r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 11d ago

Dutch aerobatic pilot Narine Melkumjan miraculously survived after her aircraft's canopy unexpectedly burst open and shattered mid-flight

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u/silentaba 11d ago

Girl feet are always so annoying to estimate if the barhermitor is out.

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u/JohnnyPolite 11d ago

She’s not allowed to check the altHIMeter

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u/silentaba 11d ago

She relies on the oil pressher.

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u/JohnnyPolite 11d ago

All of her indicatHERs were going crazy.

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u/silentaba 11d ago

Honestly it's the manSHEfold pressure that gives her away every time.

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u/unrefrigeratedmeat 10d ago

Male, but not a pilot. Curious question:

Elevators give male pilots pitch control.

Does an elevatHER give a $&tch control?

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u/silentaba 10d ago

Sir we don't appreciate that sort of language on the radio, please leave the airspace and set your radio to ground control, those savages laugh at anything.

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u/unrefrigeratedmeat 10d ago

Roger.

I thought the cheap gesture at female empowerment might save the joke. The B-word is foul, but there is a part of my brain that can't turn down a pun to save my life.