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What ‘The Rehearsal’ got right — and wrong — about flying a Boeing 737
With a week to digest “The Rehearsal” finale, here’s what pilots and data say happens at 30,000 feet compared with the show.
Explaining The Rehearsal's season 2, a show that defies explanation
Nathan Fielder created a sensation with the second season of The Rehearsal and its theories on air travel. Let's unpack what ...
Nathan Fielder Shades Sully’s Miracle on the Hudson: “I Did Put Down My Plane Safely on Land”
On Jan. 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 suffered dual bird strikes shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, losing all engine power. Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger glided the plane ...
‘The Rehearsal’ Argues That Cringe Comedy Can Save Lives
Times critics discuss the second season of Nathan Fielder’s docu-comic series, which proposed a link between plane crashes ...
How Was ‘The Rehearsal’ Allowed to Fly That Plane?
How was “The Rehearsal” cleared for takeoff? The name of the game for any kind of stunt is risk management, something that ...
Nathan Fielder pilots full Boeing 737 plane after exploiting licensing loophole and dodging autism diagnosis
Comedian Nathan Fielder pilots a Boeing 737 airplane full of actors as real passengers after exploiting a licensing loophole ...
HBO’s ‘The Rehearsal’ concludes with the ultimate simulation
This article contains spoilers for Season 2 of “The Rehearsal.” Nathan Fielder did not solve a power imbalance in the ...