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  Something like 15% of men think they could fight a grizzly bear or crocodile, men think some dumb shit! : EvilDolemite
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    I mean I could fight a grizzly bear and crocodile. I wouldn't beat a grizzly, but for some period of time... : EnderWigginDA
    • I got a fight for you, my face and your ass! : Turd Ferguson
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    Are we in the water with the crocodile or on land?? : FlatlineDixay
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      I too am betting on land and lactic acid build up in that scenario. : EnderWigginDA
      • I mean it’s very easy to escape a crocodile on land! If we’re talking about wrestling a croc ... : FlatlineDixay
  • I would simply coax the grizzly bear to fight the crocodile and the defeat the injured winner : DeBurgo
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    In our defense, we can kill just about anything on earth because we wait for the right circumstances. No... : ThrawnInExile
    • I would still put money on grizzly even if I had a stick. I would need a mech suit probably. : theghostofsmdever
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    100% of men could fight one; it would probably kill 90%, depending on the bear. : i38warhawk
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      Your estimate suggests you haven't actually seen a grizzly bear. No where near 10% would survive in a fig... : Conan
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        Depending on the bear. Polar or Grizzly probably like .1%. : i38warhawk
        • Female polar bear, >400lbs. Male, >1,000lbs Holy shit a male polar bear is not even .1%. : ThrawnInExile
  • No, that's only Dan Ryckert. : TrOn
• Yes, I did that many times in Solo Flight in the 80's on my Atari. : Kub666
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  It has to be easier than landing on the carrier in Top Gun on the NES, right? : mechanicalgrape
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    Came here to say this. I don't know if I was too young or what, but I always sunk that tomcat into the oc... : rtjd22
    • hahah that is an awesome story..... Noob. : SnowPEA777
• Everyone can land a plane. The important part is if they survive. : obiquatro
• Fly, yes. Land, no. (but seriously if i had the tower to talk me through it i think i'd have a chance. i ... : dirge23
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  What kind of plane are we talking here: Cessna, Boeing 777, F-35A? : Amusatron
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    Yes : EnderWigginDA
    • Then yes : Amusatron
  • It was specifically an airliner. : Arcanum
• The plane will definitely touch the ground, I can tell you that much. : Rethius
• It's specifically an airliner, and I think the definition of "land" needs some clarification. There's A ... : Arcanum
• My experience in flight sims has prepared me for leaving huge smoldering black marks on the landscape. : ThomW
• Crash land, maybe. My time in flight simulator taught me that I'm not good at piloting. Same with any of ... : shred.
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  WaPo arranged a test on this: https://wapo.st/3sWQs0t Real people in a real simulator. Can you guess the... : Junktown
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    This is what I'm getting at above: Miller switched to manual and the plane wobbled like a baby bird th : Arcanum
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      the worse the plane looks afterwards the cooler I seem for having brought it in : Fooldozer
      • You can't walk away from an explosion without looking behind you if the there isn't a fire. : EnderWigginDA
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      The main thing seems to be, put the headset on, and then make sure you're communicating effectively with ... : jayacheess
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        I think it's absolutely necessary but not sufficient by itself. The final landing process has to be done... : Arcanum
        • reading the article, the final hand/eye coordination check was largely down to people's ability to avoid ... : xsoulbrothax
    • Exactly. With a lot of radio instructions, I think I could get the plane on the ground without killing ev... : nurglich
  • That was a fun article, thank you. I remember the Mythbusters testing this, and Adam Savage managed to ... : Skrynkelberg
  • That’s pretty much the best I could hope for like the sim player. Land but trash the landing gear. : Turd Ferguson
• planes are designed to be piloted by humans so I believe I could do it with the proper training : CyCo_PL
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  FUCK YEAH!! I used to rock FALCON 4.0!!! : g0nk
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    Remember that manual? If you read that whole thing you’d be able to fly a multimillion dollar jet n... : dengar65
    • Hells yeah!!! I read that thing multiple times!! Don't remember shit but I felt like Maverick in Top Gun!... : g0nk
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      Well, that series has seen continued development by the Falcon BMS team and the sim is now hyperrealistic... : enyakk
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        Wait.... WHAT?!! : g0nk
        • Falcon BMS is crazy good. I know at least one real F-16 pilot I fly with regularly who swears by it too. ... : enyakk
• 💯 ... computer, play YouTube how to land plane : sikander
• I think this depends on the type of aircraft and the situation, certainly anybody can land a plane - surv... : sergeon
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  Out grapple a bear and land a point on Serena Williams, sure, but land a plane? Probably not. : baconisgod
  • Serena is easy. Lob ball and throw your racket hard to avoid the return. It's the rocket league bump goal... : EnderWigginDA
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    People thought they get a GAME on Serena. A point can be won by hitting the tip of the net and the ball ... : ThrawnInExile
