German flight pioneer Melli Beese in front of her airplane wearing an aviator fur suit

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0617-302,_Melli_Beese_vor_Flugzeug.jpg

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

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10 Comments

hayvan@piefed.world · 32 pts · 147d (7 replies)

Fur suit means something else these days.

Great photo.

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 147d (6 replies)

just another thing weirdo's have ruined

Tingle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d (1 reply)

You have some serious old man yells at cloud energy going on there

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 147d

sorry im racist towards furries :3

hayvan@piefed.world · 1 pts · 147d

Nothing is ruined, words can mean different things. Also nothing wrong with being weirdos.

Noja@sopuli.xyz · -1 pts · 147d (2 replies)

People no longer wear fox skins of real animals, and instead have fun dressing up with artificial fur has ruined what exactly?

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 147d (1 reply)

the fox skins of real animals was for warmth, not dressing up pretending to be a dog like a toddler

TachyonTele@piefed.social · 0 pts · 147d

The beastiality defenders are many on lemmy, unfortunately.

MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 147d

Huh. When I look for more Aviator Fut Suits, the results look very different...

Slashme@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 147d

Let's see whether she died young like so many pilots of that period.

Aha, died in her 30s! Thought so!

Oh. Had a divorce and a plane crash and shot herself. Bummer.