen-2274@reddit

Flying in Russia is just Darwinian.

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ApprehensiveGas1400@reddit

You pantywaists

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Pal_Smurch@reddit

One of my favorite things we used to do, when I was a Chinook crew chef, was Unusual Attitudes.

We would fly over the ocean, to vacant airspace, and one pilot would place an IFR hood on his helmet, blocking his view outside the aircraft.

The other pilot would place the aircraft in an unusual attitude; for example, flying in reverse, 40 knots, while descending at 1,000 feet per minute, with the aircraft out of trim.

Then, he would tell the other pilot, “You have the controls.”

It would then be the other pilot’s objective to regain control of the aircraft, using only the gauges, without looking outside the aircraft.

You’d be amazed how many pilots cannot accomplish this. I have seen pilots almost barrel roll the aircraft, attempting to regain control.

Too much fun!

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howlinmoon42@reddit

Ah Russia-land of unfortunate flying videos

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YaKkO221@reddit

Maybe it’s AI…I hope 🤞

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wt1j@reddit

To be clear, OP is calling this upset prevention and recovery training. Which it ain’t because pax and socials are in the right seat. It’s just fucking around and coming close to finding out.

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KDFWCenterline@reddit

Youre just tryin to show off to some hot girl. Reckless and irresponsible

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I_like_cake_7@reddit

I’m not even sure that it worked. She didn’t seem very impressed.

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njsullyalex@reddit

Girl here. If a guy ever did this with me I’d never fly with him again.

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KDFWCenterline@reddit

Also a woman here. Im at the airlines now but it is always super annoying seein stuff like this.

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a-government-agent@reddit

Well it definitely got her wet, just not in the way he intended.

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Kaputnik1@reddit

Morons like this make pilots look worse overall.

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Edge_Slade@reddit

Ok I’ll say it. That was pretty sick.

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OHkaptinMYkerpit@reddit

I work for a company that does UPRT and that is not it. We don’t perform upsets below 3,000 AGL, anything low level we do in the sim or VR.

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No-Brilliant9659@reddit

UPRT is a training program. This is a stall/spin that is recovered in the incipient spin phase. They could have recovered much higher but flew it to the deck for dramatic effect.

Dumb

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mjdau@reddit

Thanks for telling us three times, we needed that.

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No-Brilliant9659@reddit

Bad connection resulted in it posting 3 times lol oops. The crowd hates signal disturbance!

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pmoity@reddit

One word - damn

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Daniel_USAAF@reddit

Me next!

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CharAznableLoNZ@reddit

Several of the dangerous mindsets in practice here.

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DanSlade1@reddit

Okay now just imagine if she panicked and decided to yank back on the control stick like they do in movies and caused an accelerated stall, followed by a real spin at 100 feet

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Molecular_Pudding@reddit

"There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots." I hope he won't carry any passengers when he crashes.

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CatDaddyTom@reddit

A bit low for a spin, even just a partial one. Then diving toward the river? Dumb. Stupid to do things like that with a passenger too.

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Ok-Quit3011@reddit

A good pilot would never pull a stall at that altitude. He's at minimums. You should be at least 2,500+ feet agl...

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HamasDaddyOnFire@reddit

WTF is the retard in the left seat doing...!?

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Typical-Cap-3758@reddit

Stop using your phone for 5 seconds jeez

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Manginaz@reddit

Russian pilot means there is a 100% chance he was drunk.

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Flame_Flame@reddit

At the beginning of the video passenger on the right seat screams «No, I don't want [us] to fall». So the pilot warned them, heard them disagree and still did it.

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Fright-Instructor@reddit

The reason why the FAA makes check-rides stricter 🤦🏻‍♂️

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GroundedGerbil@reddit

Russian? That checks.

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Neither-Way-4889@reddit

This is not "UPRT", this is a pilot demonstrating a spin at too low of an altitude. UPRT is TRAINING, this was just a reckless idiot showing off.

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LaMortParLeSnuSnu@reddit

Wtf. Show off hobby pilots are a cancer.

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Hallow_Chef@reddit

This gem is $387,000. Dibs for the tower room!

Includes a second house that could be in-law suite or separate guest accommodations [https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/201-E-Franklin-St-Delphi-IN-46923/85131066_zpid/]

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Peacewind152@reddit

Fuck! Why? This person shouldn't have a pilot license. Full stop.

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Disastrous-Run-3963@reddit

As crazy as this is, it's still impressive and takes skill.

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Expensive-Barber-283@reddit

I stopped reading at Russia

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ScepticalRaccoon@reddit

Well at least they're Russian

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Human_Grass@reddit

I can almost hear "I’m Hoover, and welcome to your pilot debrief"…

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thinkmoreharder@reddit

Why isn’t the attitude indicator moving as he (supposedly) points the nose up, down, turns and inverts? Probably not a real video.

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xChoke1x@reddit

What the fuck?!

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jared_number_two@reddit

Great way to spend the rest of your day cleaning vomit out of your plane.

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Greenxgrotto@reddit

I have been in a plane when the pilot did this, as he was training and had to perfect the maneuver for his test. He told me before we went up, and asked if I wanted to. I did. It scared the shit out of me.

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Conscious_Cicada9597@reddit

In America, that pilot loses his license permanently.

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this_guy_aves@reddit

SIR?

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i__Sisyphus@reddit

This pilot definitely has some benign brain cells

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IM_REFUELING@reddit

Hey you can do anything once, as they say

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m1mike@reddit

The nicest thing I can say about this is that he causes higher insurance premiums.

