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Caption:The caption is a quote from British Actor and Broadcaster Jeremy C. R. Clarkson, who is famous for presenting the well-known show-series „Top-Gear“.
His original quote:
»Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary … That's it what gets you!«
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The picture above is intellectual property of Liz King of South West News Service (SWNS.com), a British news-wire network and hereby used to be believed under 'fair use'. All given intellectual property rights of this picture and everything arising thereby may be reserved by copyright.
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Story behind that shot:
»Spitfire pilot escapes with no injuries after crash landing in a field just four years after surviving a crash in a different vintage plane«, September 8th, 2015.
„A Spitfire crash-landed in a field yesterday and the pilot walked away with only minor injuries.“ via Liz King / SWNS Group.
Published previously at: https://stories.swns.com/news/spitfire-pilot-escapes-with-no-injuries-after-crash-landing-in-a-field-just-four-years-after-surviving-a-crash-in-a-different-vintage-plane-68203/
SecretAgentSuperBooger
That's a two seat Spitfire trainer model.
Grogo67
We used to say it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop.
rockstarjesus
Maybe that pilot should consider not flying irreplaceable vintage aircraft? Just a thought.
AlterSack
I'm not afraid of death. Dying is what worries me.
BitcoinIsGoingToZero
Literally watching the Jezzer right now. Tesla X review.
stupidfuntime
The jezzer?
DYLANLEE79
Actually, yes, enough acceleration WILL absolutely kill you.
whoopsywoo
acceleration can Kill you but speed will not
whoopsywoo
moving at 20,000mph is fine, in fact you might not even notice it. Acceleration from 0mph to 20,000mph, you will notice.
stupidfuntime
If the earth stopped moving would lots of us get launched? I imagine some of us would just slam into the ground
whoopsywoo
image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/q1168.html
stupidfuntime
Cool!