Cat + Microlight = AMAZING video

[Foxhound5366]

So they were discussing this on KFM earlier, and oh man ... this video is so totally worth it.

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[video=youtube;J_8mdH20qTQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_8mdH20qTQ[/video]

 

[Drifter]

So the guy never did pre-flight checks. Clever.

 

[PostmanPot]

I saw a gif (pronounced jif) earlier and thought it was fake.

 

[Neoprod]

Cat is flippen cool as ice.

 

[Foxhound5366]

So the guy never did pre-flight checks. Clever.

I figured the cat was probably asleep on the wing ... a nice hot spot in the sun, that just ended up moving and super-windy.

Are microlight pilots meant to check their wings from above as well before every flight? Usually it seems like pilots just do a walk-around at ground-level, so it's possible you wouldn't spot a cat (or think one could be there lol).

 

[Flanders]

I figured the cat was probably asleep on the wing ... a nice hot spot in the sun, that just ended up moving and super-windy.

Looks like it's in the wing to me. The inboard side of the wing structure is open which is, I'm sure, how the feline flyer got inside in the first place.

 

[Sinbad]

Looks staged. Cat probably flies often. Angle of the camera was just too perfect...

 

[Foxhound5366]

Looks staged. Cat probably flies often. Angle of the camera was just too perfect...

Nah, the guy does a pretty genuine looking double-take when he spots the cat, lol. I think the camera is positioned like that because it's centered on the passenger and the view out that side, so they've got something to remember their flights by.

 

[Just_Ice]

So the guy never did pre-flight checks. Clever.

My thinking exactly.

 

[agentrfr]

The cat is in the wing, not on it.

You can't seriously expect the pilot to perform an inner wing inspection every pre-flight.

 

[Leonidas]

What's the height that something with the weight and drag of a cat must fall from before it reaches terminal velocity?

Reason I ask is because cats have survived falls from multi-storey buildings before.

Would the cat have been just a wet spot if it panicked and jumped?

 

[Ancalagon]

What's the height that something with the weight and drag of a cat must fall from before it reaches terminal velocity?

Reason I ask is because cats have survived falls from multi-storey buildings before.

Would the cat have been just a wet spot if it panicked and jumped?

Yeah from that height, it would have died. When I bought my flat (a top floor penthouse flat), I looked into getting a cat. The interwebs said that, despite cats being incredibly agile, they sometimes fall asleep on the edge of the balcony and then roll over. They can still hurt themselves from such a height.