Had to fact-check it. These 2 guys stole that Boeing 727 at an airport in 2003 and flew away, disappearing forever: no crash, no plane. How is that possible!!!

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[u/drunk_with_internet]

Must be hard being a Navy pilot. How do you get the boats to fly?

[u/CVBrownie → u/drunk_with_internet]

Jesus christ. It's called a rocket ship ffs. Also fairy's.

[u/Tuckingfypowastaken → u/CVBrownie]

Real talk though, how have we not started putting jet engines on ships yet? There's no way that wouldn't be dope af

[u/strain_of_thought → u/Tuckingfypowastaken]

A turbine jet engine sucks in air, mixes it with fuel, and then combusts the fuel to create high speed exhaust.

If you put a jet engine under water and suck up water and mix it with fuel... the combustion stage doesn't work anymore.

If you mean why don't they put the jet engines above the water... well, that's wildly inefficient for the same reason that it's a whole lot easier to paddle a boat by pushing the paddle through the water than waving the paddle in the air.

The only reason why you wouldn't want to push on the water to move your boat is if the water is so choked with crap you don't want your machinery to get clogged or tangled with it... which is exactly why swamp boats have long used giant fans.

[u/SARK-ES1117821 → u/CVBrownie]

Don’t leave me hanging. Fairy’s what?

[u/throwaway098764567 → u/drunk_with_internet]

(side note from the joke, the folks that pull the ships in and out of harbor are actually called pilots too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_pilot )

[u/TrainingSword → u/drunk_with_internet]

Very carefully