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Early flight was a different beast (lemmy.world)
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[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Every word of those pre-flight checklists is written in the blood of early aviators

[–] OldSageRick@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

In general all safety rules and checklists and procedures are written with the blood of those who didn't even knew they(this rules) existed

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Ascend to 32,000 foot and...

Do what?

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

chocks away on the jerries, that's what old chap

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago

Cabbage crate over the briny!

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 9 points 6 days ago

We'll figure it out when we get there

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Really, it's a wonder those planes could take off, considering the size of the pilots' balls.