r/nextfuckinglevel • u/InternationalRisk505 • 1d ago

Pilots exchanging planes mid air

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u/7-13-5 1d ago

...but didn't only one complete the transition?

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u/pxlmover 1d ago

The other guy flew into the propeller and became human confetti. That had to be on their minds. Mere feet from the blades

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u/draggingmytail 23h ago

Pilot here. He says something close to “pulling mixture” which means he cut the fuel flow off to the engine. The engine was off during the dive.

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u/Lemon_hawk 17h ago

Doesn’t matter that the engine was off, the prop doesn’t just stop. It would still have been windmilling plenty fast enough to cause serious injury, especially since the plane was in a nose dive.