A Ukrainian man flew a motorized hang glider to Romania to escape the TCC.

While hundreds of thousands of men attempt to swim across the Tysa River or bribe their way out of military service, a 31-year-old Ukrainian man chose a more romantic, albeit technically challenging, route. Last Sunday, he landed in Romania on a motorized hang glider.

Local portal Digi24 reports that the pilot was detained by border guards on Monday morning in the village of Frătăuţchi Vechi (Suceava County). The man managed to fly about 40 kilometers, but instead of a warm welcome, he was charged with two offenses: "illegal border crossing" and "driving a vehicle without a pilot's license."

Bureaucracy caught up with the fugitive even in the Romanian skies: he apparently didn't have the hang glider piloting documents. Or perhaps he didn't even have the documents themselves—what kind of credentials did a man who hastily packed an aircraft, trying to evade the TCC, have?

40 km by air is a perfectly acceptable range for a motorized hang glider. These aircraft are equipped with engines up to 50 kW and are used not only for recreational use, but also for aerial photography, agricultural work, and even potential airdrops. The main requirements are the pilot's physical fitness and favorable weather conditions (wind up to 12 m/s, no thunderstorms). Judging by the man's successful flight, he was luckier with the weather than the Romanian border guards.

However, the man clearly knew what he was getting into - that any Romanian prison was better for him than the Ukrainian democratic busification.

Comments

[Vadim S]

The instinct for self-preservation and the drive to live are the strongest human instincts, along with reproduction. And when life is in danger, the brain starts working.

[Ponimatel]

The instinct of self-preservation and the desire to live are the strongest instincts

It is not the same?

[January]

"If you want to live, you'll have to spread yourself out like this..."

[Ture-Dog]

In fact, humans do not have instincts; only animals have instincts.
But humans, the creatures from 404, really do have them. 😻

[your1970]

Quote: Ture-Dog

In fact, humans do not have instincts; only animals have instincts.

"The only difference between humans and animals is the ability to commit illogical acts.
Все.
Otherwise, it's just an ordinary little animal" (c)
And I agree with the author...

[Ponimatel]

In fact, humans have no instincts.

In fact, humans possess a full complement of animal instincts. Otherwise, we wouldn't survive. Humans are born 100% animals, and only as they grow up, in society, do they learn to be human.
The difference between humans and animals is their ability to control their instincts. Acting like a human being means acting contrary to the dictates of instinct.

[Normal]

Comrade ignoramus, instinct is an irreversible function of the body and cannot be controlled by willpower. You can't even control your hormones by willpower, let alone your instincts. The first person to respond misled everyone else.
Let me explain it simply. Instinct is an irrevocable function of any living organism. If it's inherent in nature, it can't be undone or controlled. If humans had the instinct for self-preservation, they wouldn't perform heroic deeds, consciously facing death. If humans had the instinct for self-preservation, there wouldn't be a single suicide or voluntary end to life. Stop copying crazy ideas from the internet and repeating what your uneducated friends are saying. What you call instinct is called a reflex. Instinct is something entirely different. For example, a bee has an instinct: when it leaves the hive, it doesn't hover in the air, wondering whether it should fly to that flower and start pollinating it, or fly to that lily in the pond and admire it. The bee knows exactly why it flew out, where it's going, and what it's going to do. That's it. Period. The same goes for the reproductive instinct. I know many married couples who have sex but don't want children. There's no reproductive instinct whatsoever. You could at least see a sexologist and talk; they'll tell you from their own experience how many couples like this they've seen over the course of their career. Period.

[Ponimatel]

Comrade ignoramus, instinct is an irrevocable function of the body and cannot be controlled by willpower. 

