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TIL the Reno 911! pilot was conceived and shot in 5 days. The team had worked on a series of pilots, one of which, after a year’s worth of development, was terminated the day before shooting. The team asked if they could make another pilot (Reno 911!) with the remaining funds, and executives agreed.

by whatilearned July 1, 2022, 5:11 pm

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TIL that the title “Triple Ace in a Day” refers to pilots who shot down 15 enemy aircraft in a single day. There have only been 5 such pilots, all of whom flew for the German Luftwaffe in WWII.

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 8:22 pm

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TIL In 2009, two Northwest pilots had their licenses revoked (for at least one year) after they overflew the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport by 150 miles and had to turn around. Pilots said that they were using their laptops in the cockpit and lost track of time and place.

by whatilearned June 10, 2022, 4:25 pm

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TIL During WW2, the US torpedoes had a shocking 70% to 80% failure rate in 1942, pilots knew this and were aware that they were being used as cannon fodder since their torpedoes would rarely hit their target

by whatilearned May 25, 2022, 10:00 am

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TIL that during World War II, USAAF Col. Paul Tibbetts was frustrated with his pilots complaining about how hard it was to fly the new B-29 bomber. He arranged for two women WASP pilots to be trained on the big plane and had them fly it around the country just to shame the men. It worked.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 3:46 pm

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TIL supersonic flight was made possible because of the ‘flying tailplane’, where the rear wing moved as one surface as opposed to flaps at the back of the wing. At near Mach speeds a planes nose is forced downward due to ‘Mach tuch’, the flying tailplane allowed pilots to maintain control.

by whatilearned May 13, 2022, 10:09 am

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pilots of reddit, when was that time you thought ‘sh*t the plane’s going down’?

by QuestionGuy May 12, 2022, 11:43 am

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Long joke about dead pilots

by cringeyjokesman May 11, 2022, 1:15 pm

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TIL that during WWII, the US Navy had two aircraft carriers operating in Lake Michigan, known as the Corn Belt Fleet. They were converted from 1920s paddle steamers and served as floating runways to train pilots away from danger. In total, 17,820 pilots were trained, including George H. W. Bush.

by whatilearned April 15, 2022, 6:42 pm

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TIL Prior to her fame, Julia Child developed a shark repellant for downed pilots in WWII

by whatilearned April 15, 2022, 1:58 am

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TIL in 2018, a 29-year-old man stole a commercial jet. Without a pilot’s license, he flew for over an hour performing stunts while F-15s followed him. He calmly told air traffic control “I don’t need much help. I’ve played some video games before,” before crashing into a forest.

by whatilearned April 8, 2022, 4:38 pm

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TIL at least nine fatal crashes involving F-16 fighter jets and an A-10 attack jet were blamed on pilots having issues with urinating mid-flight

by whatilearned April 4, 2022, 8:19 pm

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