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incredible picture found on the interwebs i had to share with everypony

Carrie Lingscheit, “Falling Cat”, Monoprint, 15" x 5.5", Available here.

Carrie Lingscheit, “Falling Cat”, Monoprint, 15" x 5.5", Available here.

Carrie Lingscheit, “Falling Cat”, Monoprint, 15" x 5.5", Available here.

La Pointe Courte (Agnès Varda, 1955)

Grasses in the wind.

green wheat field with cypress tree, vincent van gogh

-A passenger plane was underloaded with fuel because Canada had just converted to the metric system and everyone supposed to double check their numbers got it wrong. -When the plane ran out of fuel they were too far away to make it to an in-service airport and had to head towards the Gimli military base.  Which was shuttered. -They were coming in to fast due to a lack of flaps control and had to perform a series of slips (as shown in the video above) to slow down, basically drifting a giant passenger plane. -As they come down they realized that just because Gimli’s been decommissioned doesn’t mean it’s abandoned because a bunch of people are having drag races on the runway they’re about to need. -Despite everything they managed to land safely and no one was killed or even hurt which is why it’s one of the best air disasters to meme on.

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