Getting a bit skittish about a flight I'm about to take.

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OCGuy

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1mg of Xanax + 2 beers = you wont give a shit if the plane starts going down. You will be at peace with it.

I had a benzo on a flight to San Fran last year and started singing Third Eye Blind's song "Water Landing" and my chick almost killed me because she hates flying.


Put on your life vest only if told to do so
Well, I'm telling you now
Strap it across your chest, Prepare yourself for impending death
You and me are nose-diving at the speed of whiplash
Life flashes by in an endless plane crash

Muffled I love you through an oxygen mask
On my face, brace, brace
And the cabin erupts with religious conversions
God's sick joke as we lose the engines
Some people scream, some people are gracious

And the reason's the same
'Cause the sky outside is so spacious,
it's so spacious
 
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richardycc

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don't worry, they are just waiting for captain Sullenberger to fly that thing. you will be in hands, as he is very good at water landing.
 

JTsyo

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Engine because you had no idea you were about to get sucked into the engine. If you're free falling you see the ground coming closer. and closer. and closer. and closer. and cl-SPLAT.

I would rather have the free fall experience than just die. You would be dead so fast there would be no pain.
 

T_Yamamoto

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Jul 6, 2011
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Don't worry. Your plane will blow up.

Wait till you're going to Japan from Dallas Ft. Worth. I do this every two years. Lol. 13+ hr flight with a bunch of Asians. Some who look really sketchy.
 

wirednuts

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Just sheer terror for the few minutes it takes to fall.

it still seems like at terminal velocity if you just put your hands above your head and dive into the water youll be fine. you might be 40ft under the sea level, but hold your breath and swim up.

seems like it would work anyway. better then AAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH belly flop intestines shoot out of mouth.
 

highland145

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it still seems like at terminal velocity if you just put your hands above your head and dive into the water youll be fine. you might be 40ft under the sea level, but hold your breath and swim up.

seems like it would work anyway. better then AAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH belly flop intestines shoot out of mouth.
:biggrin: Needs a gif.
 

DrunkenSano

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No news of a plane crash so I am skeptical that he is dead. He might be snoorgling his stuffed animals for hours to recover though.
 

FM2n

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Right before takeoff, if you hear a mechanical screwdriver sound (sounds kinda like dogs howling), that means you're screwed. Good luck bro.
 

KoolAidKid

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I was on a flight from Memphis to Seattle that had to make an emergency landing in Kansas City due to engine failure. That was quite exciting. Good luck OP.
 

CountZero

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Right before takeoff, if you hear a mechanical screwdriver sound (sounds kinda like dogs howling), that means you're screwed. Good luck bro.

In all seriousness what is that sound? I assume they do a bunch of turning of flaps and such but I've always wondered what that almost mechanical screwdriver sound is, sounds like something tightening in to place.
 

Svnla

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Don't worry. Your plane will blow up.

Wait till you're going to Japan from Dallas Ft. Worth. I do this every two years. Lol. 13+ hr flight with a bunch of Asians. Some who look really sketchy.

From US to several Asian nations at least once a year here. Amateur :p