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CRAZY STORIES AND ANECDOTES ABOUT PILOTS

Added on: 3rd Sep 2016

 

NOBUO FUJITA WAS ONE OF THE ONLY

JAPANESE PILOTS TO ATTACK THE MAINLAND

UNITED STATES DURING WORLD WAR II WHEN

HE DROPPED A COUPLE BOMBS OVER OREGON.

HE RETURNED YEARS LATER TO PRESENT HIS

FAMILY'S SWORD AS AN APOLOGY AND WAS

EVEN MADE AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF

THE CITY OF BROOKINGS

Nobuo Fujita was one of the only Japanese pilots to attack the mainland United States during World War II when he dropped a couple bombs over Oregon. He returned years later to present his family's sword as an apology and was even made an honorary citizen of the city of Brookings

 

 

IN 2012, THE PILOT OF AN AIR CANADA PLANE

MISTOOK THE PLANET VENUS FOR ANOTHER

AIRCRAFT AND INITIATED A STEEP DIVE. 16 PEOPLE

WERE INJURED BECAUSE THEY BOUNCED OFF

THE CEILING AND THE PILOT ALMOST HIT

ANOTHER PLANE

In 2012, the pilot of an Air Canada plane mistook the planet Venus for another aircraft and initiated a steep dive. 16 people were injured because they bounced off the ceiling and the pilot almost hit another plane

 

 

HUGH THOMPSON, AN ARMY HELICOPTER PILOT

SAVED HUNDREDS OF VIETNAMESE VILLAGERS

WHEN HE LANDED HIS HELICOPTER BETWEEN A

VILLAGE AND HIS OWN FELLOW SOLDIERS.

HE THEN THREATENED TO OPEN FIRE IF THE

SOLDIERS DIDN'T LEAVE THE VILLAGERS ALONE

Hugh Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot saved hundreds of Vietnamese villagers when he landed his helicopter between a village and his own fellow soldiers. He then threatened to open fire if the soldiers didn't leave the villagers alone

 

 

PHIL RASMUSSEN WAS ONE OF THE FEW AMERICAN

PILOTS TO SHOOT DOWN A JAPANESE PLANE DURING

THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOUR. HE WAS FLYING

AN OBSOLETE PLANE IN HIS PYJAMAS

Phil Rasmussen was one of the few American pilots to shoot down a Japanese plane during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He was flying an obsolete plane in his pajamas

 

 

IN 1997, CRAIG BUTTON, PILOT OF AN A-10

THUNDERBOLT II TURNED OFF HIS RADIO DURING

TRAINING AND FLEW HUNDREDS OF MILES OFF

COURSE UNTIL HE CRASHED INTO A COLORADO

MOUNTAINSIDE. NOBODY KNOWS WHY

In 1997, Craig Button, pilot of an A-10 Thunderbolt II turned off his radio during training and flew hundreds of miles off course until he crashed into a Colorado mountainside. Nobody knows why.

 

 

GENE RODDENBERRY, THE CREATOR OF STAR TREK,

SERVED IN WWII WITH A PILOT NAMED KIM NOONIEN

SINGH. GENE LOST CONTACT WITH KIM BUT NAMED

THE VILLAIN IN THE STAR TREK AFTER KIM HOPING

THAT HE WOULD NOTICE AND GET IN TOUCH

Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, served in WWII with a pilot named Kim Noonien Singh. Gene lost contact with Kim but named the villain in the Star Trek after Kim hoping that he would notice and get in touch

 

 

IN 1956, THOMAS W. ATTRIDGE'S JET WAS SHOT DOWN

DURING A TEST FLIGHT. IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT

HE HAD RUN INTO HIS OWN BULLETS THAT HE HAD

JUST FIRED

In 1956, Thomas W. Attridge's jet was shot down during a test flight. It was later found that he had run into his own bullets that he had just fired.

 

 

IN 1953, NO KUM-SOK, A NORTH KOREAN PILOT DEFECTED

TO SOUTH KOREA WITH HIS MIG-15. HE RECEIVED

A $100,000 REWARD FROM THE US MILITARY THANKS

TO OPERATION MOOLAH. THIS OPERATION WAS AN

AMERICAN LED EFFORT TO ACQUIRE A MIG AIRCRAFT

In 1953, No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15. He received a $100,000 reward from the US military thanks to Operation Moolah. This operation was an American led effort to acquire a MiG aircraft.

 

 

DURING THE COLD WAR, SR-71 BLACKBIRDS WERE

TASKED WITH FLYING OVER FOREIGN CEREMONIES

TO CREATE SONIC BOOMS WHEN HEADS OF STATE

WERE GREETING EACH OTHER

During the Cold War, SR-71 blackbirds were tasked with flying over foreign ceremonies to create sonic booms when heads of state were greeting each other

 


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