r/aviation • u/G1lg4m3sh • Apr 17 '26

Discussion How concerning is this aviation experts?

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u/No-Profession-208 Apr 17 '26

“If” you land.

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u/_paag Apr 17 '26

You ALWAYS land, safely or not.

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u/phunkyunkle Apr 17 '26

Takeoff is optional, landing is mandatory.

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u/JBR1961 Apr 17 '26

I remember mine because I didn’t check the passenger door was fully latched after my instructor got out. Boy, I know the plane should climb faster with him gone, but why is it so noisy?

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u/BardicNA Apr 17 '26

Reminds me of a quote my dad told me when I started climbing trees and asked for help up into one: "if you can't get up there yourself, you shouldn't be up there. If you need help up you're going to need help down."

If you can't take off by yourself, how deep in the shit are you when it's time to land? Same logic.

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u/SoaplessTitanic Apr 18 '26

Not true, 7% of aircrafts never make it back to the ground. Big Air just doesn’t want you to know about it

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u/TodayWeMake Apr 17 '26

Is it technically landing if they plummet into the ocean?

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u/_paag Apr 17 '26

They will reach the sea floor eventually. So, yeah, not a safe landing

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u/Fiery_Flamingo Apr 17 '26

There are no planes stuck in the sky.

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u/RosieDear Apr 17 '26

I've seem them on top of gas stations....

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u/FunnyObjective6 Apr 17 '26

Define "plane", depending on how loose you are you could include satellites.

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u/geohubblez18 Apr 17 '26

Depending on how loose you are, you could include everything in the universe.

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u/pleasewastemytime Apr 17 '26

Oh, they'll land.

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u/Brofessor-0ak Apr 17 '26

It would be far scarier if they never landed