Fun read about a half Japanese gangster in the Chicago mob
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that was awesome, thanks 
Could actually be a joke that all sides find funny
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God damn I hate these pricks with their bullshit origin stories.
I mean. This doesnt quite sound right. Letās check out wikipedia.
Every. Fucking. Time.
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https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/1656931513311567873?t=mTkR3RVMYOUW6uZeOfAZ5w&s=19
Probably one of the dumbest things Iāve seen someone do for tiktok/YouTube
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Worse are people who are defending him and donāt think he should be seriously punished.
was anyone hurt?
Flying small planes seems like a fun hobby. 2 hour flight from LA to Vegas? 3 hours to SF? I wonder how renting works and if you can do single flight rentals one way or if you have to pay until you get back.
If your idea of fun includes a massive risk of death, then sure itās real fun. Iāve heard of more than a few hobbyist pilots who crash to their deaths in tiny planes.
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Love it, but resist it. Their lives are wretched enough. Believe it!
I have a colleague that travels up from socal for his shifts by flying his plane. He loves it
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I had a roommate that had a pilotās license. Flew in a small plane 3 times and it was fun. Like a roller coaster with no tracks. He did stalls and negative g dives and stuff. Itās not for everybody, but I had fun. Felt safe even through a hard landing at the Grand Canyon.
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I guess āmassiveā might be overstating it. I saw some source that said the risk is 25x commercial flying. So while that sucks in a relative sense, in absolute terms itās probably not that bad. Maybe my sample of rich overconfident men who I have heard of crashing is not representative of all small plane flyers.
You pay by flight hour and itās very situation dependent whether youād be allowed to keep a plane for an extended period of time. Planes are in high demand right now because airlines are desperate to fill seats. Starting salaries have exploded and theyāre taking anyone with the minimum hours, so thereās been a surge of new pilots renting anything they can get their hands on to build time. That being said some schools are so busy they expect you to fly your time and get the plane back for someone else, others have gaps of days on the schedule. In general itās not a problem to keep a plane for days if no one else needs it.
Risk is highly correlated to how seriously you take the hobby. Professionals are highly safety focused. You can do the same as an amateur, it takes some knowledge but not really much skill. The stats you see are almost all attributable to those who donāt.
Flying planes will be a lot more risky once Elon invents self driving planes that canāt tell the difference between the sky and a mountain or an elementary school.
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My best friend took flying lessons and invited me to go up with him during one of them. I was hesitant - Iām supposed to get in an AIRPLANE that HEāS piloting? - but I went. As it turns out, the lesson that day was to fly by instruments, so he had blinders on the entire time. Great.
As you might be able to tell, it turned out ok.
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