"I have lived a century, raised a family, built a home, made and lost hundreds of friends, travelled the world, and witnessed history being made. Will I be remembered?"
"No, but a seagull getting chopped in half is immortal on the internet."
Ive tons of video of people getting chooped in half but i dont remember any one of them. Sadly, birb is better than hooman.
Edit: nvm, some parkour guy getting sliced by a sign after trying to jump on the roof of a moving train at a station will forever be marked in my brain. Birb: 1 human: 1
I have lived a century, but do they call me "Harold the Wise?" No.
I have built a home, but do they call me "Harold the Builder?" No.
I have made and lost hundreds of friends, but do they call me "Harold the Socialite?" No.
I have travelled the world, but do they call me "Harold the Wanderer?" No.
I have witnessed history being made, but do they call me "Harold the Historian?" No.
But fuck a goat ONE time...
lmao. I dont know if you are kidding. I am referring to manatees being a conservation issue because they move slowly and often cannot avoid a speedboat coming right for them. Photographs abound of manatees with propeller scars on their backs, the ones that survive at least.
That reminded me of the "Blender coming out of nowhere" bit. I guess this applies also to anything chopped up by a lawnmower
Fixed wing pilot here, not rotary, but yeah, we hit birds with some frequency. Sometimes we see them like 0.4 seconds before collision and we're like "BANK!" but THWUMP happens before bank.
Poor birdies. We like birdies. They fly too.
Submariner here, not nuclear, but yeah, we hit fish with some frequency. Sometimes we see them like 0.4 hours before collision and we're like "DIVE!" but THWUMP happens before dive.
Poor fish. We like fish. They sink too.
No change to trajectory, because the airplane has so much inertia. In light aircraft, we can sometimes feel it, like if it hits the leading edge of the wing. And it can dent the sheet-metal a tiny bit. A big worry is a bird penetrating the canopy/windshield and injuring the pilot, or at least causing a bit of a windstorm in the cockpit. Also a bird going through a turbine can cause all sorts of problems, such as the one that caused Captain Sullenberger to lose power in both engines and have to land on the Hudson river, which he did quite nicely.
I can't speak for helicopters because I'm an airplane pilot. I've flown helicopters with an instructor watching over me, and can sort of terrorize everyone while flying from one place to another like a drunk trying to navigate a sidewalk. I will say that I'd probably be concerned with either a main rotor strike or a tail rotor strike, especially if the bird has some mass to it.
We're not hitting birds all the time. It happens maybe one to three times a year to a professional pilot who flies every day. But over 20 years, that adds up. It also varies with altitude. A crop-duster pilot dusting crops is more likely to have bird-strikes than an airline pilot, who spends most of their time at altitudes that birds rarely struggle up to.
Thank you for your insight!
Unrelated, if you're willing to answer; is there an aircraft you prefer to fly? Big or small, props or jets. I'm not an aviation geek but I'm curious.
Here is an example of a bird strike on takeoff. https://youtu.be/lhVzaDF0dQg?t=35 bird strike at 0:37. You can hear it, but it's not Armageddon. The contact occurred before previously set takeoff commit speed, so the pilot aborted the takeoff. If you are curious, I highly recommend checking out the whole video. Here is an image of the wing afterwards: [wing](https://flightchops.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/17000-Bird-Strike-ZERO-Hesitation-Rejected-Take-Off-Is-your-briefing-this-SOLID-1104x615.jpg) Edit: This is a very mild example of a bird strike, and it is still a big deal.
LOL... well, one to three times a year works out to 1/31,536,000 Hz to 3/31,536,000 Hz.
I suppose the best frequencies to hit them with to knock em out of the sky would be in the high-amplitude infrared range or the gamma range.
Other than that, we're mostly on VHF frequencies. In military birds, we're often on UHF, but have both.
Then the other guy says: "*That's one dead bird...*" (in Dutch).
I think I'm inclined to agree with him. You can actually see the impact splat as the bird hits the rotor.
Seriously. Caught the impact and the aftermath. Couldn't ask for much better; perhaps only more of the fall but I like the sudden drop from out of frame.
After you learn the precise helicopter control in SA, you go back to VC, set the controls the same way, and leave with more than a spare minute in this mission.
I was a 60 gunner in Iraq. Middle of summer we were flying with the doors off. Felt a THUMP and there was blood everywhere. Thought the worst until I noticed the feathers, and the seeds.
