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Posted 11.11.11 at 1:52 pm 5 Comments

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Unexpected Perils: May 1936

Despite its comical appeal, the illustration on the left depicts a real accident that occurred after an English stunt pilot smashed into a car while flying upside down. It wasn't the car's fault, of course, but as long as stunt flying was a trend, motorists were in danger of being ambushed by rogue aircraft. Luckily, the pilot involved in this incident escaped without harm.

Read the full story in Flyers Meet Unexpected Perils in Queer Airplane Accidents

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fixedshadow

11/14/11 at 11:06 am

Breaks? How about 'Brakes'?

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jsbrads

11/14/11 at 4:15 pm

Please do not upgrade your tires by one size if you plan on driving in hot weather (9 of 10)
Zealous speed monitoring causes more accidents than the rest combined (8 of 10)
"Theoretically, the car could wrap itself around a telephone pole at 50 miles per hour without killing anybody inside of it." (7 of 10) No not even theoretically.
"driving 30 miles and hour is as dangerous as driving on the roof of a building." probably not also don't bother trying to stop people from committing suicide
"4. Suspect every pedestrian of suicide.
5. Every intersection is a crash point, so slow down." Please don't. (5 of 10)

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