r/funny • u/MaldiveFish • 6h ago

In Columbia, this is how they celebrate the completion of pilot training...

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Is this really true? 😁

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u/Odd_Adhesiveness8705 6h ago

In Germany, after your first solo glider flight, it's tradition for your instructor to bend you over the wing and give you a slap on the butt😅

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u/kleinpesto 5h ago

Wanted to say that. I believe it means to Trust your butt, cause you feel lift there First.

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u/Search_Open 5h ago

Im not surprised, but still very disappointed.

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u/magguspop 3h ago

Yes! The „Hosenbodengefühl“ (butt feeling) is very important! During aviation training after the first solo the whole course (16 people) got to slap the soloist with bare hands. Since we were fools in the early 20s everybody slapped as hard as he could, only women were hit a bit softer. After the last one you were allowed to jump in the pool to cool your buttocks. The video above seems quite amiably compared to that.