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      Yeah, I don't know about that. I had a buddy once that was a semi pro tennis player for a while. I bugg... : randomjgj
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        That isn't surprising if you were under a 4.0 level. I am 3.5 and it would take me 50-100 points to get ... : ThrawnInExile
        • I have no idea what you're talking about. Whatever a rank amateur is, that's what level I was. All I ha... : randomjgj
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      you’re assuming you have the reaction time to return either a serve or a volley in the first place. : zerog83
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        That is the difficultly for sure. Serena would likely serve 100mph - 110mph to avoid double faulting. A... : ThrawnInExile
        • yeah absolutely! I love that you described how Serena would play because I had the same thought; you woul... : zerog83
• well i certainly am not going to keep in the air forever : skizl
• With someone in my ear telling me exactly what to do I give my self a 60% shot. : corey
• I'd believe in my self up to the point an Launchpad McQuack that shit into the run way. : SnowPEA777
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  I’ll just let this speak for itself: https://i.imgur.com/pbB8DF9.png : oceanstate8
  • This man has the credentials for it. : SnowPEA777
  • Oh my god, I loved the SNES and N64 versions so, so much. : lefthighkick
• I landed my dad's Stinson once, with him also there and at the controls. So yes for simple stuff and with... : Conan
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  No way in hell. I mean I guess it depends on the type of plane and how much runway I have, but even then ... : waxthirteen
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    IIRC, the survey question included radio guidance from the tower. : Arcanum
    • Fair game if you can figure out the radio. I mean Webster did it on TV. How difficult can it really be? : EnderWigginDA
• Does the plane need to be flyable after landing? : TroZ
• With someone talking me through the buttons, I'd probably be better than any other non-pilot on a plane (... : RageQuit
• Not if it’s NES Top Gun : ninjase
• No clue. But if I absolutely had to, I would give it the ol college try. : daroach1414
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  No, I’m hard of hearing so unless they were using a TTY machine to send me text instructions, I doubt I would process even 1/3rd of ATC radio traffic in a high pressure situation.
  
  Also I have an Arabic name, so they would probably not let me volunteer even if I wanted.

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  No, I’m hard of hearing so unless they were using a TTY machine to send me text instructions, I dou... : fleabug
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• I can land it for sure. Survive? Doubt it : Fish_Bulb
• They probably have never seen the inside of an airplaine. Just take a look at any "modern" airplane cockp... : Hoax
• I feel like if nobody else is qualified to land a plane, and it’s either death or try to land a pla... : Proximate Cause
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  Among my close friends who are still alive, as in the people who would most likely be my pall bearers, mo... : steauengeglase
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    do you think that, if they were your pall bearers, they would have a better time if there were little win... : Fooldozer
    • True. The time is now. : steauengeglase
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    Being legally qualified and being capable of performing a landing aren't the same thing. You'll be much ... : Herman Toothrot
    • I think that’s where basic piloting experience would make a huge difference. Just understanding how... : riptyde
• By themselves? No. With help? I believe so. I think an episode of Mythbusters covered this. Apparently wi... : stophelping37
• Also it probably depends on what type of plane. A Cessna, possibly. A big fucking 737 or something, fuc... : daroach1414
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  Is there someone telling you what to do in this scenario? : WhoaEagleRay
  • Fair game if you can figure out the radio. : EnderWigginDA
• Fuck no. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I've played enough Flight Simulator that I would give it a solid try in an emergency : tangles
• https://www.pinterest.com/pin/781163497839198719/ : someWayne
• After a lot of time in MSFS 2020 Cessna 152 I think I could land a small piston plane. No confidence in a... : systatic
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  Yeah, absolutely. Why? Oh because I’m a pilot. Maybe I should bow this one out? Serious answer: ... : mlev
  • My flight instructor used to tease me that I'm not landing on an aricraft carrier when I would flare too ... : Herman Toothrot
• Yes, same reason : fadetofunk
• Absolutely not. : chuck577
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  Yes, because I am commercially rated. : Blackdawgg
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• If you can land on the Carrier on NES Top Gun, you can land anything. : Sailor of Fortune
• Sure I played MS Flight Sim many times. : fragasm
• Not a licensed pilot but I've been on a few exploratory flights in GA planes and have a ton of time with ... : boarder2
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  No dog, even a pit, could take me down. : ughhhhhhh
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    Well unfortunately this time you are fighting physics, dawg. : Moonbase Commander
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      No physics, even the standard model, could take me down. : ughhhhhhh
      • Shiiieeet, ughhhhhhh got hands : Moonbase Commander
• I’ve played flight sims and the answer is a categorically no for me. : FirstPersonCooter
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    Now the question is did you actually mean barrel roll or were you thinking of an aileron roll : Conan
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  I don't know if I could land a plane. I *do know* that I helped us thoroughly crash our space shuttle ... : Vincent Grayson
