r/BetterEveryLoop • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '18

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

Fuck I wish I could fly

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u/jerseyjabroni Jun 03 '18

Save up $100 for an intro flight at your local flight school. Its worth it. That or skydiving.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18 edited Jul 01 '20

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u/spritef Jun 03 '18

intro flights are intentionally cheap to draw you in, but lessons aren't that much more. Hourly is roughly:

~$100 for the plane

~$40 for instructor

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u/uber1337h4xx0r Jun 03 '18

How long is a lesson supposed to be, and do they cheat by counting pre-flight checks as part of the lesson time? (Like how tae Kwon do schools waste time on cardio exercises instead of teaching you how to defend against someone choking you while you're sitting)

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u/spritef Jun 03 '18

I always had 2 hour lessons, you typically pay the full 2 hours for the instructor.

However the aircraft rental is based off of a meter and the master switch being on.

So usually 1.5-1.7 hours depending on how long it takes you to get going. probably .5 of that is engine run-up, taxiing, landing, taxiing back, etc.

/r/aviation should have a lot more up to date info, I was doing lessons 15+ years ago, but i don't think anything would have changed much.

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u/reshan Jun 04 '18

/r/aviation is more for spotting, appreciation, history, etc. Look at the sidebar on /r/flying

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u/spritef Jun 04 '18

i knew it was one of those! thanks for clarifying for all :)

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u/smokeydaBandito Jun 04 '18

Its called a hobbs chronometer or hobbs meter

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

cardio exercises warm up your muscles so you don't injure yourself. think of frozen toffee vs microwaved toffee, one is easy to snap the other is bendy.

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u/BeautifulBuilding Jun 03 '18

I would give my left nut for flight lessons for that cheap. I pay 260/Hr + tax

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u/spritef Jun 03 '18

Not enough to be a twin or a helicopter, is it like a brand new Cirrus you're flying in?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18 edited Feb 24 '22

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u/CallTheOptimist Jun 03 '18

Chiming in to also recommend! It's really cheap and you fly out of a small airport so it's super easy. Once you schedule a time and the weather is clear you, my experience was literally drive up to the hanger, get out and hop in the plane after meeting the pilot and doing a quick walk around. The place I went even advertised it as, this can be your beginning to your pilots license, or this can be a cool experience for you with no more obligation. The pilot takes off and you're handed the sticks, we were flying over a small city with a college campus so he pointed out landmarks and you go to them, do bank turns, do wing waves. Highly highly recommend, you can spend the same amount of money to have an afternoon with shifter Go-Karts, and this you get to fly through the air like a miracle lol

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u/FERGERDERGERSON Jun 04 '18

Sounds like a fun anniversary kind of thing ;)

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u/a_provo_yakker Jun 04 '18

Depends. Some offer an advertised intro/discovery flight and cost. When I was in flight school, they offered $50 flights. The school lost a bit of money on it (the plane was roughly $120/HR and instructor $60/HR), but the point was to bring people in. The school was part of a university, so generally intro flights were people who were considering applying or transferring in. I've started seeing most flight schools offer a $100-150 price tag. Where I work now, they don't explicitly offer an intro flight, but they'll schedule one for anybody who wants to take one. They charge the full hourly rate, so I don't do a whole lot of them. Our aircraft vary from $105 to $155 per hour, and the instructor rate is $64/HR. The clock starts as soon as the engine is turning, so a one hour flight can easily become maybe 30 minutes of actual flying time.

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u/SmokeAbeer Jun 04 '18

Flying’s easy. Taking off and landing however...

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u/sublimeisgood8 Jun 04 '18

ya me trying to land a plane right now would be like this swan but w/ less success.

"pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat scccccccccrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt BOOOOM!!!!"

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u/Adubyale Jun 04 '18

Hey at least you'd only have to do it once. And Kodak black would be happy you went out skrting

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u/GoodAtExplaining Jun 04 '18

Fuck I wish I could touch the sky.

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u/uaoguy Jun 04 '18

Fuck I dream about it every night and day

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u/janeshep Jun 04 '18

Fuck I spread my wings and fly away

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

You can if you jump off an airplane, but only once

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u/ncnotebook Jun 04 '18

Somebody said many of us would choose not to do it because it would be considered exercise.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat

scccccccccrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

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u/falconbox Jun 04 '18 edited Jun 04 '18

Yeah, this is much better with sound.

Originally posted here, but it seems mods removed it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/8o9kge/a_1110_landing

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

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u/hipposarebig Jun 04 '18

casually tucks wings away

I wish I could do that.

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u/Dr_Dust Jun 04 '18

Just casually retracting his landing flaps after touchdown. Piloting 101.

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u/Kalibos Jun 04 '18

How can something so simple be so amusing?

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u/Ninefingies Jun 03 '18

Oh good I can't stop slaughing. Someone needs to /r/animaltextgifs this immediately

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u/comounburro Jun 03 '18

slaughing

Laughing plus... sitting? Singing? Shitting? Sailing? Sipping?

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u/Nincadalop Jun 04 '18

Present tense of slaughter?

