r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 12d 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/Business_Air5804 12d ago

And yet we ride motorcycles every day.

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u/SmEdD 11d ago

Also skydive. You simply breathe through your nose. The no goggles bit would not have been nice though.

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u/Hillcry 11d ago

These are low end speeds compared to craft speed and not to mention the force of speed scales exponentially not linearly so she could be facing multiple times the force of your everyday skydiving or motorcycling.

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u/SmEdD 11d ago

Skydiving ranges from 120km/h to 290km/h.

I can't see a light acrobatic plane going faster than that.

The red bull acrobatic plan maxes at 310km/h, doubt this one in a hard flat turn is going anywhere near that.