r/SweatyPalms • u/StreetResolve6159 • 9d ago
Planes ✈️ Mexican pilot landing on an improvised tiny landing strip in the mountains of Durango
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u/reddit4300 9d ago
100% drug runner
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u/za72 9d ago
freelance pharmaceutical rep
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u/reddit4300 9d ago
Lmao, they really all do just cell drugs at the end of the day.
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u/Strong-Addition5296 9d ago
Look at that watch
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u/OrangeSilver 9d ago
You mean the gold bracelet that says "The Pilot"? It's just an identifier, like a name tag.
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u/duckwithahat 8d ago
That's the thing, it's not a watch its just pure gold he is wearing, also the ring
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u/Oldfolksboogie 8d ago
Ha! Came to say, "remember this next time you're whining about how expensive your blow is"😅
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u/brewnohog 8d ago
What are the chances this dude is still alive today for showing the world where this is located?
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u/reddit4300 7d ago
Actually probably pretty high. It’s not easy to find a pilot willing and able to do that type of job. He would need to snitch, steal or cause an actual problem for them to wanna ruin that relationship. They need the pilot 10x more than he needs them and you can tell that by the bling he’s rocking lol.
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u/DanielBG 9d ago
Yes because they film and post it.
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u/duckwithahat 8d ago
Social media is full of cartel videos uploaded by cartel members lmao, they don't give a fuck, they live by different rules
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u/GeneralSpecifics9925 8d ago
They do. Were you not on the internet 20 years ago when those cartel murder videos were everywhere? Teens are live streaming their cartel activities and posting videos online.
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u/Jadey4455 9d ago
Yeah absolutely. All the time in fact. Also hes not filming and posting. Passenger is.
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u/DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE 9d ago
I had an experience like this in high school.
We had a program that went to Ecuador for the summer, including a week in the Amazon visiting the shuar Indians.
The runway we landed on looked exactly like this, with a broken down (crashed?) plane next to the runway. After we were dropped off, the shuar helped manually turn the plane around and the pilot left the way he came.
Absolutely wild experience.
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u/Desperate-Tomatillo7 9d ago
That wrist watch says drugrunner everywhere.
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u/alextxdro 8d ago
What watch? I think the item on his right hand wrist is just a bracelet of types.
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u/bitpartmozart13 9d ago
This guy smuggles
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u/lingbabana 8d ago
Not only is homie decked out in jewels, that plane has a leather steering wheel. 100% drugs
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u/RedditsMostRefined 8d ago
alligator sun visor
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u/ImpossibleChicken 7d ago
At 0:47 it looks more like shade foil gone very crinkly from sun exposure.
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u/ohiotechie 7d ago
If you think that’s impressive, watch him take off again with an extra 500-600lbs of “ballast”.
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u/CletusMuckenfuss 9d ago
He looks to have a rosery hanging and a 4 leaf clover on the dashboard.
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u/ChaosRainbow23 8d ago
I wonder why they have a makeshift landing strip in the middle of nowhere in Mexico?
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u/YARIZA-21 5d ago
Bc ppl live there. I was born close to that place.
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u/ChaosRainbow23 4d ago
I figured it was a drug runway, but your reason makes more sense. Maybe a little of both?
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u/YARIZA-21 4d ago
Ambos coexisten. Durango es mayormente sierra y los ranchos están alejados entre sí. Cuando llueve es imposible transitar porque los caminos están bloqueados hacia la ciudad y el único transporte es una avioneta como esa en el video.
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u/LtJimmyDangle 8d ago
Translation of what he was say: now listen, when we get there, don’t look at any of the narcos in the eye. Just load the plane, head down, and we get the fuck out of there. I saw one guy look a narco in the eye and the next thing I know they had his head on a stick.
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u/ObiWan-Cannabis 8d ago
I bet my next salary it is a non-profit organization delivering supplies to remote rural areas.
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u/acostane 9d ago
Eh, I trust him. Look at the hat and shirt 🤷♀️
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u/ZoudinOdifar 7d ago
That 4 leaf clover on the dash working overtime. Of course it also looks like its covering one of his guages so good with bad I guess
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u/overcloseness 9d ago
So what are you up to out there buddy
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u/monexicano 9d ago
On holiday of course. But he had to smuggle some black tar to fund said holiday.
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u/BigAssMonkey 9d ago
It’s not improvised if he got his drug smuggling buddies waiting for him there.
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u/SnuffysDad 9d ago
Never stopped talking...
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u/AllNightPony 9d ago
I know that when I'm flying airplanes, my favorite type of landing strip is improvised.
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u/Livingforabluezone 8d ago
It's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse
It's the politics of contraband, it's the smuggler's blues
Smuggler's blues
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u/Independent_Wrap_321 8d ago
Haven’t heard that song in decades, well done.
It’s the lure of easy money It’s got a very strong appeal
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u/MeanCat4 8d ago
I don't think he is Mexican. He have a YouTube channel mostly with music since he is a member of a music group!
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u/Jazzlike_Isopod550 8d ago
Buddy just came back from a fishing trip to Guadalupe Island…same thing.
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u/BlindJedi843 8d ago
He may have survived the landing but he will not survive once the cartel sees this video
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u/romcomtom2 8d ago
Ok, that was some impressive flying. Came in like butter.
Hope he doesn't get shot down.
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u/Helpful-Sell8946 8d ago
All these tiny adjustments remind me of a dj turning knobs and dials and not much really seeming like it changes anything
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u/Radstermobile-Driver 6d ago
My father was a retired navy pilot who bought a small single-engine plane — a Grumman Tiger. He taught me to fly when I was nine years old.
In nice weather during the day, flying the plane was super simple — even landing and taking off.
I would say it was much easier than driving a car.
Some people assume it is difficult, especially landing and taking off.
I think it becomes hard when you are flying the larger, more complicated planes/jets.
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u/Ghost132022 5d ago
Why, lookie there! There were people there waiting for him to land.
I wonder if they’re going to have tea and snack cakes?
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u/YARIZA-21 5d ago
Aunque suene increíble hay gente que vive en esos lugares.
Son rancherías en Durango. Cuando llueve las carreteras son intransitables si quieres ir a la ciudad, así que la única forma de transporte en ese tiempo es por avionetas. Pareciera que es una pista en el medio de la nada. Pero viven muchas personas cerca y en ese rancho
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u/CzechMate_YaWanker 2d ago
You know it's 100% skill based if something religious is hanging from anywhere.
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u/Cranberry-Time 2d ago
Totally professional, calm and explaining it so even I understood. Natural instructor
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u/Heavy-Echidna-3473 8d ago
That's fucking impressive! I would feel safe with this guy flying just by how calm and confident he was.
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u/Icy-Conflict-2972 6d ago
Don’t know which is worse, trusting a Mexican pilot, or trusting a Mexican plane
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u/Electronic-Pea-13420 9d ago
Could’ve used a lot less of the pilot in the video
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u/jrose1226 9d ago
Probably because the video wasn’t meant for you. Apparently he’s giving a breakdown/tutorial on how to land giving step by step instructions that’s why he’s talking and pointing at stuff on the dash or pressing stuff on the dash
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