c/historymemes · by RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip · 320dPigs do fly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moore-Brabazon,_1st_Baron_Brabazon_of_Tara#Pioneer_aviator 227 points · 8 comments · view on lemmy.world
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PugJesus@piefed.social · 27 pts · 320d
Pig looks smug about it too
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 320d
Porco Rosso!
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 320d
Turns out he turned into a pig before WW1 lol
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social · 10 pts · 320d
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 pts · 320d
Hmm, not sure about the word "flying." Maybe levitating / soaring / coasting / drifting?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgolfier_brothers
molestme247@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 320d
Dampyr@piefed.social · 7 pts · 320d
This brings to mind this gizzard song
Whole album is a banger honestly
PugJesus@piefed.social · 4 pts · 320d
Also would go great in !historyphotos@piefed.social
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 319d
do we include trebuchepigs?