Posted on 09/30/2012 9:04:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Man pretended to lose control of a small plane as the lead-in for his proposal
Love is in the air over Chicago. Thankfully it didn't land in the lake.
Ryan Thompson popped the question mid-flight this week in what's being considered an unorthodox proposal.
Thompson pretended to lose control of the small plane he was flying as his girlfriend, Carlie Kennedy, reached for the emergency landing checklist and found the proposal. He filmed the entire thing and posted it Wednesday on YouTube.
“I have to tell you, when the plane headed for water, I genuinely did believe it was a true emergency,’’ Kennedy told NBC "Today's" Natalie Morales about the proposal. “I thought in reading through the emergency procedure checklist that our lives were in my hands at that moment. ... Getting to the end of the emergency procedure checklist, then the proposal, it was a swing of emotions like I’ve never experienced before. I’ve never been that happy.’’
The video, titled "In Descent Proposal," shows the couple taking off in a small private plane flying around the Windy City and taking pictures when the plane begins to shake.
Thompson tells Kennedy he lost control of the plane and needs her to read the emergency landing procedures. At the end of the procedures it reads "initiate ring engagement procedure." From there, Thompson regains control and proposes to a visibly relieved and euphoric Kennedy, who accepted the proposal.
So was Kennedy mad over the rouse?
“Everyone has asked me that question and to be honest, I was never mad,’’ she told Morales, adding she was very excited and happy over her engagement.
Once the couple landed, they were greeted by friends and family for an impromptu engagement party, according to "Today."
No word on when the wedding will take place, but Thompson admitted to "Today" he had thought about planning a surprise wedding. But said Kennedy's mom put the big kibosh on the idea.
No word on when or how the happy couple plans to wed.
Who am I to judge?
That ruse wudda “rouse”d me.
Welcome to the Attention Whoredom States of America. This woman is insane if she marries Mr. Drama King. He’ll probably make a bunch of babies then announce he’s gay.
Probably. But by then kids who don’t have a gay parent will be punished.
Thompson pretended to lose control of the small plane he was flying as his girlfriend, Carlie Kennedy, reached for the emergency landing checklist and found the proposal. He filmed the entire thing and posted it Wednesday on YouTube.
Carlie “Kennedy” ... bad name to have in a supposedly malfunctioning plane, if you know what I’m sayin.... Bad karma.
NAP? "ENGAGE!"
She needs to get her own pilot’s license so he can’t pull this crap on her again.
“Welcome to the Attention Whoredom States of America. This woman is insane if she marries Mr. Drama King. He’ll probably make a bunch of babies then announce he’s gay.”
As a pilot, I think I would have called him an @$$ hole and said, “no,” as well as have shown a finger to the “impromptu” engagement party guest that didn’t warn me. Yes, she is insane if she marries him. There’s nothing cute, or fun, about being in a real, near air plane crash, and I’ve been there more than once.
He could lose his license for that stunt. It wasn’t funny.
If she marries the narcissist she can resign herself to lifetime of drama.
Was this how the proud parents of the balloon boy hoax got engaged?
Really, really, really. I would NEVER want to set eyes on the jerk again!
Delivery of divorce papers should be a real sketch.
Wow, that lady’s got nerves of steel.
Or he could just be a sadistic sociopath. I agree, this guy is not trustworthy.
Sometimes a simulated emergency actually becomes one.....damned irresponsible.
Could you imagine? “Just for old time’s sake, let’s take one last ride in the plane.”
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