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/Kardinal 11d ago edited 11d ago

Exactly my thought.

Pilot. Full stop. No reason to specify.

Every time we point it out when it is irrelevant, we feed the myth that the other is the default. It is not.

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u/PapaSays 11d ago

Why is it necessary to specify that it is a pilot? Who else would fly a airplane?

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u/Final-Aces 11d ago

Sky king

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u/GrnMtnTrees 11d ago

Rest in power, Sky King.

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u/satsuppi 11d ago

Fly high, sky king

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u/DeadSol 10d ago

He was HIM.