Inflight Entertainment => The missing link => Topic started by: Stef on October 30, 2011, 08:33:39 PM
Title: Chuck is that you? Paraglider vs. eagle
Post by: Stef on October 30, 2011, 08:33:39 PM
I guess this guy is lucky to be alive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N65ALqiBW_o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N65ALqiBW_o) :o
Title: Re: Chuck is that you? Paraglider vs. eagle
Post by: Rooster Cruiser on October 31, 2011, 08:12:23 AM
I've never studied birds of the Himalayas, but a quick glance at that bird makes me think it was some kind of Vulture or Condor. The beak was shaped wrong to be an Eagle. It also had a neck frill that is seen on some species of Vultures.
The pilot sure was mad at that bird! Non-stop swearing at him! ::rofl:: He bleeped out most of it, but I know enough Russian to understand what it was he was saying at that bird, and it was NOT pretty! ::whistle:: At least he untangled him and let him go unharmed. I was thinking he was pissed enough at the bird to kill him.
RC
Title: Re: Chuck is that you? Paraglider vs. eagle
Post by: Stef on October 31, 2011, 09:27:36 AM
Haha! Yeah, funny how swearing sounds so similar in many languages! BEEP! BEEP! (Just realized that the Roadrunner from the cartoons from my childhood had quite a foul mouth).
Yeah, I also was surprised that *both* of them made it out alive! The bird was quite peaceful though when he tried to untagle it, as if he knew what was going on...
Title: Re: Chuck is that you? Paraglider vs. eagle
Post by: Rooster Cruiser on November 01, 2011, 06:27:12 AM
I just showed this video to my wife, and she laughingly replied that the man recited just about the entire litany of Russian swear words in this video! ::rofl::
Of note: My wife also confirmed what I thought I had heard during the radio conversation between the guy and his buddy, "Where did you find a chicken up there?" His buddy must have thought it was Chuck for sure! ::drinking::
RC
Title: Re: Chuck is that you? Paraglider vs. eagle
Post by: Baradium on November 12, 2011, 01:24:35 AM
I was surprised the bird was even alive after they got to the ground, let alone well enough to actually fly away! I was certain that it'd have a broken wing at least the way it was tangled.
I thought it was odd that he didn't cut away his primary chute. Isn't that a fairly important thing to do when using a reserve?
