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Pilot almost gets decapitated while waiting to takeoff on runway
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:35 am
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:35 am
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Posted on 1/16/23 at 12:06 pm to Byrdybyrd05
This was at the Reno air races a few yrs ago. Those planes do a grid type start where each row goes at a short interval. He was in the first row or 2 and had engine problem. Plane that hit him was a last row or 2. They have since changed the takeoff plan. Like when the F1 car stalls in grid the back marker isn't expecting a car there not moving.
This post was edited on 1/16/23 at 1:05 pm
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Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:37 am to Byrdybyrd05
How the hell does the other guy not see him?
Sucks you have to watch ads on worldstar now considering the entire page is one big advertisement
Sucks you have to watch ads on worldstar now considering the entire page is one big advertisement
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:39 am to Byrdybyrd05
oops?
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:40 am to Jones
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Sucks you have to watch ads on worldstar now considering the entire page is one big advertisement
Yeah, i closed it. Not waiting
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:40 am to Byrdybyrd05
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:46 am to Byrdybyrd05
“Yea my bad”
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:48 am to Jones
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How the hell does the female pilot not see him?
FIFY
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:52 am to Byrdybyrd05
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This Could of Ended Bad
That’s top notch journalism.
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:52 am to Byrdybyrd05
He was waiting in the wrong place apparently
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:57 am to Jones
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How the hell does the other guy not see him?
Tail dragger aircraft have nose high attitude and can not see directly in front while taxing or rolling down runway until they lift the rear wheel. In inline 2 seater tail dragger, the pilot sits behind passenger, further obscuring view.
Posted on 1/16/23 at 10:00 am to Jones
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How the hell does the other guy not see him?
Prop planes like that point slightly upwards while they get up to speed. Someone wasn't where they were supposed to be.
Posted on 1/16/23 at 10:02 am to Jones
He stayed cool and immediately went to shutdown checklist.
Posted on 1/16/23 at 10:03 am to Jones
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How the hell does the other guy not see him?
Didn’t two commercial jets almost hit each other on the runway of major airport just a couple of days ago?
Posted on 1/16/23 at 10:56 am to Jones
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Sucks you have to watch ads on worldstar now considering the entire page is one big advertisement
click on the comments section first and the video plays without ads
Posted on 1/16/23 at 11:00 am to Byrdybyrd05
Did his hand get smashed??
Posted on 1/16/23 at 11:07 am to Byrdybyrd05
Makes me think of when I was at the 2020 Scott air show standing at the end of the runway with our group admiring a military hummer or something and some jackass came in way too hot, couldn’t break, and had to turn a hard 90 degrees and lay his plane down and force the landing gear to break to stop himself. He was headed directly for us and probably stopped 30-40’ short
One of my two near death experiences I think about randomly that absolutely would’ve ended me a few inches/seconds here or there.
One of my two near death experiences I think about randomly that absolutely would’ve ended me a few inches/seconds here or there.
This post was edited on 1/16/23 at 11:07 am
Posted on 1/16/23 at 11:08 am to jlovel7
other one?
Posted on 1/16/23 at 11:09 am to Byrdybyrd05
DAMN!!! Made me jump!
Posted on 1/16/23 at 11:10 am to Funky Tide 8
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other one?
Crossing st Charles and Julia street in New Orleans and having an E-350 speeding down the street and bump his horn at me. Thankfully I had my headphones out and heard him and took a step back probably 2 seconds before he would’ve annihilated me. He was probably going 40-50 and was hugging the curb. In a big van like that I’d have been toast.
Posted on 1/16/23 at 11:16 am to jlovel7
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Crossing st Charles and Julia street in New Orleans and having an E-350 speeding down the street and bump his horn at me. Thankfully I had my headphones out and heard him and took a step back probably 2 seconds before he would’ve annihilated me. He was probably going 40-50 and was hugging the curb. In a big van like that I’d have been toast.
Similar thing happened to me when I was a kid, family vacation in Destin, mom pulled me back, saved my life. Ever since then I have been hyper-cautious when crossing a street.
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