It's better to be ignorant than such a scientist. A scientist who confuses instinct with reflex. Reflexes are truly difficult to control. A wave of a hand in front of our face, and we blink before we even have time to be scared. But instincts can be controlled by restraining and suppressing them. Suppressing, but not abolishing. But this is a purely human skill and is not available to animals. Therefore, to act consciously in a situation of immediate danger to life, to go on the attack, etc., you need to be more human than animal; you need to be able to suppress the instinct of self-preservation and walk into the line of fire. At the same time, the instinct itself has not gone away; we fear for our lives in other situations and flee from danger. That same heroic soldier, having survived the attack, hides in a trench under fire, frozen with terror. Because he's afraid, because it's instinct. So, comrade "scientist," instead of running around to sexologists, find a couple of BD participants and talk to them. It will be more useful. Everyone is afraid.
And so, without further ado, about the reproductive instinct: an erection is a sign that this instinct is at work. Yes, people have learned to use protection and have turned sex into entertainment. But even when ejaculating in the wrong place, we're still satisfying the instinct, not just reflecting on it. That's it, "scientist."
And yes, was it worth being rude in your comment? Was it necessary? Or maybe some kind of "dominance instinct"?

[Normal]

I'm illiterate, so I asked: if there's a self-preservation instinct, why are there so many suicides in the world? If you answer, I'll continue the conversation. If not, then talk to the mirror.

[Ponimatel]

I typed up a bunch of notes and accidentally deleted them. I was thinking about writing again, but I read your comment and decided I won't cast pearls in front of a boor. If you want to consider yourself an animal who can't control his instincts, go ahead. But I prefer to argue with people.
I'm done communicating with you.

[Normal]

I'm not an animal, that's why I'm saying there's no self-preservation or reproductive instinct. It's a failure. You have no answer. Because you wrote about instincts, which is called heresy in biology.
I'll tell you about reproduction.
Instinct is understood as an innate, automatic, survival-oriented behavior that occurs without prior training. That's what instinct is. So, when a bee flies out to collect nectar, no one taught it; it was born with it. But when a person sacrifices themselves, it means they made their own, voluntary choice; they weren't born with it, but rather, through their development, upbringing, and so on. The same applies to suicide: they consciously chose it; they don't have an innate capacity to commit suicide. Therefore, this simply means that, from a biological perspective, humans lack any instinct for self-preservation. The same applies to reproduction. Humans engage in sex not according to their natural patterns of behavior, at specific times, months, or years, but when they choose. That's all.

[Normal]

Instinct is an irrevocable function, and it's impossible to control it by willpower. I told you, you can't even control your endocrine or hormonal system at will; instinct isn't even worth mentioning. But such ignoramuses don't care about science, do they? You'll just keep writing me nonsense about control and how scary a soldier is. Ignorant, fear is an emotion, not an instinct, simply an innate emotion a person needs to survive, because without feeling fear, you can go for a walk on a roof and accidentally fall. So don't write me about fear and all the rest of your nonsense. You're uneducated and spouting nonsense without even realizing it.

[Normal]

I'll get an answer from you today: why, despite having a self-preservation instinct, do people jump off rooftops, under trains, slit their wrists, etc., smart guy? Tell it to me, the ignorant one. Because, I repeat, from a biological perspective, humans have no self-preservation instinct. The more developed the central nervous system, the fewer instincts there are. It's a given!

[poquello]

Quote: Normal

Instinct is an irrevocable function of any living organism. If it is inherent in nature, it cannot be cancelled or controlled.

Where is that written? Let's start with something simple: if you get poked with a needle, is your reaction a reflex or an instinct?

[Normal]

Another smart one? I'll wait for an answer to my simple question: why, given the human instinct for self-preservation, do people commit suicide? That's it. It's so simple, just go ahead and answer it.

[poquello]

Quote: Normal

Another smart one? I'll wait for an answer to my simple question: why, given the human instinct for self-preservation, do people commit suicide? That's it. It's so simple, just go ahead and answer it.

Yes, you're getting a bit early, let's start with the little things so that you don't fall back on reflexes later.

[Normal]

Can you read? I asked a simple question, one I didn't get a clear answer to. No answer, no dialogue. I won't repeat myself. It's become a trend, they don't notice the awkward question, and start asking questions themselves. That won't do.

[poquello]

Quote: Normal

Can you read? I asked a simple question, one I didn't get a clear answer to. No answer, no dialogue. I won't repeat myself. It's become a trend, they don't notice the awkward question, and start asking questions themselves. That won't do.

