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slaps airplane engine this baby can withstand 20 frozen turkeys

This pilot did a fantastic job of talking us through these details in a clear and straightforward way. I'd be happy to see another one with him.

When I realized that it was 46 minutes long, I said I was only going to watch 20 minutes. I'm now 32 minutes into it. It's extremely informative. He discusses so many aspects of airplanes and piloting that you never think about. This is my new favorite Breakdown.

My favorite aviation story is still the time I was on a seemingly normal domestic flight, that had already been delayed a few hours, and then around when we should’ve landed, I realized the plane was just in a holding pattern, for a lot longer than it should’ve been. The pilot then said over the PA that the landing was delayed because there was “*something* on the runway” (said in slightly annoyed tone) I was incredibly confused why the pilot sounded more irritated than anything, since I immediately assumed the worst, like a previous plane had crashed. After a while, the pilot said we were clear, and we landed, he never explained the delay. Then my brother (who always wanted to be a pilot, and worked in an airport for a while) came to pick me up, and he was laughing incredibly hard. Turns out he was listening to the ATC radio signal, and the “*something*” that was on the runway… was a possum.

"I really hope to meet him one day" so freaking wholesome! I hope you get to meet Captain Sully too!

I mean Sully had an advantage. He learned problem solving on Apollo 13.

Argo: 0:35 Catch me if you can: 5:19 Snakes on a plane: 9:38 Sully: 14:17 Flight: 25:03 Airplane: 34:53 United 93: 41:04

One of the best Breakdowns I've ever seen. This guy knows the stuff, he's informative and doesn't clown around. More of this, please.

This guy is great! He's excellent at communicating to laypeople; he provided so much detailed information but it never felt long winded. No arrogance or attitude, just lots of passion. Really enjoyed this breakdown, I learned quite a lot.

Sully had so much criticism at the time, but what he did was outstanding. The amount of pilots who simulated the same path and said "he could've made it", or those who commented on his state of mind, was astounding to me. Sully made every second count, and I firmly believe if he could've made it, he would've made it. The shear knowledge and skill it took to land that plane, in the water, without killing a passenger, without taking out any boats, and without rolling the airplane, was absolutely phenomenal. I wish more people talked about the air traffic controller, who probably also had the worst day of his life, sitting there in silence, thinking he's lost a plane and all its passengers on his watch, while sully is deciding he has to land an airplane into a river.

Everytime he says, "Before... But now... " I feel like a year is being added to my life. It's really nice to know these things especially where you have fear of flying on an aircraft. The pilot did a very good job in explaining too.

A pilot friend actually called us around midnight after watching Sully to say we needed to watch it. She said it was the best, most realistic movie depicting an aviation accident and the aftermath she had ever seen.

One of the things I appreciate most about Sully is the lack of music during the crash. It makes the scene much more intense and seem more realistic

About Sully, I don't think many people took enough appreciation of the radio controller, his breaking down when he thought he lost the plane really made me teary, not a position I would have liked to be in.

I love how they started practicing water landings after sully proved it could be done. Until he did it they thought there’s no point, it’s impossible.

In real life those poor snakes would be just scared and probably find a dark small spot to crawl into to feel safe

The stewardess' chanting in Sully is one of the few scenes in any disaster movies that really get me. That movie had such an eery 'this really happened just like that' feel that it really hits you.

Scene: police chasing airplane Viktor: Pause. Perfect picture of a tug. 👍

I watched a talk by Jeff Skiles, the first officer on the Hudson River crash, and he said he really only got through about a page and a half of that 3 page checklist before he ran out of time since the checklist was built for a double engine failure at like 30,000 feet and not 3,000 feet. He did as much as he could. He's really fascinating to listen to!

imagine if everyone operated their personal vehicles to this degree of respect and sense of responsibility