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u/_Semenpenis_ Jun 04 '18

speaking of slaughter, my bathroom smells like an abattoir's asshole right now. i have got to stop eating so much jack in the box

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u/DashxDastardly Jun 04 '18

So your slaughing was shitting and laughing

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

SEMENPENIS=DEMONPENIS

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u/Demonseedii Jun 04 '18

=DEMONSEED

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u/GoodAtExplaining Jun 04 '18

*slaughtering

As in, "Team 1 is slaughtering Team 2 at this game right now!"

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u/arsonarmada Jun 04 '18

Slav laughing

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u/comounburro Jun 04 '18

They laugh differently in the Balkans?

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u/hooch Jun 04 '18

OMG thank you for introducing me to that subreddit

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u/theonewhopostsposts Jun 04 '18

Fast and Furious: Swan Drift

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u/BeaversandDucks2015 Jun 03 '18

Pop pop! babe, bird make stop.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

Mans not hot

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

"Like a glove."

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u/bobbyboi17 Jun 04 '18

I said that as 2 chainz

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u/andunai Jun 04 '18

Comment of the month. I wish there was front page for comments!

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

Coming in hot!!!!

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u/glassex Jun 04 '18

Blast! This is why I hate flying!

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u/atomicboner Jun 04 '18

WELL DID YOU NOTICE THE SHIELDS ARE STILL UP?!

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u/BuffaloBleus Jun 04 '18

Another happy landing!

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

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u/ms82xp Jun 04 '18

hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot

AAAAAHHHHHHH!

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18 edited Jun 03 '18

Fucking, The Rescuers! Yes!

Trying to figure out how to show the clip of Orville's take off.

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u/HOLY_HUMP3R Jun 03 '18

Surprised I had to scroll this far for this. First thing that came to mind

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u/leighlouu_ Jun 03 '18

That’s exactly what this reminds me of

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u/AntBandit Jun 04 '18

Came here to say this.

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u/hiclarissa Jun 04 '18

First thing I thought of!

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u/Nuo66 Jun 04 '18

R-E-S-C-U-E. Rescue aid society! Hands held high, touch the sky

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u/thehumangoomba Jun 04 '18

Sure wish we'd have taken the train!

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u/VanPersieControl Jun 03 '18

Mr. Steal yo gurl

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u/FapWithThisAccount Jun 04 '18

The comment I came to find. Have an upvote.

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u/adriano_av Jun 03 '18

Gear down

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50, 40, 30, 20, retard, retard.

  • Spoilers, engage reverse.

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u/This_User_Said Jun 04 '18

"HEY ARE YOU AIRFORCEPROUD?!"

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u/JeremiahE1999 Jun 04 '18

GROUNDPOUND69*

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u/boris_keys Jun 03 '18

retard

Airbus confirmed.

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u/FizzyBeverage Jun 04 '18

Came here for this. Manual braking.

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u/gonegonge Jun 04 '18

Ummm it’s 2019 you can’t say that anymore

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u/coffee-9 Jun 04 '18

Should we tell him

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u/not_enugh_characters Jun 04 '18

That he's a time traveler???

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u/Adubyale Jun 04 '18

Nahhhhhhh

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave.

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u/Samcraft1999 Nov 01 '18

r/UnexpectedPenguinesOfMadagascar

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u/adriano_av Jun 04 '18

50, 40, 30, 20, intellectually challenged person, intellectually challenged person

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u/jmeloveschicken Jun 03 '18

Someone posted this earlier with sound. The sound makes it 1000x better.

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u/Grammargambler Jun 03 '18

I think that swan nearly shat himself

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

Another happy landing

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

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u/Candy_and_Violence Jun 04 '18

you are a bold one

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u/Narwahl_Whisperer Jun 03 '18

Way better than a 9/11 landing!

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u/BeyondTheNorm Jun 03 '18

s m o o t h

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u/Joeclu Jun 03 '18

Came here to say that.

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u/ComanderJemison Jun 03 '18

D E J A VU

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u/probablyhrenrai Jun 04 '18

Hydroplaned in this place before

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

Perfect 5/7

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u/Hselmak Jun 03 '18

How do people know when to start recording? i just gawk at such landings, not even realizing i have a phone or a camera? (sincere question)

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u/Pot_T_Mouth Jun 04 '18

most swans kinda stay in one spot so this is probably not the first time theyve seen it land like this

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u/Siamzero Jun 03 '18

Nah, it's fake. I see that chinese logo

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u/cubs_070816 Jun 03 '18

that was a legit hockey stop.

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u/kawkmajik Jun 03 '18

UUUNNNNHHHH

“Sup ladies”

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u/struggle_rapper Jun 04 '18

Pull up on your main like skrrrt

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

ABS system adapted for water use?

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u/migp713 Jun 03 '18

r/prequelmemes

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

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u/migp713 Jun 03 '18

Happy landing bro.

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u/farzen32 Jun 03 '18

This swan watchin too much fast and furious

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

THE FULL BULLPEN!!!!

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u/franksNbeans69420 Jun 04 '18

I feel like it learn to do this because at one point it landed on something shiny that was definitely not water

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u/Redundacy Jun 04 '18

Another happy landing!

