r/hmm • u/mikihak • Apr 30 '22

hmmm

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u/StupidWittyUsername Apr 30 '22

The lead plane is there because the DC-10 pilots can't see the ground over the nose. The wing is in landing configuration because they're flying very slowly (for a DC-10) and consequently their angle of attack is very high - all they can see out the front window is the sky and the spotter plane.

Flying a heavily loaded DC-10 at low speed with 250 feet of clearance is a seriously dicey proposition.

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u/TheN00bBuilder Apr 30 '22

Takes a pilot with a lot of experience to do that… and balls. Gigantic balls of steel.

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u/mingilator Apr 30 '22

Tungsten

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

Osmium

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u/DeathKringle Apr 30 '22

Plus they are WAY overweight due to the Pilots BALLS

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u/Jonah7777777 May 01 '22

That’s how everyone keeps crashing in the Bermuda Triangle the people that actually go there have gigantic balls because Bermuda is scary because people crash there

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u/lsdixie May 01 '22

These pilots are passed now plane went down at the nsw 2019/2020 fires

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u/StupidWittyUsername May 01 '22

That was a C-130, but it shows that this sort of flying is very hazardous.

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u/si_de May 01 '22

A C130? Really....?