Once over Thailand our c130 had my Recon team chute up and jump out because a piece of the wing was falling off and they didn't think they could land. They performed an emergency landing at a Thai airfield, and literally duct taped the wing back together. When we got back on to continue our journey we kept our chutes on, just in case.
Many years ago, I was stationed at a AF test flight unit in Birmingham AL. Occasionally, we would be tasked to go to Tampa FL to check out a plane. We flew there commercial, and had to take our chutes as carry on luggage. Got us a few odd looks.
Was stationed in FL once. Had to look for parts a pilot that crashed in the swampland. Found his shoe without anything inside and we also found his helmet with his shock wedged inside.
If there is, it's very recent, I've taken multiple flights to and from the states with my parachute as hand luggage or team mates have. Gets an odd look and maybe having to look at the AAD card, that's about it.
They're allowed, can repack the main, but the reserve needs tools and they get a bit less keen when you mention it's got to be inspected by a faa packer - sports parachute kit that is
There is no current passenger plane that could repeat the feat, and the old ones are modified in a way that prevents the opening of back door in flight.
Crazy! I was getting out of the NAVY when we took off from our carrier, CVN-72, in the south China sea following the 2004 Indonesian tsunami. Being in a C-2 launched off an aircraft carrier was awesome in itself. But we had to emergency land in Medan, Indonesia on our way to Singapore. The hydraulic fluid in our landing gear was leaking. We spent the night in a "4 star hotel" that only served fruit, whiskey and the clap.
My uncle was in the Navy and he got us tickets for the public inaugural run of CVN-72 out of Newport News. I was like 8 or 9 at the time. It was pretty cool but they also served food, which for breakfast was coffee and massive sheets of Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts. I'd never had one before this, and I kept sneaking off to take one - ended up eating 19 before 10:30 when they cleared off breakfast. Absolutely changed my life when I realized better doughnuts than dry Dunkin' existed.
Yeah I haven't had any doughnuts now in several years. Krispy Kreme in the late 80's and 90's was probably much different than they are today, before they went public and over-expanded.
Dunkin used to be delicious. They've full on changed their recipe since when I was a kid in the 90's. But how on earth did you eat so many Krispy Kreme?! I eat 2 I'm stuffed. 4 I'm absolutely destroyed.
I still think back to that. They were the absolutely best doughnuts. Everyone wants "hot and now" but these were maybe a day old and the glazing with the humidity of the day was just perfect. The dough had firmed up a bit but the glazing was clear without being runny. I don't know how I ate so many and didn't get sick, either. But I know I wasn't hungry at lunch time!
I was a teen the 1st time I had Krispy Kreme. So light and airy instead of the cakey doughnuts I was used to. Could've easily polished off a dozen. Not sure about 19 of them at age 9 though, LoL.
Villosopher
The guy at 00:12 looks like the All-American prophet, Christopher Titus
BurrhusBacchus
VicarDeaconBishop
Hey, was that Christopher Titus?
Drimilidrimdrim
Comedy Inc. I posted few dumps with their sketches: https://imgur.c/9QjZh7E">https://imgur">om/galle">/9QjZh7E">https://imgur.com/gallery/9QjZh7E /gallery/DkGY5p9 https://imgur.com/gallery/s5ylYOp
Ironhidemathew
This is so r/Unexpected... damn I miss reddit
luftstud
Very fitting for the 4th of July 😂
SoftKleenex
Stay back or I’ll laser every one of you!
TychoTychoAlba
I heard one of the main engines go BANG halfway through takeoff once. Pilots are very good at handling the things the autopilot doesn't do.
babysuperfreak
Don’t care. Would need to be tranquillized in that scenario.
Jayfourke
Related. Not Monty Python, but featuring some of the same cast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfLdFZ4my9g
LSAH
I used to work with Simon Mallory, one of the actors. Great bloke, very funny. Kinda obvious now in hindsight…
zeacorzeppelin10
Buh bye
HapilyDamaged
Which part didn't you understand? The buh? or the bye? Buhbye
Calicious
Once over Thailand our c130 had my Recon team chute up and jump out because a piece of the wing was falling off and they didn't think they could land. They performed an emergency landing at a Thai airfield, and literally duct taped the wing back together. When we got back on to continue our journey we kept our chutes on, just in case.
MmmmmSoup
Aw man I remember this show
RoyalOss
Obviously fake, in a real plane you would only hear some grumbles over the intercom.
TungstenOrbital
Sauce?
Beiki
The plane is fine. Everything's fine. How are you?
TeelMoobeel
"Fly casual!"