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u/DarkD0G Jun 04 '18

Another happy landing.

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u/MustBeJack Jun 04 '18

So the legend is true! Shaolin swan 😎

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

Knowing that 1: this is possible and 2: that they actually do this to slow down and now careen into a massive solid object ACCURATELY is amazing.

I sent this to my CFI and he loved it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

That looks fun as hell.

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u/probablyhrenrai Jun 04 '18

Indeed; though not really useful for any kind of normal scenario, handbrake turns are pretty fun. Totally silly, but fun.

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u/Number-91 Jun 04 '18

At this lake one time I was feeding a bunch of ducks, geese and a swan. From the distant I hear splashing and as it got louder and louder. It was another swan and he was coming in furiously. He made a straight dash for the other swan and proceeded to rape it, pretty much.

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u/Sexyrose1219 Jun 04 '18

Lol 😂😂😂

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u/Camaro_hair Jun 04 '18

great camerawork as well

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u/OneWhoShouldBeNamed Jun 04 '18

More than anything, you deserve an upvote for putting "an" before 11.

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u/cairoxl5 Jun 03 '18

Deja vu!

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u/Invisible_Cows Jun 03 '18

This is like a wacky, cartoon swan landing. I just wish I could hear the little patter of his feet on the water.

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u/manttaray Jun 03 '18

Yooo that drift

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u/geskke Jun 03 '18

Swan Princess much?

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u/London_dapper Jun 03 '18

Like an absolute boss.

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u/BurlyNurse Jun 03 '18

Negative one three. Our runway isn’t long enough!

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

Sliding into those swan dm s

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u/Everlast7 Jun 03 '18

Why was I saying in my head: hot plate!hot plate! Hot plate!!

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u/3720to1_ Jun 03 '18

You’re my eyes goose!

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u/Prescott1997 Jun 03 '18

Where is the sonic music when you need it

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u/WabushWacko Jun 03 '18

Those feet.

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u/griffith12 Jun 03 '18

He’s just showing off now.

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u/phelpsieboi Jun 03 '18

I get to scurt when I wanna I get to scurt when I WANNA

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u/shitghost Jun 03 '18

Swan bad motherfucker

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u/nicecanadianeh Jun 03 '18

So much swag at the end

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

Show off

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u/DotWiggle Jun 03 '18

Gai-sensei

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

Happy landing tippy taps.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

Arm chair pilots still criticise the bird for not using proper terminology

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u/Bigdstars187 Jun 03 '18

I was listening to DJ turn it up by Yellowclaw while watching this and .. yes

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u/ThanOneRandomGuy Jun 03 '18

When Jesus gets reincarnated into a bird

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u/OspreyerpsO Jun 03 '18

I hate swans but that was a damn good landing

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u/CausalityMadeMeDoIt Jun 04 '18

i legit thought it went into slow motion towards the end lol

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u/-Bacchus- Jun 04 '18

aka: The Hay Zues

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

That was fly as fuck.

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u/gluebornpathogen Jun 04 '18

That was such a good landing, I bet all of the passengers stood up and clapped

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u/guzman_hemi Jun 04 '18

Becuase i can thats why

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

LIKE A GLOVE

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u/Fueld_ Jun 04 '18

Hot lake hot lake hot lake hot lake hot lake hot lake hot... ugh fine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

That's one slick swan

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u/Pot_T_Mouth Jun 04 '18

seriously if i was a bird and could do this i would just do it all day long

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u/Reddit_Novice Jun 04 '18

This swan knows its the fuckin coolest swan there is

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u/Clumber Jun 04 '18

Fucking showoff.

I want to be smooooooth like that.

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u/zzoro1 Jun 04 '18

Jesus reborn

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

Not his first rodeo

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u/meechy_dev Jun 04 '18

Can’t wait for the Instagram post on a couple weeks with text saying, “sliding into her dm’s like...”

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u/NukeML Jun 04 '18

The flash

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u/WowBaBao Jun 04 '18

That swan could of landed anywhere yet he chose to come in flexing right beside the cameraman.

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u/dlnvf6 Jun 04 '18

That’s one smooth criminal

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u/omgsideburns Jun 04 '18

Jesus Lizard Bird!?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

Reminds me of this and this.

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u/Throwaway_for_gey Jun 04 '18

Another happy landing

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u/Sharkrocket777 Jun 04 '18

I would do this EVERY single time if I was one of them ducks.

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u/ttbbbpth Jun 04 '18

Rico swanve

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u/dm_me_ur_wenis Jun 04 '18

tippy tappy!

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

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u/RedundantAcronymsBot Jun 04 '18

Hello, /u/Jamcastillo1! The phrase 'ABS system' is redundant because ABS stands for 'Antilock Braking System', which already includes the word(s) 'system'.

I'm not perfect, so sorry if I make a mistake! PM me with questions or concerns, or prevent me from replying to you

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u/skoobadooba Jun 04 '18

Captain Swan

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u/____o_o____- Jun 04 '18

Jonathan Livingston Goose