Leo Gillick
It’s a little rude to leave a driver all alone while everyone else sleeps, especially if it’s a plane. So, a pilot decided to wake his friends up in the worst possible way during a flight to teach them a lesson for falling asleep.
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While flying a small four-seater aircraft, pilot John Nelson decided to give his friends a surprise. For whatever reason, the flight had bored them all to sleep. In the back of the plane, two young women can be seen dozing. In the passenger seat, another is doing the same.
So, to teach them a lesson about falling asleep as passengers, the pilot puts the plane into a free fall. By dropping the height of the plane at a certain speed, the inside of the cabin essentially becomes free of gravity. As he films his sleepy friends, they can be seen lifting out of their seats.
Their reaction is certainly a lot calmer than mine would be in the situation. As they lift from their seats, and their hair and headsets float around, they wake, but only let out a little squeal. They either knew what was coming or they trusted their pilot.
I think I would have been reaching for a parachute and the emergency exit.
Weightless Wake Up
The last thing anyone expects to feel while asleep is the feeling of weightlessness that this pilot was able to recreate. Clearly, he was comfortable enough with the aircraft to be able to throw it around. And, his passengers were confident in his abilities enough not to scream blue murder when he woke them weightlessly.
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— John Nelson (@itspilotjohn) August 25, 2025
Decided to wake my friends up 😂
Every so often, the body will wake us up with the feeling of falling. The Christopher Nolan film Inception had the idea as a core concept. The body will often make us feel like we’re falling to induce a burst of adrenaline.
But the idea of waking up, not only thousands of feet up, but also to be actually falling, would be terrifying. The pilot was having a great time, though, waking up his passengers from being deep asleep. I think I’ll stick with coffee, thank you very much.