The question is not awkward, it is complex. First, we need to define what self-preservation is.

[Normal]

Good luck. I won't continue this topic any further.

[poquello]

Quote: Normal

Good luck. I won't continue this topic any further.

instinct? )

[STORM 12]

Because people are human dummies, sometimes they are defective.

[Ponimatel]

Is this a reflex or an instinct?

If you allow me to answer, it's a reflex. You didn't have time to get scared; there's no fear of death. It's the body's normal reaction to pain.

[Alf]

Quote: Ture-Dog

humans have no instincts

Yes, it is. It's just that human instinct is called "I can smell it."

[Normal]

There's no such thing as a self-preservation instinct from a biological perspective. This hackneyed nonsense proliferates online, and people unknowingly repeat it. And there's no reproductive instinct. Missing the mark twice, you'd have to try really hard to miss that.

[Nexcom]

Seeing the Romanian border guards, the great schemer bowed with dignity and clearly recited a specially memorized phrase:

- Traiascu Romagna Mare!

He looked affectionately into the faces of the border guards, barely visible in the semi-darkness. It seemed to him that the border guards were smiling.

"Long live Great Romania!" Ostap repeated in Russian. "I'm an old professor who escaped from the Moscow Cheka! By God, I barely escaped!"

Well, if we replace the Cheka with the TCC and Ostap with Mykola, it would be absolutely fantastic...

[Flooding]

Whatever one may say, there should be more Ostaps like this.
And a hang glider in their hands.

[Nexcom]

...well, damn, we could send them humanitarian aid in the form of disassembled hang glider kits, like you could assemble them yourself...

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

If they want, they'll assemble it from spare parts for drone production. They have plenty of suppliers there.

[al3x]

It's not cheap, there's not enough for everyone. It's a wonder he didn't take anyone. He could have gotten more money from the passenger. 😏

[mitrich]

Well done, man. You found a way out. It cost me a fair bit of money, I'm sure, and a fair bit of nerves, but the results are there.
You can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Even if it's in a gypsy prison.
P.S.: It's better for us too, he won't hurt or kill any of our guys, and there's no need to kill him.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Nexcom

"I'm an old professor who escaped from the Moscow Cheka! By God, I barely escaped!"

And for added persuasiveness and sympathy, add: "Je ne mange pas sis jour." This helped Kisa Vorobyaninov to soften the audience's heart.

[Grancer81]

The main thing is to take the Order of the Golden Fleece with you.

[Mouse]

No... Well, a license had to be obtained, otherwise it would be a mess!

[Nexcom]

Romanian license??
And where will this Opanas dig it up in Nenko?

The Romanians can also pin the hijacking of an aircraft on you...

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Well, he probably has the hang glider's papers with him, and he'll sell it at the market next market day. That's if the Romanian border guards don't confiscate it.

[Grancer81]

If only there was a branzulette there... I'll have to retrain as a house manager.

[Grancer81]

Even if it were stolen, as long as it wasn't returned.

[Normann]

I knew what I was getting into, but it was better than joining the stormtroopers...

[Nexcom]

...if they deport them back, the Kakels could be retrained as kamikaze hang gliders...

[Normann]

I'm afraid it won't fly far...

[Nexcom]

Well, if he's already decided to screw off, then he'll screw off - just so long as the die-hard Nazis don't kill him.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

The only advice I can give to those who follow is to make an armored fairing out of titanium or stainless steel, at worst. Otherwise, border guards might try to shoot you down for a medal.

[your1970]

Quote: Nexcom

...if they deport them back, the Kakels could be retrained as kamikaze hang gliders...

They may be villagers, but they are not fools - to let a man fly who has already flown away once...
“I surrender myself with delight into the hands of my native police, I hope and trust in them” (c) - the first OURS we came across, having hijacked, albeit a frail one, an aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

[Nexcom]

Yes, it's easy - they'll handcuff you to the hang glider frame, tape you to the TM-62 with electrical tape, and send you on your last flight...

