Your airplane wing is a giant fuel tank

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Those massive metal wings are not completely solid. They are largely hollow and act as gigantic storage tanks holding thousands of gallons of explosive liquid. You are essentially looking out the window at a high-speed flying gas station masquerading as an aerodynamic lifting surface.

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Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that lasted a mere twenty-three minutes.

American Airlines successfully saved forty thousand dollars in a single year during the late nineteen eighties simply by removing one single olive from every first-class side salad.

What terrifying thing usually happens to a commercial passenger jet when it gets struck directly by lightning mid-flight?

Passenger airships utilized lightweight aluminum frames

Cardboard boxes dominate residential relocation

Once, passengers could smoke onboard, and pilots navigated with stars like sailors.

A bigger world.
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