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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/hmmm
 
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[–] Jiggle_Physics 27 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The frame of the window he is leaning out of is gone. So this plane was probably receiving maintenance, guy saw the window was removed, grabbed a selfie stick, took the photo, then shopped it onto a sky background. Plane has to be still, not only because this would be extremely hard, if not physically impossible to do, but dude's hair isn't even in motion.

[–] HjFUN 13 points 11 months ago

The cockpit windows open on either side so that the pilots can clean the windshield easily on the ground, and then also to serve as an emergency exit with a rope ladder can be dropped out

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

if not physically impossible

It would be physically impossible. The pilot would be pulled out from the window

There's some case(s?) where this has happened when a window has broken in the cockpit

[–] Jiggle_Physics 6 points 11 months ago

Oh yeah, I am aware. I just don't know for sure it would be impossible to overcome those forces. Most likely not, but don't know off the top of my head.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

You can wind the side windows down in most aircraft, it's how they do things like clean the windscreen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

The several hundred mile per hour wind would make holding a camera on a stick steady impossible