stackyFACTSThe Queen of the Skies does not do anything small.
The Queen of the Skies does not do anything small. The total wing area of a standard Boeing 747 is roughly 5,600 square feet, which is significantly larger than an average basketball court. The wings have to be this obscenely huge not just to generate enough lift to carry 400 people and their luggage, but also because they physically house the 63,000 gallons of jet fuel required to stop the plane from plummeting out of the sky mid-flight.
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