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    I was the payload specialist on our crew when I went to Space Camp, and I'm still slightly annoyed at the... : ColoradoCNC
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      Man at least you guys were able to be in the shuttle, they made me do ground control so I had to watch ot... : ughhhhhhh
      • When I was there, we had to do both, so we got one turn at ground control and one in the shuttle. We actu... : Vincent Grayson
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  In an absolute emergency in a C172, I think my chances are pretty good for putting the plane down and not... : at0micgarden
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    When I was at Embry-Riddle they had a tradition after each student’s first solo flight. They cut t... : riptyde
    • We did that in the R/C flying club I used to be in. : Old_Fart
• Absolutely not lol, absurd to think you could operate a complex machine like that sight unseen : bill crystals
• I know how to land a plane (small one like a Cessna) and have done it about 100 times. I’d give my... : riptyde
• If by "land" you mean return to the surface of the earth while sitting in the pilots seat, then yes, sure... : randomjgj
• I feel like I could likely do it with constant two-way communication with ATC and them walking through it... : judge
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  If I had Dougie Master's Iron Eagle mix tape playin and my rescued dad as co pilot, yes. : iwonthelottery
  • God damn they did him dirty in the sequel. : riptyde
• I could land a plane by crashing : beepboopbeep
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  I flew a military helicopter simulator once, and crashed it hard. So probably not. : MatthewPhillips
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    To be fair, helicopters are a whole other ball of spinny death. : Arcanum
    • My dad flew them for half his career before moving to jets. He told me once he occasionally had night... : Conan
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    Helicopters are a completely different animal. Even expert pilots find it incredible that they actually w... : riptyde
    • Yeah I am super proud that I got good at it but it took 4 years. It was so much work : gameindustryplant
• If the ATC is taking me through it, yeah. Maybe : mwhaley82
• Sure. Right into a smoking crater. : megarust32
• After a few hundred hours in flight simulator I think I could probably get a Cub Crafter or Cessna on the : ColoradoCNC
• Men are overconfident idiots. News at 11 : mathyou
• Maybe. I've got tons of flight sim time and I feel like I understand the basics behind how a plane is sup... : thetangent
• Certain death. : FreshwaterAU
• Yes because I have my pilots license and thousands of hours in civilian flight simulators (p3d, xplane, m... : phate81
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  Yes. I’ve danced a few single engine planes. Commercial or private jet? Probably not without someon... : fatman
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    Well that autocorrect kinda doesn’t make much sense. Thanks, iOS! I dance with the planes after I ... : fatman
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      What, like the Lindybergh Hop? : TotalFusionOne
      • And in the pale moonlight? : EnderWigginDA
      • Better than the Hindenburg Hop. : Moonbase Commander
• No. I've seen me play Battlefield. : kagath
• Landed a plane before during a discovery flight. Was fun. : Visceral Monkey
• Not at all. : theghostofsmdever
• Flying VFR? Maybe. Instruments? I'd be fucked. : greenbergMD
• I don't even know how to stop on a skateboard : mr.sleepy
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• Plane - no problem. Helicopter? 50/50 : genocidalrobot
• I couldn't land one in NES top gun, I sure as fuck couldn't land a real one. : thankstxt
• I probably could. I'm an aviation nut though and watch tons of videos. Obviously not a replacement for si... : redfive
• Oh they ALL gonna land. : AxeMan808
• With someone talking me through it? Maybe, I do pretty good with instructions and impending death is an ... : Halen
• Because I’m a pilot. : Waverider
• Yes. It's literally my job. : DerHuhnTeufel
• I feel like I can land a Savage Cub. I have only flown in in a simulator but I know the basics of getting... : DM7
• you think YOU could land a plane, half-man?? : Fooldozer
• This is the nerd version of lots of men also believing had things went slightly different they would be ... : sticktastic
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  Planes are a joke to land any adult thats played a video game flight simulator and can figure out how to ... : gameindustryplant
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    Helicopters if you try to take over you will kill yourself in like 4 seconds : gameindustryplant
    • Flying around way up in the air isn't so bad, but hovering or doing anything close to the ground is basic... : CptPlankton
    • What if I played Microprose Gunship in the 80s? : EnderWigginDA
    • A friend that took a few airplane pilot lessons said that his instructor said flying a helicopter is like... : Prozium
• What kind of plane? What resources are available to me? I’m pretty sure I could land a Cessna 172 w... : spazzium
• I could land a plane because I have before. : timmie
• If someone talked me through it, probably. Otherwise I don't like my chances, even having a basic underst... : CptPlankton
• Absolutely. I also would drift on the runway for flair. : Downforce
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  by landing, you mean get the plane to the ground? of course. : not5am
  • Without too much style. : EnderWigginDA
• How hard could it be really : feek
• Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. I can probably manage that, but I doubt the plane would... : nem00
• I could probably land a F-16 ok except for that force-sensing stick. So that would end up with be bunny-h... : enyakk
• I could land a plane, sure. I wouldn’t survive the landing & the plane would never fly again, ... : Ride-My-Rocket
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