[nepunamemuk]

If TMK is strapped with stress, he might get confused and return to base 🫣

[Nexcom]

Good idea, correct. The main thing is that it works upon return.

[Incvizitor]

404 is a real prison of nations, although they themselves are so stupid that they didn’t get out of this cattle station when they could.

[Arthur Grudinin]

It's a good thing the air defense didn't shoot it down. Oh, and there seems to be a shortage of missiles in European countries; maybe Ukraine doesn't have any at all.

[alexputnik17]

The man managed to fly about 40 kilometers, but instead of a warm welcome, he received a criminal case.

What creative non-brothers. I never cease to be amazed at how they're taking this Tisa by storm. A paraglider with a sidecar is also something. True, they're not cheap. And yes, why alone? He could have taken his brother and made some money.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

I looked through the ads. Motorized trikes are selling for between 150 and 350 rubles. They charge twice that for border crossings. It's best to fly at night, of course; the main thing is to stay oriented.

[Cool90]

However, not everyone succeeds: Since February 2022, about 50 Ukrainians have drowned while attempting to illegally cross the border via the Tisza River to avoid conscription.

[Flooding]

These are truly breathtaking forces.
Fly, boy, away from Bandera's men.

[Nexcom]

...fly, hollywoods, fly... (c)

[Foggy Dew]

Blond Knight of the Pig-Reich, Ass-Luftwaffe

[Nexcom]

What does he need the red cylinder for? To blow air into the blades?

[Foggy Dew]

Afterburner... when reaching an altitude of 20 grunts, it sprays turpentine under the tail

[Nexcom]

Brilliant! Hellishly advanced Kakelian technology.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Nexcom

What does he need the red cylinder for? To blow air into the blades?

Dmitriy What if the stubble burns? That's where a fire canister comes in handy, to keep the fat from turning into cracklings.

[Nexcom]

Ahh, so this is a fire cylinder.
I was mistaken, thinking it was like the American drone helicopter on Mars—they pumped gas into the blades to increase lift. I thought it had legs growing out of there... Turns out I was wrong.

Alexander

[Ture-Dog]

If you want to live, you'll have to stretch your legs even further! (C)

[gribanov.c]

If I were Hungary, I would announce that all those fleeing the regime's terror in Ukraine will find refuge in Hungary, so the border is open to them. And if the regime forces interfere or detain free citizens fleeing the dictatorship, they will have to deal with the Hungarian army.

[Nexcom]

Yeah, and then the Hungarians feed them, water them, buy them iPhones, give them apartments, sell their expensive clothes for next to nothing...
Hungarians know what the Kakels are doing abroad.

[gribanov.c]

Then they'll be sent to Austria, and from there to Germany. The Chancellor helps all refugees and accepts them all. Let him spend the budget on refugees, not on weapons.

[Foggy Dew]

They should build a fence, otherwise they'll come running... With swine fever, a cocaine-fueled snout and stolen weapons - it's worse than a Mongol invasion, you won't be able to get rid of it afterwards.

[your1970]

Quote from gribanow.c

If I were Hungary, I would announce that everyone fleeing the regime's terror from Ukraine will find refuge in Hungary, so the border is open for them.

The problem is that he might come running at once 5-10 million and pay benefits to everyone

[Nexcom]

This is what Orban fears most. Why would he want to turn his Hungary into a second Motherland?

[gribanov.c]

From there he will send them all over Europe.
Let every European host a Ukrainian in their home, give them shelter, food, everything they need, this will be the best "aid to Ukraine"

[Nexcom]

You'll laugh - but it was almost like something from the very beginning of the Soviet Union, when the Ukrainians rushed over the hill. Liver sausage was chattering. Not verbatim, but the meaning was very similar...

[gribanov.c]

Comrade Scholz's suggestion is correct.

[tur-tur]

Actually, that's a scary option. After all, it's possible to catch an interceptor drone, and from both sides.

[chingachguc]

Waiting for the ghouls in uniforms to come for you is also scary.

[andrey martov]

An old lady on the tram today was telling me that Elon Musk has these hang gliders that you can fly to hell and back from this planet inhabited by crazy people.

