Laz. 26. Ace Pan. They/Them. Absolute nerd. So many characters deserved better. Will cry over clones.

Hey

As some of you already know, I was recently hit with unexpected medical bills after Medicare changed their policy midway through my application. The days of withdrawal from my medication sucked and while I’m doing a lot better now, I’m also trying to get out of an unsafe living arrangement and I’m now struggling to make ends meet.

I hate to ask, especially when things are tough for everyone right now, but any support would mean the world. I’ve got safe accomodation lined up but only until the 24th December, and any donations would help.

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argumate:

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dark-haired-hamlet:

dark-haired-hamlet:

dark-haired-hamlet:

I think about British Airways Flight 5390 a lot

OKAY STRAP IN because this is one of the WILDEST stories in aviation history.

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In 1990, a British Airways BAC One-Eleven, captained by Tim Lancaster and co-piloted by Alastair Atchison, was cruising at 17,000 feet.

Around 15 minutes after take-off, flight attendant Nigel Ogden entered the cockpit to bring the pilots something to drink. One second everything was fine. The next second, the pilot’s side window blew out from the force of the pressurized cockpit. Even though he was strapped in, the force of the explosive decompression ripped the captain out of his chair and pulled him though the window.

The flight attendant immediately leapt forward and grasped the captain’s belt. The force was so strong - due to the plane’s speed - the captain slipped and was pulled almost entirely out of the plane, but the flight attendant caught his leg. The captain laid on the roof, then the side of the fuselage (the above image is an inaccurate recreation - the side window was smashed) and the flight attendant’s entire arm was soon outside of the plane, gripping him.

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(Recreation from the show Mayday at the point of decompression)

At the same time, the event caused the autopilot to disengage, and the captain’s body hitting the flight controls caused the plane to enter into a deep dive. The throttle was set to full power and could not be accessed due to debris, meaning the plane was descending rapidly. The co-pilot, experiencing hypoxia, fought to control the plane’s dive while allowing it to continue descending to a level the passengers/crew could breathe at. He attempted to contact air traffic control, but the wind made communication impossible, so he broadcast a mayday signal. Finally, he was able to re-engage the autopilot and level the plane out at a breathable altitude.

Soon, the flight attendant’s entire arm was burned from wind shear and frostbite, and his grip began to slip. The other attendants entered the cabin to see what was wrong and took over holding the captain’s body. Seeing the blood covering the windows from the captain’s severe wind sheer burns and frostbite, the attendants and co-pilot knew he was dead. However, they could not let his body go because it could smash into the wing, horz stabilizer, or engine, and bring the plane down.

For 30+ minutes the co-pilot flew a jet plane with an OPEN WINDOW and his co-worker’s body hanging along the side of the plane. Finally, clearance to land from ATC came across over the sound of the wind and the flight attendants were able to dislodge the captain’s ankles from the flight controls without letting him go. The co-pilot successfully landed the plane.

(tw below for blood)

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(Taken same day as the incident)

BUT HERE’S THE KICKER: when they reached the ground and evacuated, they realized THE CAPTAIN WAS NOT DEAD.

He SURVIVED being outside the fuselage of a jet airplane traveling 550mph at 17,000 feet. His only injuries were extensive - but mostly superficial - frostbite and windshear burns, bruising, fractures in his hand, and shock. He has since stated that he remembers the event and was conscious for much of the time he was outside of the fuselage. The only other injury was the flight attendant’s frostbitten/windshorn arm. Captain Tim Lancaster returned to flying five months later.

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(Captain Tim Lancaster in bed several weeks after the incident, with flight attendant Ogden (+ Ogden’s wife) above him and co-pilot Alastair Atchison to the far left, along with the two other flight attendants)

Why did this occur? Because the plane had received maintenance the day before, and the maintenance supervisor did not check he was using the correct screws in re-installing the windscreen.

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(Recreation)

So yeah: you can apparently survive clinging to the side of a jet airliner traveling 500+mph at 17,000 feet.

Wow! Didn’t expect this many likes for an aviation post.

Just a note that I was wrong - it was the front pilot’s windscreen, not the side-window! I’m used to looking at Boeing windows with different positions :)

If y'all want the full story & more analysis of what exactly went wrong, Mayday: Air Investigations did a pretty decent special on the incident. It’s free on YouTube here (and here on dailymotion if you’re outside the US).

@argumate​

you really couldn’t film a scene like this for a movie without it looking too fake to be believable.

remusjohnslupin:

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LITERATURE SERIES: Dystopia

“Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — for ever… And remember that it is for ever. The face will always be there to be stamped upon.“ ― George Orwell (1984)

vstheworld:

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elijahelegia:

Sorry for who-posting in the year 2019 but the Doctor is actually so named because he wrote and successfully defended a dissertation at an accredited university whereas the Master completed a 2-year graduate program in his chosen field, which points to the existence of a third less-advanced and less-specialized counterpart, the Bachelor

The Bachelor is never seen in the show because he’s still living with his parents on Gallifrey, listlessly applying for jobs and stress-eating

I thought the bachelor was being fought over by 12 women in a big house

galaxy brain:  The Bachelor Tv show has featured the same man for every season but he regenerates like the doctor

obsessed with the idea that the bachelor is ritually killed at the end of every season

rcrisdraws:
“ Dinosaur walker 👌😊✨✨ (and beware one of these things is not like the others~)
[ID: Illustration of a woman in a white tank top crop-top and high-waisted brown pants walking a whole lot of dinosaurs on a crosswalk coming from a park....

rcrisdraws:

Dinosaur walker  👌😊✨✨ (and beware one of these things is not like the others~)

[ID: Illustration of a woman in a white tank top crop-top and high-waisted brown pants walking a whole lot of dinosaurs on a crosswalk coming from a park. Dinosaurs, left to right are: in front of the woman are Zhenyuanlong with colors inspired by a golden pheasant, Tsaagan with white feathers speckled with black and behind these last two are two Velociraptors, one on the left without feathers resembling a grey sphinx cat, one on the right with blue budgie plumage. Behind the woman are Austroraptor, resembling a black vulture in appearance, a Herrerasaurus with a muzzle in a tan with dark stripes color and lastly an Deinonychus with bearded vulture facial feathers and the colors of an Akita Inu.]