The media's notion of a cellphone in Kentucky.
Posted on 08/15/2017 10:32:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A phone dropped from an airplane over Kentucky survived the 1,000-foot drop and filmed its fall along with its discovery by some confused residents.
Robert Ryan posted a video to YouTube that was filmed by a phone belonging to his uncle, Blake Henderson, during a flight over Kentucky.
"My uncle Blake Henderson encountered severe turbulence while chasing a JN-4 Jenny bi-plane (seen at the beginning of the video)" Ryan wrote. "His phone was sucked out of the craft on accident and dropped around 1000 ft into a very nice families yard!"
The video shows the phone not only survived the fall, it remained in working condition when it was found by a pair of men next to a home.
"Here's your phone," one man says.
The other picks up the device and inspects it, wondering how it ended up in the yard, before declaring: "This ain't my phone. Mine's in my pocket."
The two men quizzically examine the phone and wonder as its origins while noting the fact that its currently recording video.
Ryan praised the "plastic construction" of the Samsung Galaxy S5 with helping it to survive the fall "in great shape with nothing really broken.
The media's notion of a cellphone in Kentucky.
My Otter box was getting stretched out and hazy on the overlay. I took it out until I got a replacement Otter Box. My four year old Galaxy lasted one day unprotected. Shattered to bits.
LOL First movie that came to mind!
I have one, that uses TracFone.
It the most reliable cell phone we/I have owned.
My first phone was the old Moto half brick/flip phone. It survived falls, an 8 ft drop to the bottom of a lake and other bad events. I stopped using it as it embarassed my family members and friends. My wife used it as a door stop for awhile.
Wasn’t that a great movie!
Very funny! Good one!
Wow, do you have a memory! What a great movie! Haven’t seen it since it came out...time to rewatch.
I tried to communicate with a whistle once. She slapped my face!
Not to speak of the obvious, but isn’t everyone in America a “Confused Local” within the UPI organization? Particularly the red states.
A Cesna 421 Golden Eagle in the movie if my memory serves.
Aaggh! NetFlix doesn’t have it! Darn.
13 seconds to hit the ground. How high is that?
If the article is correct, 1000 feet from pilot info.
BUT!
1000 feet (from article)/(13 sec * 1.5 feet per second / 1 MPH) = 52 MPH terminal velocity
Unlike my stinking iPhone whose glass breaks if I even look at it funny.
the phone was helicoptering on the way down... and the footage was sped up to save time...
hit soft bush and survived...
In my experience, falling a great distance is not a big deal. It’s the landing that gets you.
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