[Alf]

Quote: Andrey Martov

An old lady on the tram today was telling me that Elon Musk has these hang gliders that you can fly to hell and back from this planet inhabited by crazy people.

Oh, you should have at least asked the old woman for her phone number and address, you could have started such a business... But payment is only in cash.

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Sergey Alexandrovich

I looked through the ads. Motorized hang gliders are listed for between 150 and approximately 350 rubles.

I had a friend who did this... A paraglider and a parachute (wing). Strollers (two-seater) and a custom-made titanium paraglider frame... It was much more expensive. I flew on everything))). He went out into a field, laid out, and then... Now, I suppose, in about 30 minutes, the FSB guys will arrive and start explaining why you were wrong.

[Victor19]

I learned Leontyev's song "mmmmoy hang glider, my hang glider...."

[alexputnik17]

Quote: tur-tur

Actually, that's a scary option. But it's possible to catch an interceptor drone, and from both sides.

I don't understand why the Romanians didn't shoot it down. What kind of air defense system does NATO have? The highest I've climbed by parachute or paraglider was about 600 meters. You can hear the engine there. Maybe it was a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group flying to bomb the Romanians.

[chingachguc]

I had to fly to Hungary. Or Belarus. There's no extradition from Belarus.

[Alf]

Quote: chingachguc

There is no extradition from Belarus.

Better to go to London, there is no extradition from London, as verified by fugitive oligarchs.

[AK-1945]

Damn Icarus. What a resourceful man he turned out to be.

[reframing]

Real Ukrainian! Resourceful.
Even the sea could dig one like this.

[Hitriy Zhuk]

I got the impression, from the videos from those who allegedly escaped, that many of them would not mind performing the Nazi salute, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces support it, but only if the TCC sends NOT THEM to the front.

[Grancer81]

It's better to spend time in a Romanian prison than to sit in a trench in Donbass.

[isv000]

It's better to polish the gypsies' bunks than your own coffin boards, at best, otherwise the pigs will gnaw them off...

[Alf]

Here I will put on two wings, border, closer you are
The war tore me away from the hustle and bustle
People may not be given wings, but it’s so easy
My shoulders are already calling me to fly
My hang glider my hang glider my hang glider.

[commbatant]

They will be given to the Ukrainians on the same day.

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Nexcom

What does he need the red cylinder for? To blow air into the blades.

Dmitriy
Somehow I didn't see the red balloon point-blank.
Two red-and-black bench seats, yes. It's a two-seater. That's why I wrote that the fellow traveler's brother didn't take the future passenger.
I don't see the balloon.

[snow mountain]

You've made it, yellow-eyed one! ©

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Kull90

Since February 2022, around 50 Ukrainians have drowned while attempting to illegally cross the Tisza River to avoid conscription.

But they have Europe and democracy. They drowned because they weren't selective. They just had to swim, probably with their belongings, in the strong current. Not everyone there is a Salnikov.
I read about swimmers in women's suits and surfing suits. Now, it seems, pilots have appeared.
I haven't read about divers, snorkelers, or divers in deep-sea suits. Well, just walk along the river bottom and you're free! And again, the border guards won't even notice. The main thing is to take it off quickly and get as far away from the border as possible.

[Viktor Sergeev]

I respect him for showing thoughtfulness and preparation. It's strange they don't use hang gliders; radar is practically undetectable, shooting them down is next to impossible, but flying 50 kilometers is perfectly possible.

[solar]

If the drones can see it, they'll see the hang glider too. The guy took a huge risk.

[Grossvater]

Quote: Ture-Dog

In fact, humans do not have instincts; only animals have instincts.
But humans, the creatures from 404, really do have them. 😻

Wow! This discovery is worthy of a Nobel Prize. When you receive it, don't forget to buy some!

[Mobik]

It seems to me that the next generations of Ukrainians will have a well-developed instinct for self-preservation and running skills, Darwin triumphs.

[K-50]

A Ukrainian man flew a motorized hang glider to Romania to escape the TCC.

As it was in the movie: if you want to live, you'll stretch yourself even further.