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healeyd@reddit

No control over where his nose is headed… Awful.

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digwhoami@reddit

Doesn't sound like russian to me.

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LuuDinhUSA@reddit

Yeah so, I would not have posted this lol

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Maruan-007@reddit (OP)

Why

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DividerOfBums@reddit

He thinks it’s you

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LuuDinhUSA@reddit

I know its not OP u/Maruan-007 , I am referring to the Actual OP the video creator. Someone had to post this and think, how cool is this extremely dangerous thing. That person should have kept it to themselves. At least here in the US, that's evidence.

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Tryptamine91@reddit

I don’t think it was any of the crew that posted this.

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LuuDinhUSA@reddit

I agree, but I would guess that the passenger who did, knew the pylote. I would hope you wouldn't want to jam your buddy up

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Tryptamine91@reddit

True. I assumed this was some commercial tour or something.

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LuuDinhUSA@reddit

Now that would be wild.

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MonsteraBigTits@reddit

people like you: the most annoying redditors alive

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LuuDinhUSA@reddit

fist of all, ya mom

second, I am referring to the actual person that filmed this, no OP

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MonsteraBigTits@reddit

ok guess im toast

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LuuDinhUSA@reddit

its ok, people like toast. Cripy, light, great with toppings

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anberlin90@reddit

Ooooooh snap!!!! He got you!!!

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Jake24601@reddit

A bold pilot ✝️

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rmannyconda78@reddit

There’s no old and bold pilots they say.

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athra56@reddit

Gross

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Mad_kat4@reddit

So he's not an old, bold pilot then.

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airfryerfuntime@reddit

Yeah, I bet that made for a good tik tok.

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EternalPatriotcr73@reddit

It’s truly irresponsible. I had an examiner who was a retired SAC Major and he told me, “There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots”.

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whubbard@reddit

Bob Hoover was a rare one!

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SovereignWreckage@reddit

In Soviet Russia, plane spins you.

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ToriGrrl80@reddit

Shitty pilot

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loose_noodle@reddit

I can't think of a more reckless and stupid thing to do.

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CactusPete@reddit

how about the same thing . . . blindfolded

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shrunkenhead041@reddit

Wondering if those phones are waterproof enough that the video will still be recoverable after they retrieve the plane from the bottom of the river.

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cptalpdeniz@reddit

Why do you say UPRT when its clearly not training?

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doomiestdoomeddoomer@reddit

That looks like fun

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Acheronian_Rose@reddit

This guy is going to get a bunch of people killed. What a dumbass

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AndOnTheDrums@reddit

Seems wildly unsafe and unnecessary.

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jami354@reddit

Wtf are meters???

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FunnyGeneral7078@reddit

Look at the worry on her face bud, you ain't impressing her and you won't reach old age by doing those stunts

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wxmanXCI@reddit

Russians really don't values their lives.

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yoko_OH_NO@reddit

Wow this is the first aviation video I've seen that really demonstrates how easy it is to get disoriented in a plane. That's crazy

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yeahgoestheusername@reddit

There are bold pilots and there are old pilots.

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-burnr-@reddit

Intentional spins at 1500' to impress your girlfriend is definatley a choice.

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Flyboy3969@reddit

There are old pilots and there are bold pilots…

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-burnr-@reddit

Are you a retired SAC Major?

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MilkJiggers88@reddit

How are those passengers not screaming their heads off 😳😳

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Brambleshire@reddit

Wherever that is it sure looks beautiful

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Immediate-Spite-5905@reddit

Average Russian pilot

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Ok_Calligrapher7411@reddit

This was not safe in any way.. Imagine if the panicked passenger would have grabbed the yoke.

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Expert_Pudding_3025@reddit

Ahhhh… Russia

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scheisskopf53@reddit

Is it normal that the attitude indicator on the right is not working?

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182RG@reddit

Caged or Inop.

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veryuniqueredditname@reddit

Stupid if he was skilled he'd be flying a super scooper during forest fires

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nsysuchris@reddit

I like to show such video to my students to remind them that the sky is also shared by people like this.

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veryuniqueredditname@reddit

That's one lucky sob

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GoodMedium3600@reddit

What an asshole.

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Life-Section-3686@reddit

That’s just fucking dumb

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Far_Performance_4013@reddit

The pilot's brain :
- Notices the lady's wearing revealing clothes
- Assumes she's must be an impressionable slut
- Assumes he's got a chance to get into her pants
- Assumes he's got enough altitude to perform a UPRT
- Assumes it's manly not to warn the passenger about the manoeuver

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OneOverXII@reddit

lol found an incel bot

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Far_Performance_4013@reddit

The pilot's brain :
- Notices the lady's wearing revealing clothes
- Assumes she's must be an impressionable slut
- Assumes he's got a chance to get into her pants
- Assumes he's got enough altitude to perform a UPRT
- Assumes it's manly not to warn the passenger about the manoeuver

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Bananasinpajaamas@reddit

Dude wtf

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anberlin90@reddit

Lost ya at impressionable slut didn't he? Me too...

My god the times we live in

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Bananasinpajaamas@reddit

Yup. Also, are the revealing clothing in the room with us? All I see are knee caps. People are strange.

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No-Brilliant9659@reddit

UPRT is a training program. This is a stall/spin that is recovered in the incipient spin phase. They could have recovered much higher but flew it to the deck for dramatic effect.

Dumb af

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