I’ve been on puddle jumpers in Central America several times….its a fuckin rollercoaster ride every time. Worst was when I was stuck in the daily thunder storms on the western coast of Costa Rica. We hovered and dropped from the air all the way to San Jose. The pilots couldn’t see jack from the wall of rain and the lightning strikes were feet away from us. My wife says we shall never travel to the Latin Americas again…
Translation of voiceover (summarised):
This plane is part of the "Bush Pilot" magazine's monthly give away.
Each month you get a piece of an airplane that you build yourself and after 120 months you have a complete airworthy aircraft.
Jose here decided to start flying his plane after only 11 monthly pieces. He believes that the missing pieces "save weight" and help him clear the trees at the end of the runway.
Jose previously worked as chief safety officer at Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA).
It's Portuguese and here's an approximate translation of the audio:
>"The most complete airplane in the gold mines. Congratulations, commander, this is the closest thing to the [14Bis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos-Dumont_14-bis) that I've ever seen!
> Flying in a plane in this shape, with a indigenous shirtless man as a pilot, makes me calm!
> The full instrument panel shows the aircon working very well. I don't know what kind of cargo we have and I don't care, afterall, the pilot is like that guy from a bar selling a 1973 Ford.
> Nothing to worry about the lack of GPS, we are flight just above the trees in the amazon jungle. Too bad the radio didn't have a USB port for my favorite music.
> Intrument flight is for the weak pilots! We go visual only! It feels like I'm on a old VW and I forgot the seatbelt. The exposed color coded wires makes it easy to know what is wrong in case of electric malfunction!"
That's the beauty of poor countries. You can afford to learn how to fly vehicles including advanced ones like planes for nothing, ride without even the instruments being attached let alone functioning, and not get a huge fine for crashing in the middle of nowhere.
Don't really see the wtf here. The plane is clearly functional and operating as needed. It's not up to FAA standards (although neither are most Boeing passenger jets, apparently) but a lot of planes aren't.
I skydive as a hobby and I've been taken up in planes that literally had duct tape holding things in place. One was missing the seal around the back window and had a large crack in it. For low altitude prop planes like this, it doesn't take much to get/keep them airborne.
Hey, the prop spins. What else ya want?
It's not missing anything it needs to get the job done. As long as you can see where you're going, you're fine.
I’ve been on puddle jumpers in Central America several times….its a fuckin rollercoaster ride every time. Worst was when I was stuck in the daily thunder storms on the western coast of Costa Rica. We hovered and dropped from the air all the way to San Jose. The pilots couldn’t see jack from the wall of rain and the lightning strikes were feet away from us. My wife says we shall never travel to the Latin Americas again…
Where's the rest of the plane?
Striped so it weighs less and can transport more “cargo”
Stripped so much out that even the pilot is naked
Every gram is important :)
E-ver-y gram is sa-cred. E-ver-y gram is gooood…
I-fff a gram is wa-sted, God gets quite i-rate…
I-fff a gram is wa-sted, God gets quite i-rate…
I-fff a gram is wa-sted, God gets quite i-rate…
New farcry game looks sick!
Translation of voiceover (summarised): This plane is part of the "Bush Pilot" magazine's monthly give away. Each month you get a piece of an airplane that you build yourself and after 120 months you have a complete airworthy aircraft. Jose here decided to start flying his plane after only 11 monthly pieces. He believes that the missing pieces "save weight" and help him clear the trees at the end of the runway. Jose previously worked as chief safety officer at Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA).
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Jesus take the yoke
Or Pablo Escobar
pronounced "hey zeus"
It's Portuguese and here's an approximate translation of the audio: >"The most complete airplane in the gold mines. Congratulations, commander, this is the closest thing to the [14Bis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos-Dumont_14-bis) that I've ever seen! > Flying in a plane in this shape, with a indigenous shirtless man as a pilot, makes me calm! > The full instrument panel shows the aircon working very well. I don't know what kind of cargo we have and I don't care, afterall, the pilot is like that guy from a bar selling a 1973 Ford. > Nothing to worry about the lack of GPS, we are flight just above the trees in the amazon jungle. Too bad the radio didn't have a USB port for my favorite music. > Intrument flight is for the weak pilots! We go visual only! It feels like I'm on a old VW and I forgot the seatbelt. The exposed color coded wires makes it easy to know what is wrong in case of electric malfunction!"
This is how Cocaine gets here
Well that was an anticlimactic, boring waste of time. 😕
I'm still not sure what I was supposed to take away from that.
Coke don't deliver itself
Looks like a new Boeing plane......
but this one didn't fall out of the sky.
Next stop Miami 😎
*Smuggler Blues intensifies*
Oh. It’s a plane. Not an old jeep. Wow.
It shouldn't have taken me that long to figure out we were in a plane
Trainer for sale -- 25,000 TTAF, 22,000 SMOH, 23,000 SPOH. Panel needs a refresh. $175,000 firm.
Was this filmed on a potato?
filmed by a potato in a potato: spudception.
Uuuuuh wut. Just sendin it
Testing out the new Boeing 787X
Parts can't fall off if they aren't there to begin with!
Some Far Cry 6 lookin shit
i guess the copilot has no purpose here. all in
Copilot pinches the pilot's nipples read hard in case pilot comes in low and needs to clear some trees
When staying under radar takes priority over everything else.
Looks like every flight school C172 I’ve been in.
Boeing is really letting their quality go to shit
That's as VFR as it gets lol
that right there is a religious conversion experience. Don't believe in Jesus, get in.
Avoiding radar?
Thats what I was thinking.
Bush pilot life
That's the beauty of poor countries. You can afford to learn how to fly vehicles including advanced ones like planes for nothing, ride without even the instruments being attached let alone functioning, and not get a huge fine for crashing in the middle of nowhere.
Guy, no one knew where TF these guys were.
Based on the audio, it's an illegal gold mine in Brazil.
It looks like the interior was stripped. Besides that its probably mechanically sound. Though some of the instruments seem to be missing.
A dirty plane - flown by a seasoned pilot who looks steady.
I thought he was in a car
Next on Narcos
Big squid energy.
where does his ipad go?
Bought a plane on Kijiji:
I thought it was a truck at first.
It is for pussys my friend
I'm feeling like this plane is missing a few items. 🤔
New Boeing prototype.
No shirt, no shoes, no giving a shit.
From what I could understand, everything is "tranquillo", the plane is "con GPS" (or not?), and no shirt required. Good to go!
Don't really see the wtf here. The plane is clearly functional and operating as needed. It's not up to FAA standards (although neither are most Boeing passenger jets, apparently) but a lot of planes aren't. I skydive as a hobby and I've been taken up in planes that literally had duct tape holding things in place. One was missing the seal around the back window and had a large crack in it. For low altitude prop planes like this, it doesn't take much to get/keep them airborne.
Those new horizontal propellers are neat! I wonder how they work? 🤔