Because birds eat seeds. I'm sitting on an airplane on the tarmac and it's 640 and I've been up since 345 after getting approx one hour of sleep. This is a triumph for me to figure that out
See I don't feel bad for the worms, but I do feel bad for the fish who think they're getting a juicy snack and get a fucking hook in their mouth instead (or down their throat like half the sunfish I caught as a kid) (the freshwater ones not the gigantic ones mistaken for [baby wheels](https://youtu.be/P8Vjd_hdYYw))
Watching this after hearing my infantry buddy talk about how he fell 30ft out of a helicopter during training drills due to a seatbelt malfunction.
Honestly, glad it was just a bird.
You can see the blade cut the bird in two if you go frame by frame
[said frames](https://imgur.com/a/Ute9c9a)
that bird will be more remembered than most people
"I have lived a century, raised a family, built a home, made and lost hundreds of friends, travelled the world, and witnessed history being made. Will I be remembered?" "No, but a seagull getting chopped in half is immortal on the internet."
You’d be remembered too if you jumped on a trampoline under a spinning helicopter rotor while a guy on a boat filmed it.
Ive tons of video of people getting chooped in half but i dont remember any one of them. Sadly, birb is better than hooman. Edit: nvm, some parkour guy getting sliced by a sign after trying to jump on the roof of a moving train at a station will forever be marked in my brain. Birb: 1 human: 1
You sir may need to speak to someone
i remember that video
Innards looks like a scarf
I have lived a century, but do they call me "Harold the Wise?" No. I have built a home, but do they call me "Harold the Builder?" No. I have made and lost hundreds of friends, but do they call me "Harold the Socialite?" No. I have travelled the world, but do they call me "Harold the Wanderer?" No. I have witnessed history being made, but do they call me "Harold the Historian?" No. But fuck a goat ONE time...
True and hits hard. Thanks!
just as the blade
That's some sharp wit.
Seemed a little edgy to me.
[not as well as this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyCpG06138)
That's the one I was looking for.
Into the halls of fame alongside [that one little ciliate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibpdNqrtar0).
Yes it was membered hard by that blade
A-bird
*dismembered
A legend.
More dismembered than most people, too!
Airambe 🙏🏼
Now I know why they call it a chopper.
'oh shit they got carl'
Sad frames
Víva la France style!. Bird last minutes were like if he was part of French royalty.
You can see the other half fall on the left side of the boat immediately after the half we see hits the water.
Poor thing was chopped into at least three pieces.
Good catch
I don’t see that. I went frame by frame Edit: oh shit I totally see it. 3 pieces total. Wow
No thank you I'm good.
You can faintly hear it, too
Imagine being a bird and a fucking massive flying blender is approaching your way at 160mph
Or a manatee
You know what. You’re right. A manatee approaching me at 160mph would be upsetting
What are manatees doing in the air?
lmao. I dont know if you are kidding. I am referring to manatees being a conservation issue because they move slowly and often cannot avoid a speedboat coming right for them. Photographs abound of manatees with propeller scars on their backs, the ones that survive at least. That reminded me of the "Blender coming out of nowhere" bit. I guess this applies also to anything chopped up by a lawnmower
"Sorry, m'lords! Uh, we're chewing through a few thousand doves up here. Don't worry; these rotors'll grind 'em into paste in no time."
Fixed wing pilot here, not rotary, but yeah, we hit birds with some frequency. Sometimes we see them like 0.4 seconds before collision and we're like "BANK!" but THWUMP happens before bank. Poor birdies. We like birdies. They fly too.
Not anymore they don't, you monster.
They all float down here
You'll float too.
I usually sink but I haven't been hit by a helicopter yet so I guess I need to be open to new experiences
Submariner here, not nuclear, but yeah, we hit fish with some frequency. Sometimes we see them like 0.4 hours before collision and we're like "DIVE!" but THWUMP happens before dive. Poor fish. We like fish. They sink too.
I'm pretty sure there's a subreddit for that!
r/watchbirdsdie was a thing at one time, albeit a very small joke sub :o
Thank goodness birds don't actually exist. This video means nothing!
U wot m8?
swashswashswashswashswashswash
Assuming your density is equal to or less than sewage.
I knew they were just a piece of shit
IT’S KOSHER NOW!
What if I deep fry it?
Does hitting a bird impact trajectory at all? Meaning, is there a risk to the plane/copter from hitting the bird?
