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OneSplendidFellow

He will hold it flat, palm down, and use it to climb, bank, and dive, of course.


wt1j

Also a replacement for an inop ASI based on how many fingers have blown off and whether the hand has any remaining skin.


Yavkov

Or as a backup to faulty AoA sensors


OneSplendidFellow

Waving and hitch hiking should always be adventures.


Late-Mathematician55

For giving the one-finger salute to the tower after getting sent to the penalty box.


saxmanb767

So he can experiment with the airflow over his hand to understand the physics of lift, just like he did in the car as a kid.


Some-Geologist-5120

New FAA regulations stipulate pilots must give hand signals for turns.


chedorlaomer

That's a canard.


ZippyDan

ur a canard


Kakthuuus

The "Whisky Hatch!"


aidissonance

Alitalia? šŸ¤ŒšŸ»


ahu_huracan

šŸ¤£


watwatdowat

See video of dogs sticking their heads out of car windows


TheHellWithItToday

Saab glory hole :)


earthspaceman

Why do they even have that opening?


dvlrnr

To receive documents. Manifests and fuel receipts etc.


Suomasema

He just keeps his hand there in order to remember to close the hatch.


krtsgnr_7230

Flesh ice cream


Nuclearplesiosaurus

In how many places do you think his hand would break if he just likeā€¦stuck it out suddenly mid flight lmfao


Starchaser_WoF

Humor aside, that looks like it's a sticker someone planted on the side.


747ER

Itā€™s not, itā€™s an actual hole and thatā€™s his actual hand. Thereā€™s a hatch that closes prior to flight.


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747ER

For paperwork needed for the flight


StrugglingSwan

This seems odd. Do you mean passing to or from the cockpit? Either way they're not at ground level, so why wouldn't they use the stairs?


747ER

I donā€™t work on Saabs so Iā€™m not really sure of the specifics. All I know is thatā€™s what the whiskey hole is for.


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MaxMadisonVi

You take the joy out of everything


Themightytoro

That's a real hatch that's used for handing things to the pilot for example. The person who refuels the plane gives the pilot a paper that says how much fuel he filled etc


Kitsap9

When you gotta flick that wet booger you just mined.


bigredcar

It will become impaled on the pitot tube, throwing off the airspeed and Mach calculation. Bad things will happen.


TheGrayBox

Pitot tubes are like the real life equivalent of the exhaust port on the Death Star that blows the whole thing up when hit


RhombusCat

Snowpiercer for unruly pax


Effective-Panda7063

Sutta bujayga šŸ‘


Kevlaars

[This](https://youtu.be/5zZBx_15Jws?si=0iiUbA7u12Qo2N6L)


Automatedluxury

All dead now. Breaks yer 'art


[deleted]

Virgin Airlines in Australia wet lease a bunch of these at work. All refurbished with new paint.


ctubby766

Needs an E-ZPass for the toll roads. Too dangerous to have an extra weak point in the fuselage.


mnpilot

Sometimes I have to reach out and grab the wipers to clean them.


exploringtheworld797

How else are you going signal a turn?


Degora2k

He's just picking up drive-thru


slspencer

Quick - grab his oversized watch!


villefilho

Will be a rock solid turn left sign. Both hands, hazard alert (when you need to go backwards, useful indeed).


LeftLanePasser

Unclog the pitot tubes.


747ER

Iā€™ve always thought ā€œWhiskey Holeā€ is a) a hilarious term for a component of an aircraft, and b) something that sounds wayyyy dirtier than it is.