The Airplane Special | MythBusters | Season 5 Episode 25 | Full Episode
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It's all about the planes today. First off Jamie and Adam fly in a simulator to see if a novice pilot can be guided by air traffic control to safety in an emergency. The team try out some movie sky-diving myths
Using science as a tool, Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk rumours, urban legends and popular myths that have captivated the minds of many individuals.
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“Looks like we’re going over some kind of population center, let’s see if we can go faster “
Plane - "PULL UP, PULL UP!"
Jamie - "Ow shut up"
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There is a significant difference between landing a piper cub and a large passenger Jet. There have been several instances of people being talked down in small planes.
Yeah I was about to point that out. I feel like them researching the instances where this actually happened in smaller planes would have been useful.
Large passenger jets are different to fly than smaller planes, but passenger jets have autopilots and more electronic assistance helping stabilise the plane, so that might make the process of landing actually easier in some ways. Plus, a smaller plane is far more susceptible to turbulence and shearing forces, which might be an added problem all on its own.
Whilst it hasn't happened, nowadays all you really need to do is to be able to guide the person into keying in the auto-pilot into the correct auto-pilot (and subsequently the auto-landing) modes; the flying can all be done by the auto-pilot itself. (see "I'm not a pilot. Can I land a 737?" by Tom Scott and MentourPIlot)
It's definitely still a hypothetical but way more possible compared to the scenario in this episode; something pointed out by the Subject Matter Expert in the conclusion of this episode.
Though one kind of instance shows the problem with the scenario. In 2005 Helios 522 had it's pressurization system off and the pilots didn't notice and they passed out. The plane kept flying until it reached Athens and went into a holding pattern but the auto-pilot wouldn't land until given the command to. A flight attendent kept himself conscious via bottled oxygen but the radio was set to the place the plane departed from and he didn't know how to operate it. So the plane crashed.
@@Lykas_mitts Helios 522 kind of showed the problem with the scenario. If you don't know how to operate the radio to get in contact with the ground then it's kinda hard to receive any instructions.
I'm kind of shocked that Grant didn't suggest to build a skydiving robot😂 ❤Grant
23:06 that's got to be the nicest tandem skydiving landing that I've ever seen.
Edit: kept watching the episode and Tory's landing was equally as nice. The tandem skydiver used for both jumps is one skilled guy.
“The overwhelming ray of instruments and alarms are… well, overwhelming… and alarming.”
Passenger; "So are we landing or what?"....
Pilot; "..........I don't .....................I don't know" 😀9:27
"The salmon mousse". Great Monty Python reference.
The freefall catch is pretty cool.
It's also somewhat easier to land with bigger plane. The autopilot can actually do that. It's just matter of programming in where.
Yeah.... as long as you can figure out where the autopilot IS (and modern passenger jets have a VERY complex system of "autopilot")
@@lloydsumpter7735if they have time/fuel and nothing is damaged (which is unlikely if both pilots are unconscious) it's possible.
One of my favourite episodes out of S5
18:02 caution was enough for him to figure out that he did in fact pull up
Honestly, going through that flight sim and being talked into how to land a jetliner by a pro is so cool. It's a thing I've wanted to do ever since I learned of the existence of these simulators from this very episode, back when it first aired. Not a wish that'll likely ever be granted, but damn wouldn't that be cool. Kind of like an escape room but with a much, much higher bill if you break something.
crazy that no one ever had to land a commercial plane but there are 20+ stories of students first time or just flying to have instructor have heart attack and have to be landed by air control, remember they said "IN A COMMERCIAL" setting NOT PRIVATE airplanes.
4:34 it's the microsoft flight simulator at nasa
I jumped out of the same airplane when I did a tandem skydive back in 2009, also with Sky Dance Sky Diving in Davis, CA.
given the recent history, no1 can be talk into successfully landing a boeing plane🤣
It's kinda mind-blowing that an elderly woman landed a small plane in the same scenario, her husband died ( heart attack ) while they were flying together and she was talking to the control tower about how to land the plane and she made it.
If you don't believe me there's a clip here on RUclips I'm sure you can find it
RIP Grant
:'D why is there a red button at the joystick? press the red one! PRESS IIIIIIT!
11:18 this feels a lot like a regualr show scene can't figure out why tho
Getting a Private Pilot License requires ~40 hours of flying - not hundreds. Granted, an ATPL requires 1500 these days ...
Ask any skydiver and they would have told you:
1. you have about 10 sec MAX of freefall time from 4000 ft.
2. If you get really close and shout really loud, you MIGHT get a few words through.
3. Freefall in "spreadeagle" is about 100 mph. No-lift dive is over 200 mph. They can do the math at how long it would take someone to catch up.
"They don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test"
The airplane situation happened in Florida months ago. The person did land the plane successfully with the tower help
It was a small plane, they said commercial airliner.
yea, havent someone landed commercial airliner too? i can remember one show on national geographic@@minttablett780
A small plane is way harder to control for unexperienced ones because it has more inertia - which can hit you from behind once you overdo input. But if gentle a huge plane behaves much better.
