Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 02, 2024

Woodstock bailed real quick.

For a moment I thought it said “ACME Helicopter Pad.”“In the unlikely event we should have to make a water landing…”

Woodstock uses a parachute… but he can fly.

ABANDON BEAGLE!!!

Ever notice when the realization dawns on the character what about is to happen, it happens?

Ejection seat malfunction

in WW1 pilots were not given parachutes because governments were afraid they would bail out of expensive aircraft. ironically guys in observation balloons WERE given parachutes.

Oh, no, not Heli-Snoopy again. If it was just in his fantasy, OK, but reality. No go.

I don’t think parachuting out of a disabled helicopter is a thing, given the whirling blades of death. I guess some special forces could jump out of a flying one in a halo operation.On the other hand, beagle ears are pretty soft.

In World War I, balloon observers were given parachutes; pilots were not. Aircraft were expensive and the military leadership wanted to give the pilots incentive to bring the planes back.

Also, parachutes weighted too much. Every ounce counted.

A good captain goes down with his helicopter.

But isn’t Snoopy technically the pilot?

A Wyle E. Coyote moment.

Bet many Pitts enthusiasts had wish they’d stayed loyal

Oh come on, Snoopy; like you haven’t bailed out of your Sopwith Camel that quickly.

I think Snoopy makes a great helicopter!

Don’t you know, you’re supposed to go down with your beagle.

Not a helicopter…he’s a whirlybeagle! (I think whirlybeagle became the standard term later on.)

I don’t think Woodstock completed the last course in flight school: Landing.

You go down with the ship.

Why would Woodstock jump out of a perfectly good beaglecraft?

On the bright side, Chuck won’t have to give Snoopy that bath

I like the last panel with Woodstock calmly standing there regarding his crashed helicopter.

My “wait, what?” moment: I don’t think you can bail out of a helicopter in the first place, and then, Woodstock is a bird that can fly anyway…

No auto-rotation?

Could’ve been worse. Like crash landing in WW2’s territory.

I’ve heard they don’t put parachutes on choppers because they fly at altitudes too low to bail.

Ear cramp. At least Snoopy was over water when it happened.

Poor Snoopy hope you did not get a concussion.Wood stock is a bad pilot

We locally lost a parachute plane. The first one out’s parachute snagged the rudder and broke the tail. Everybody, including the pilot had a parachute jumped and landed successfully except for the plane.

stupid, stupid, stupid.

Wile E.Coyote imitation