{"id":5874,"date":"2013-03-02T11:38:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T10:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2025-07-10T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:05:07","slug":"virgin-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2013\/virgin-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered how bad someone looks the first time they fly a plane, and without any instruction? Well here&#8217;s my rather pitiful attempt. I crashed it again about an hour after this clip was taken and am about to go buy some replacement parts this afternoon to repair the damage! Fingers crossed my flying improves soon \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QdzvesvsyvY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered how bad someone looks the first time they fly a plane, and without any instruction? Well here&#8217;s my rather pitiful attempt. I crashed it again about an hour after this clip was taken and am about to go buy some replacement parts this afternoon to repair the damage! 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