Remember; this episode aired a decade and a half ago.
26:54 thats what they call a fly by wire plane? there is no control wheel? no physical imput to the Flight control surfaces? what if the computers shut down? they could still fly using that stick?
24:26 Oooh! Bloody Hell that was close!!?!
Kari❤
I still say that the free fall catch up thing was kind of busted given that he only just caught them. To have caught them and acted out a scene like in the movie they’d have had to have jumped out of a spaceship!
probs to the cameraman going down with the speed guy
nice
okay but did kari get to skydive
23:03 😂 I NEED A TOGGLE BOY !!! 😂 so damn silly.
The best part about these being on RUclips is skipping passed Adam’s ridiculous fake accents
Highly entertaining, but the dialogues...eek! 😂
Would you please post the airing date or at least the date at which the episode was shot?
December 12th, 2007
10 seconds on google is all it takes.
@@TheGreatThicc Thanks, but since this is posted by the official channel, I'm sure they know how to get the dates.
The 90 second fall from 4000ft didn't need testing. However, from 4,000 feet, with a 15 second head-start, Swayze may have already opened his parachute before Reeve overhauled him ①. Mythbusters didn't tell us the intercept time. It's be impossible for Reeve's to grab and hold Swayze at over 120mph. Hitting the parachute might kill them both. With a 90 second free-fall, and if Reeves's character knew what he was doing, a good tactic might be immediately shoot Swayze in the head. Then bundle the body backwards out of the harness, do his best to get into the harness, and release the parachute ASAP. Not such a good story though. 🤔
Best Wishes MythBusters. ☮
① Skydiving schools estimate terminal velocity (average 120 mph) is reached in 5-10 seconds, and a fall of 1,000, to 1,500 feet.
From similar sources, _experienced_ sky divers open at 2000feet, which leaves 500feet safety margin, so open above 1,500 feet.
So one scenario is 10 seconds, fallen 1,500 feet, and opening after a further 1,000 feet travelling at 120mph (176feet/second). Those 1,000 feet take 1000/175 = 5.7 seconds. So Swayze opens the parachute after 15.7 seconds, 0.7 seconds after Reeve's character jumps out of the airplane.
Another scenario is 5 seconds to 120mph terminal velocity at 1,000 feet, then falling 1,500 feet before opening the parachute 1,500/176 = 8.5 seconds. Reeve's sees the parachute open 1.5 seconds _before_ jumping from the airplane.
Conclusion: Reeves is approaching at 120mph to parachutist Swayze falling at 17mph. Reeves is very unlikely to survive, but could kill them both.
Well, if Terry knew what Boeing does in 2023/2024...
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I hope you all won't ever see a diver hit the ground. Weather from failure of main and reserve nor hanging on a way too small canopy distrusting the rears... The moment a body hits the ground just to be kicked up 3 ft. is ver hard cover. RIP my dear friends. It was worth it. Blue sky.
Opning a chute while one is rcing headdown towards you...bad bad idea. As the Pax pac threw their deploy the other diver was just passing. Who in hell planned this? Guys, you could have been dead with that. It was closer ou may think it was. I was terrified seeing him pass!
33:0 sucks. The box position is correct, the flow hits the full flattened body surface and more resistance can be intended by wearing wide suits. Maybe to level with a very huge light person. The head down position is tested wrong because as it is called head down the flow does not hit the body surface flattened out with alligned arms and closed legs but the perpendicular surface of head, shoulders and angular projection of the body which is much smaller. Once you maintain a propper tracking position you even feel a bit lift which should be prevented in the name of science. You're welcome.
23:15 Grant: I'm alive!!!! Unfortunately, little did he know it wasn't for long
That depends on your definition of long.
He did loads in his amazing 50 years on planet earth, what have you done? horrible person leaving that comment!
@@gavbarker8689 which part of the comment implied that his achievements were unappreciated? The statement merely points out the unpredictability of mortality. Get a life.
That's a comment only served by people who hits below the belt.
Someone who has no idea about flying a plane will never get it down safe. Pilots will never eat the same food.
Though, It has happened since the episode, at least a couple times. Weird.
They not only proved it is possible to talk someone safely down to the ground, but it's happened in real life. Maybe you should think before you post.
@@allanshpeley4284 Pretty sure that's what I said, Also mentioned it happen more than once....🙃
It can be fairly common in light aircraft with mixed result but this is mainly because they don't have common gauge and control surface locations for the atc controller to know
@@allanshpeley4284 Still hasn't happened with a commercial liner, and considering the myth is pretty old, most people definitely wouldn't have known how to fly/land a 707.
Opening the mouth during freefall not wearing a closed helmet is ... well ... fun at first but pretty damn stupid 😅 It just looks silly and feels stupid. So I call it silly stupid 😂 btw that is why we use signs like "no more" before separation...
What is going on, I never saw a dude taking my toggle to lay my canopy down 😂 That is ridiculous 😂 I will claim for such service personel immediately!
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