HuskyPirate
1specialk1
Nice crop job
pajasa
theartofmath
Came looking for this. John Cleese's How To Irritate People.
JerzeeTomato
This is pretty much America these days...
Nismu
Chibidragon
Always upvote Jarla.
PushPullMagnet
Context?
napunapu
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerpori
Colarix
Perkl
GreenMnM
Chuckle.
camtin
bearmannn999
This is pretty funny, what is this from?
BloomAndGrowIris
The diaphragm.
Fanaticalmoderate
Fantastic
GallusTadius
Many years ago, I was stationed at a AF test flight unit in Birmingham AL. Occasionally, we would be tasked to go to Tampa FL to check out a plane. We flew there commercial, and had to take our chutes as carry on luggage. Got us a few odd looks.
unannouncedguest
great story, you should write a book
SirBonSama
Was stationed in FL once. Had to look for parts a pilot that crashed in the swampland. Found his shoe without anything inside and we also found his helmet with his shock wedged inside.
Jamerperson
Were you exempt from the no chutes rule on commercial airliners because you're military?
GallusTadius
Not sure what the rules were. It was 1990. Boss said take'm so we did.
Jamerperson
So. Just looked at the TSA site. They are allowed now with special restrictions. https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/parachutes#:~:text=You%20may%20transport%20parachutes%2C%20either,to%20assist%20in%20the%20inspection
iReptarr
As someone who's been a TSA screener for a few years, thank you for utilizing the one tool nobody ever knew existed
PowerPedant
Uh… there is such a rule? Why?
onfire
If there is, it's very recent, I've taken multiple flights to and from the states with my parachute as hand luggage or team mates have. Gets an odd look and maybe having to look at the AAD card, that's about it.
AdmiralJohn
Maybe because a parachute can't be opened and searched without it needing to be repacked? Just spitballing.
onfire
They're allowed, can repack the main, but the reserve needs tools and they get a bit less keen when you mention it's got to be inspected by a faa packer - sports parachute kit that is
MrBlueSands
An American folk hero we call D. B. Cooper.
whybother
Aka Tommy wiseau
triscuit3000
but he didn't bring his own chutes, he got them as part of his demands...
PanNonOpticon
There is no current passenger plane that could repeat the feat, and the old ones are modified in a way that prevents the opening of back door in flight.
JadeNB1729
Look, I'm trying to make that a sexual reference, but I'm having a hard time.
JanglesPrime
Ryebread91
What was that?
Heavenissize17socks
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Rivenhelper
It was part of his demands, and one of the theories for why he disappeared is that.. he may have ended up with a test chute, a dud if you will
BrdCdn
They don't keep chutes on commercial planes. He would have had to bring it.
pettingmycatwhileipoo
Crazy! I was getting out of the NAVY when we took off from our carrier, CVN-72, in the south China sea following the 2004 Indonesian tsunami. Being in a C-2 launched off an aircraft carrier was awesome in itself. But we had to emergency land in Medan, Indonesia on our way to Singapore. The hydraulic fluid in our landing gear was leaking. We spent the night in a "4 star hotel" that only served fruit, whiskey and the clap.
brassmule
My uncle was in the Navy and he got us tickets for the public inaugural run of CVN-72 out of Newport News. I was like 8 or 9 at the time. It was pretty cool but they also served food, which for breakfast was coffee and massive sheets of Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts. I'd never had one before this, and I kept sneaking off to take one - ended up eating 19 before 10:30 when they cleared off breakfast. Absolutely changed my life when I realized better doughnuts than dry Dunkin' existed.
sturmhauke
I'll take almost any local mom n' pop donut shop over Krispy Krap. Never had Dunkin, but I've heard they're overrated.
brassmule
Yeah I haven't had any doughnuts now in several years. Krispy Kreme in the late 80's and 90's was probably much different than they are today, before they went public and over-expanded.
Ryebread91
Dunkin used to be delicious. They've full on changed their recipe since when I was a kid in the 90's. But how on earth did you eat so many Krispy Kreme?! I eat 2 I'm stuffed. 4 I'm absolutely destroyed.
brassmule
I still think back to that. They were the absolutely best doughnuts. Everyone wants "hot and now" but these were maybe a day old and the glazing with the humidity of the day was just perfect. The dough had firmed up a bit but the glazing was clear without being runny. I don't know how I ate so many and didn't get sick, either. But I know I wasn't hungry at lunch time!
Emuc64
I was a teen the 1st time I had Krispy Kreme. So light and airy instead of the cakey doughnuts I was used to. Could've easily polished off a dozen. Not sure about 19 of them at age 9 though, LoL.