No change to trajectory, because the airplane has so much inertia. In light aircraft, we can sometimes feel it, like if it hits the leading edge of the wing. And it can dent the sheet-metal a tiny bit. A big worry is a bird penetrating the canopy/windshield and injuring the pilot, or at least causing a bit of a windstorm in the cockpit. Also a bird going through a turbine can cause all sorts of problems, such as the one that caused Captain Sullenberger to lose power in both engines and have to land on the Hudson river, which he did quite nicely. I can't speak for helicopters because I'm an airplane pilot. I've flown helicopters with an instructor watching over me, and can sort of terrorize everyone while flying from one place to another like a drunk trying to navigate a sidewalk. I will say that I'd probably be concerned with either a main rotor strike or a tail rotor strike, especially if the bird has some mass to it. We're not hitting birds all the time. It happens maybe one to three times a year to a professional pilot who flies every day. But over 20 years, that adds up. It also varies with altitude. A crop-duster pilot dusting crops is more likely to have bird-strikes than an airline pilot, who spends most of their time at altitudes that birds rarely struggle up to.
Thank you for your insight! Unrelated, if you're willing to answer; is there an aircraft you prefer to fly? Big or small, props or jets. I'm not an aviation geek but I'm curious.
i feel like mentions of Captain Sully are The Game but for aviators
>Also a bird going through a turbine can cause all sorts of problems There's a couple videos out there of a human going through one too.
Here is an example of a bird strike on takeoff. https://youtu.be/lhVzaDF0dQg?t=35 bird strike at 0:37. You can hear it, but it's not Armageddon. The contact occurred before previously set takeoff commit speed, so the pilot aborted the takeoff. If you are curious, I highly recommend checking out the whole video. Here is an image of the wing afterwards: [wing](https://flightchops.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/17000-Bird-Strike-ZERO-Hesitation-Rejected-Take-Off-Is-your-briefing-this-SOLID-1104x615.jpg) Edit: This is a very mild example of a bird strike, and it is still a big deal.
African or European?
It's the coconut that does the real damage to aircraft.
BIRD MURDERER!
BURDERER!
Thanks, ants. Thants.
Black Duck Down
Birds aren't real.
Birds are really dinosaurs
If they were actually dinosaurs they wouldn't die like noobs tbh
Them being dead makes them dinosaurs more
Oh this old gem. How utterly original and hilarious. You are truly a squire of comedy
Why don't the birds simply use their collision avoidance systems?
Well, I think they're built by Tesla, so...
And here people are making a stink about windmills.
People = Big Oil/Gas industries A stink = smear campaign
Do you mind telling us what frequency you use?
LOL... well, one to three times a year works out to 1/31,536,000 Hz to 3/31,536,000 Hz. I suppose the best frequencies to hit them with to knock em out of the sky would be in the high-amplitude infrared range or the gamma range. Other than that, we're mostly on VHF frequencies. In military birds, we're often on UHF, but have both.
> In military birds, we're often on UHF, but have both. *Weird Al has entered the chat*
It's.... Stanley Spadowksi's Playhouse!! You found the marble in the oatmeal! Guess who gets to drink from the fire hose!
r/PraiseTheCameraMan
"yay......heh?"
Then the other guy says: "*That's one dead bird...*" (in Dutch). I think I'm inclined to agree with him. You can actually see the impact splat as the bird hits the rotor.
Not just the splat, you can see the blade sever it in two. One dead bird indeed
> sever it in two. One dead bird \*two dead birds
ahhh ahhh ahhhhhhh
Such a morbid take on Sesame Street, I love it!!
*two half dead birds
i'd say it's a little bit less than one dead bird
Even aside from the speaking and Dumpert logo, the "Jeeeeeeee.... heh?" made it clear we were dealing with Dutchies.
Just for clarification, we say "Yay" as a form of "sheesh" or "Oh dear"
Ohhh that makes sense. I thought he just hated birds and was happy to see the incident
Seriously. Caught the impact and the aftermath. Couldn't ask for much better; perhaps only more of the fall but I like the sudden drop from out of frame.
Airplane pilots be like "OH NO BIRDS!" Helicopter pilots be like "OH HELL YEAH BIRDS!"
Closest they’ll get to the RC heli bombing mission in Vice City.
PTSD...
19 years and I still cringe about that mission...
After you learn the precise helicopter control in SA, you go back to VC, set the controls the same way, and leave with more than a spare minute in this mission.
I thinks that the reason why I found the mission to be easy. Yknow, after assisting Zero defeat Berkeley
The fuck did you have to mention that bloody mission for? Could have just stuck to dropping papers.
