Pilot shows off incredible skill as he shares footage of how close planes fly together
Published on Oct 09, 2023 at 2:59 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Oct 09, 2023 at 8:36 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
If you close the window shade and relax with a beverage and blockbuster on a plane, you might not have any idea how close you actually come to other aircraft.
But whether you’re an intrepid traveller or struggle with takeoff and turbulence, the proximity between planes might leave you feeling a little uneasy.
One pilot, who goes by @flyhigh738 on TikTok, just gave us an entirely new perspective and it’s going viral online.
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The TikTok opens with a view of a sunny cockpit and the TikTok voice generator.
“When you travel by plane and think the sky is so big that you’re alone up there,” the video says.
The camera pans around to reveal a blanket of clouds as far as the eye can see.
However the footage then cuts to a shot from another angle – and there’s another plane cruising past super close.
“But you’re actually always flying so so close to other planes,” the narration says.
The pilot then passes beneath the plane from what doesn’t seem like a huge distance.
The plane then zooms off over an unknown coastline and into the distance.
The narration continues as another plane comes into the mid-distance, leaving an impressive vapor trail in its wake.
“As we’re most of the times following standard airways, kind of motorways in the sky,” it says.
Cut to a shot of the control panel, then the camera pans up to show yet another nearby plane seemingly flying straight toward the videographer.
“We’re only 1,000ft (or 300 metres) from each other,” the narration says.
“Beautiful, isn’t it?”
Beautiful, perhaps, but that’s not the first reaction for a lot of people.
With over 126K flights taking off per day, recent stats show there’s only one fatal accident for every 4.2 million flights.
And there are even safer aircrafts currently in development.
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All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
