[QUOTE=healthpoint;40513050]Man, anyone else love long flights?
When I went to New Zealand 3 years ago the flight took 24 hours.
Yes you get a sore ass/tired legs, but you also get to watch like 8 movies. Shit is pretty rad.
I only really get bothered if they have a shit selection of films.[/QUOTE]
I get restless leg syndrome on planes so I find it pretty much impossible to sleep. Apart from that it's pretty cool.
[QUOTE=healthpoint;40513050]Man, anyone else love long flights?
When I went to New Zealand 3 years ago the flight took 24 hours.
Yes you get a sore ass/tired legs, but you also get to watch like 8 movies. Shit is pretty rad.
I only really get bothered if they have a shit selection of films.[/QUOTE]
How do you think us people already in New Zealand feel?
Wanna go anywhere that isn't domestic or Australia? 7 hour flight minimum. Wanna try eat some fruit in the airport terminal? Be interrogated for 3 hours, get a hefty fine and lose all your luggage. Want to sit down in the terminal? Nope, all the seats get taken and your next seat will be on the plane after the 2 hour delay. Want to just look up pics of your destination and avoid all that trouble in the airport? Gotta wait 10 hours while the images load.
Also [URL=http://www.airdisaster.com/cvr/cvrwav.shtml]here's[/URL] a set of air crash blackbox recordings. They're interesting to listen to, provided you're not on a ten hour flight, being interrogated, standing next to a toiletry vending machine or trying to save your bandwidth for porn.
Is it weird that I feel safer when I'm 11km in the air on a plane rather than 1km in the air taking off?
[QUOTE=StrawberryClock;40514594]And yet you're more likely to die in a car accident within 2 miles of where you live.[/QUOTE]
Only because you're in a car more often than a plane, though.
I read this book called Survivors Club, Explaining who survives and who dies in situations like this, and one survivor of a plane crash that was Taxi-ing, Everyone crowded all to one exit, He simply went on the one with way less people and he survived, Most of the other people died.
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mtM8R7KWyY&feature=player_detailpage[/media]
depending on how your flight crashes, you may or may not be part of the aircraft anymore, as they learned from this single test, while the wing gears are designed to fail, the nose gear failing is bad as it compromises the integrity of the front half of the plane and becomes a fulcrum for the front to get shredded
you'll die anyway why bother
unless its just a small crash
I'm Australian...
Because our planes are upside down, they don't crash.
Wouldn't it help to bring a pillow or similar in your bag? Use the time before the impact to grab it and hope that it will soften the impact on your head.
[QUOTE=Ryuken;40511451]What if the airplane crashes ON YOU though?[/QUOTE]
if this happens it is proof that god exists and he hates you.
[QUOTE=Azzator;40515272]Take-off is always the scariest part of any flight for me. The sound of the engine alone when it's fully throttled after the plane's done taxiing makes my heart sink every time.[/QUOTE]
Pilots usually avoid going full throttle on the engines, it wastes fuel and wears them out. Usually they only go to 70 to 90 percent on take off.
[QUOTE=Azzator;40515272]Take-off is always the scariest part of any flight for me. The sound of the engine alone when it's fully throttled after the plane's done taxiing makes my heart sink every time.[/QUOTE]
I've been on a plane 3 times I think, I can barely remember any of them though, but it was always the landings that got me if anything, it feels like the plane's falling, which it basically is but in a controlled manner. When the flaps are extended there's a hole between them and the wing and I remember when I was five I was going "There's a hole in the wing! There's a hole in the wing!" Must've shat some people up at least
[QUOTE=Desuh;40512826]When the plane is crashing stay in it until it's almost on the ground. Then you simply jump out.[/QUOTE]
I was thinking either this or getting on top of the plane then jumping off as it crashes would be the easiest way to survive.
I mean, why wouldn't it work?
Could that have worked for Buddy Holly?
[QUOTE=Cheesedragon;40530364]I was thinking either this or getting on top of the plane then jumping off as it crashes would be the easiest way to survive.
I mean, why wouldn't it work?[/QUOTE]
Because you're still falling at almost the same speed as the plane.
Let's hope I don't need to use this guide when I am on a plane tomorrow. :tinfoil:
I'm taking a plane in July... Thanks for the read.
I now won't die.
[QUOTE=Best4bond;40519122]I'm Australian...
Because our planes are upside down, they don't crash.[/QUOTE]
So the engines are used to keep you on the ground?
Just came back from a 10 hour flight. If you're flying long-haul and the price difference between Economy and Economy Premium/Comfort/Whatever is small then I highly recommend the latter.
When checking in I found I could upgrade pretty cheaply and in return I got tons of extra legroom and space. For the long flight it completely justified the extra price.
my dad is a pilot. he's never crashed but then again he's never really tried.
[QUOTE=The Worm;40565510]my dad is a pilot. he's never crashed but then again he's never really tried.[/QUOTE]
Tell him to try harder.
What do we do if this thing is on the wing.
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[QUOTE=matt000024;40588518]What do we do if this thing is on the wing.
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Step 1: unzip zipper
Step 2: drop pants and underwear
Step 3: Plant ass firmly on window
Step 4: Bask in his humility
I always looked at it as, you have a better chance of dying in a car accident then a place crash.
Remember to practice flying in flight sim X in the unlikely event both pilots are incapacitated and you need to save the day. I recommend practicing on the 737 as it is the most common commercial plane.
Set realism to hard and for an extra challenge set random failures to occur 10 minutes after takeoff. :eng101:
There once was a plane crash in Germany where everyone died except one guy. The reason why he survived was that he was sleeping; even during the crash. Because of that, his body wasnt strained, in extreme contrast to everyone else. And thats why his body didnt shatter when they crashed on the ground. He got a lot of broken bones though.
So maybe you just want to sleep when you expect the plane to crash..
[QUOTE=Prollgurke;40650990]There once was a plane crash in Germany where everyone died except one guy. The reason why he survived was that he was sleeping; even during the crash. Because of that, his body wasnt strained, in extreme contrast to everyone else. And thats why his body didnt shatter when they crashed on the ground. He got a lot of broken bones though.
So maybe you just want to sleep when you expect the plane to crash..[/QUOTE]
Damn, imagine him telling that story to his kids.
'A plane I was riding crashed and everyone on it died except me, because I was tired.'
Also, I find it extremely unlikely he was the only guy sleeping.
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