Begging seriously doesn’t help. If people subscribe because you asked and not because they want to they won’t watch other videos anyway and will eventually unsubscribe
Easy buddy! - I forgot how to fly as well...........Flapped my arms like buggery - didn't move an inch. - Perhaps I was hypoxic? - I did throw up on the cat............. 🐈⬛
@unfathomablyunfathomable he could have been hypoxic in the bath. Or maybe a carbon monoxide leak in his house. That would explain the flapping of the arms.
@@mezcalineboywhat has human nature to do with the usa? Im a european, so i know a good american-bashing when i see one but to be honest, its more of an achievement, that they managed to build a plane going so high it test the human biology to the max
Reminds me of the Snowden story. Dudes legs were toast and he got out before officially finishing boot camp, but since he signed the papers to get out in such a way he wasn’t honorably/dishonorably discharged, like he never served. Not related.
It takes those things forever to land. I watched one circling to land before my lunch break. came back out an hour later after lunch, and it was still circling but a little bit lower.
The craziest part of this story which isnt mentioned in this video is that Kevin actually managed to land center lane on the runway, which is hard enough already, but doing it after experiencing decompression sickness would be extremely hard
"I felt fatigued and confused. But Baloo from Talespin told me everything would be alright and talked me down. Got a perfect landing, too." Edit: Everyone should watch the Talespin episode "The old man and the sea duck" at least once.
sounds more like top flight piloting kicked in almost instinctively.. thats called " manning up to the task".. his brain was in oxygen deprivation... not his skill set.. he still managed to have " the right stuff:" and land safely. thats some Medal worthy piloting right there.
For people wondering why he said 29,000 ft and not 70,000 it's because that's the cabin altitude of the plane so the air pressure is the same as it would be outside at 29,000 ft.
@@raevj you don't have to fly at 70000ft to get decompression symptoms, if you have a crack in the canopy, a failing seal, something causing air to leak out, not even half of a U-2's altitude is more than enough and a skilled pilot with the proper support just like this story can get the plane back, even disoriented, regardless of nationality
He will call the command center and they'll give him directions what to press and what to do, as well as providing him with an escort group to supervise him to safety. Did we watch the same video?
@williamlevison9966 once the symptoms of hypoxia occur the brain gets damaged but the reason why short hypoxia exposure does not directly effect cognitive functions is because the brain awakens
Another fact that this video didn't mention is U-2 is a very special type of plane, unlike conventional aircrafts which have 3 or more than 3 landing gears for balance, U-2 only has two, one wheel at front and other at back(as seen in the clips) so once this plane lands it topples to its side and starts scratching it's wing on the ground.
Bro they probably had to practice with him until he was really familiar with the handles. Because bro basically had 6 hours to learn how to land without landing…..
I swear I saw a video a bit back where a fighter pilot had a panic attack and his wingman had to help him navigate back for landing. I honestly can't remember where I saw it though.
