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Pigs do fly (piefedimages.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com)

submitted 2 months ago by RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip to c/historymemes@piefed.social

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moore-Brabazon,_1st_Baron_Brabazon_of_Tara#Pioneer_aviator

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 27 points 2 months ago

Pig looks smug about it too

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Porco Rosso!

[–] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Turns out he turned into a pig before WW1 lol

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If this is really the first, then pigs are pretty late to the flying barnyard animals game. The bird ones have flown for a long time obviously, but sheep flew as early as 1783

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hmm, not sure about the word "flying." Maybe levitating / soaring / coasting / drifting?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgolfier_brothers

[–] molestme247@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

TiL: The police have been using planes for a long time, to catch speeders

[–] Dampyr@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago

This brings to mind this gizzard song

Whole album is a banger honestly

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

Also would go great in !historyphotos@piefed.social

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Years ago, someone on reddit heaved a deep sigh and wondered if pigs flew before women did.

The answer is no... but not by much.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

do we include trebuchepigs?