stackyFACTSRock and roll excess knows absolutely no bounds. Elvis Presley bought a Convair 880, named it 'Lisa Marie', and completely gutted it. He installed plush velvet couches, a queen-sized bed, and an obnoxious 24-karat gold-flecked sink, ensuring he could wash his hands like a monarch at 30,000 feet.
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
Transport →STACKY FOR IPHONEKeep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.
When you are dropping twenty million dollars on a flying tube, generic polyester seats simply will not suffice. The cabins of elite private aircraft are…
Discover more
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…
Discover more
Landing a giant balloon safely required a small militia. The pilot would throw a rope down and pray that a dozen confused, angry farmers were willing to…
Discover more
Why bother with complex aerodynamics when you can just make the air inside a bag incredibly hot? The heat forces the air molecules apart, making the inside…
Discover more
Commercial Boeing 747 aircraft consume roughly one gallon of jet fuel every single second during a standard cruising altitude flight. Over the course of a…
Discover more
Imagine a vacuum cleaner capable of sucking up a small house instantly. Modern turbofans pull in literal tons of atmospheric air per second, compressing it…
Discover more