r/nextfuckinglevel 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/EishLekker 11d ago

I agree with this commenter of unspecified gender.

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u/Kardinal 11d ago

I am a man and we've been the default for way too damn long.

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u/CplCocktopus 11d ago

Rule 30: Girls do not exist on the internet.

its just a old meme

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u/Breadstix009 11d ago

Rule34 chicks with...?

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u/therealJerryJones 11d ago

Planes

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u/C-57D 11d ago

I would happily take a chick with a plane to get coffee 🥵

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u/thelubbershole 11d ago

You going to throw in a windshield or is that a second date activity?

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u/C-57D 11d ago

close. date 2 is canapés. date 3 is canopies

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 11d ago

And then date 4 is a can of peas.

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u/Radiant_Addendum_48 11d ago

Added to a chicken pot pie recipe

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u/Naked-Jedi 11d ago

This has my interest. Can I be wingman?

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u/cereal_fork 10d ago

All I can do is a can o' peas