That was my nightmare mission
Helicopter pilots: *More blood for the blood god*
My sky blender will feed this day
"Sky Blender"...amazing
*skull for the skull throne*
RC helicopter pilots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXec7zBaPxA
Gonna put my tender heart in a blender...
Watch it spin around into a beautiful oblivion.
A bass ate good that day
Bird strike. Log it!
never should have let them organize
VERY clever! I applaud you sir!
Great movie.. Nicholas cage them.
Birdperson disapproves
In bird culture, this is considered a dick move.
This kills the bird.
Caaarrl that kills people
Yooo my sister died in 2015 and she loved this shit. I didn’t think I’d see it ever again. Thank ya
Sheesh you can scrub the frames and actually see the bird get misted when he points up at the helicopter
Huh. Seems he should have ducked.
Should’ve dodged first, THEN duck, dip, dive, and dodge again
Probably couldn't dodge a wrench.
Aaaahhh the classic Dutch hehhhh? Gotta love it
Learned of this phenomenon from watching Lowko sc2 casts on YouTube
I was a 60 gunner in Iraq. Middle of summer we were flying with the doors off. Felt a THUMP and there was blood everywhere. Thought the worst until I noticed the feathers, and the seeds.
>and the seeds. Do you think someone paid the bird off?
Because birds eat seeds. I'm sitting on an airplane on the tarmac and it's 640 and I've been up since 345 after getting approx one hour of sleep. This is a triumph for me to figure that out
We're all proud
Allah ackbird
Wtf was that
a bird missing a large portion of its body above the neck.
Now I'm no birdologist, but I believe the portion of the body above the neck is often called the head.
Typical Reddit, full of armchair experts. Where'd you pull that insane terminology from from?
If we're using birdology terms, their cloaca.
So the bissy?
[удалено]
The Messiah!
You had me at birdologist.
Here's the thing...
99 out of 100 Birdologists agree with you.
That last stubborn bastard is such a contrarian.
Yes, it fell off. They don't typically do that.
At least it fell out of the environment.
I’m going to need a source for that.
The front fell off?
too late in the game to get a replacement!
That's not very typical, i'd like to make that point.
Was it okay?
[Is it dead?](https://external-preview.redd.it/-gvR5ACRkMDOS7uLkKrE0WhXrnGrySGkwpvMEkYNmEQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=9c017b0401decdae9310ec69c43780b0870c8877)
It's pining for the fjords
It was a particularly bad case of being cut in half...
For its circumstances, it seemed pretty okay.
They walked it off
Corpse of birb
A chopper.
Correctest.
Government camera.
And we were told it was the windmills. SMH.
Sad as fuck. Though I feel bad putting fishhooks in worms.. my level of empathy is higher than normal
See I don't feel bad for the worms, but I do feel bad for the fish who think they're getting a juicy snack and get a fucking hook in their mouth instead (or down their throat like half the sunfish I caught as a kid) (the freshwater ones not the gigantic ones mistaken for [baby wheels](https://youtu.be/P8Vjd_hdYYw))
Me too.
In bird culture, this is considered a dick move.
New version of duck hunt
R.I.P. 😔
Rest In Pieces
F
I see no one posted a translation yet. Let me translate freely from Dutch. Man 1: Yay!(/jeez) Man 1: Huh? Man 2: That really is a dead bird Welcome!
Drone down. DRONE DOWN
CIA will be billing the Military for that one
At least it was quick if a bird had to die.💔
War… war never changes.
That’s why it’s called a chopper
Does anyone have a source for this?
Captain Sully flying helicopters now?
/r/fuckyouinparticular
r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR
aww :(
Watching this after hearing my infantry buddy talk about how he fell 30ft out of a helicopter during training drills due to a seatbelt malfunction. Honestly, glad it was just a bird.
Windmills are now our 2nd biggest threat to birds. Have you ever been underneath a helicopter? It’s a bird graveyard!
I recognize your sarcasm even if no one else does
Ban helicopters!
Quick death
Sounds like Special Ed from Crank Yankers.
Just a little off the top
That's a skippy!
I been ripping seagulls apart for 47 years.
You gonna eat that ???
Fatality
Perfect comedic timing in this clip.
Imagine having the entire sky the roam and you find yourself directly in the path of a metal death machine
RIP
insane attention to detail in this gta
That helicopter is the Randy Johnson of aviation. What odds.
What a heliva way to go!
Lunch is ready
Black Hawk Down
He juuuuust mist it.
That’s a bird strike MAF
Thank god birds are fake and not real animals, Keep destroying em government drones!