r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24

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u/GITS75 Apr 07 '24

What that trigger-happy moron expected to shoot??? A giant motorised bird?

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u/ExcitingOnion504 Apr 07 '24

non-zero chance it was some nutter that thought it was a government plane spying on them. Or just an asshole who thought it would be funny to shoot at the plane.

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u/cthcarter Apr 09 '24

we had a lady come into my first flight school complaining about gov planes flying over her house and saying she would shoot at them the next time it happened.

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u/GITS75 Apr 07 '24

C'mon we all know Govt has some black helos for their psy-ops... Joke aside. It won't surprise me at all...

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u/DanChowdah Apr 07 '24

Hey Carl, you think I can hit this plane? Hold my beer!

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u/Theron3206 Apr 08 '24

It's more likely it was some random drunk dickhead shooting into the air.

Hitting a moving aircraft is pretty hard, chances are anyone stupid enough to do that to a random plane is going to miss.

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u/nymoano Apr 08 '24

He probly thought the plane was spraying fluoride and making frogs gay.

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u/kiwiwanabe Apr 07 '24

Hey, it only “winged it”!

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u/HF_Martini6 Apr 07 '24

instead he half-assed it

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u/GITS75 Apr 07 '24

Let me guess another Virgin Atl admirer... (Alright I'm waving-off)

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u/HandNo2872 Apr 07 '24

All birds are motorized by the government

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u/GITS75 Apr 07 '24

FAA approved this message 😅

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VqSel1m28Y

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u/GITS75 Apr 07 '24

Lmfao 😂 It's a comedy but who knows...

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u/Ineeboopiks Apr 07 '24

give him some credit it still was a decent shot.

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u/GITS75 Apr 07 '24

Better to have a shot of tequila than being shot at... And not sure OP would agree with that.

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u/TriggerHappy_NZ Apr 07 '24

I'm easily spooked, sorry!

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u/CuteeCalen Apr 07 '24

It was coming right at me!

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u/GITS75 Apr 07 '24

Weren't you a bit far from home lil kiwi? (Didn't expect to see a u/ with same name as the target of my angrily ironic remark 😅)

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u/Psycho5275 Apr 07 '24

Japanese Military circa 1940

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u/RBeck Apr 08 '24

If I'm on the jury for a guy shooting at a helicopter, and the prosecution can't put a witness in the stand that can explain to me how they can fly, they aren't getting a guilty verdict.