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[โ€“] [email protected] 99 points 5 months ago (5 children)

the Curtis JN-4 "Jenny" cruised at 40-60 mph, slow enough for wing-walkers to stand despite airflow. this photo has Ivan Unger and Gladys Roy miming a tennis match.

Gladys died at 25 years old in 1927 when she distractedly walked into the spinning propellor of a plane on the ground.

[โ€“] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Duuumb ways to die ๐ŸŽถ

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

So many dumb ways to die-e-e ๐ŸŽถ

[โ€“] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago

She was probably starting at her phone

[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yeah we had strict rules in the Army about never, ever walking around or behind the tail of a helicopter. You always, always, always walk around the front. Guess why we had that rule?

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Every time I see interesting/silly rules, it always reminds me that someone probably died before the rule was created.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There is a saying: โ€œSafety rules are written in blood.โ€

[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They are actually written with ink. Common misconception.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I stand corrected. Thank you sir or madam.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Someone got a shave just a bit too close?

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Gladys was apparently 30 when she died, having been born in 1896. Such a fascinating person for having lived such a short life.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

That escalated quickly. Not the plane, though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And when it inevitably leads to an accident: See?! Airplanes aren't safe! Can't even play ping pong on it!

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Isn't pingpong played on a table? This is regular tennis, just on a small field! This is insane! Pingpong would be ok though

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Cocaine is the opium of the masses.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Back when people knew how to party!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

There's always that guy

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Ba ba ba bum! Two, Three, Four!