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Fri May-14-04 09:25 AM
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| 58. if you think a 747 is huge..... |
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then check out the Airbus A380, which will begin service sometime in 2006: http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=29  |
| -Someone explain to me why planes fly? |
dolo amber |
May-13-04 08:40 PM |
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Magic, or maybe Jeebus? |
jburton |
May-13-04 08:42 PM |
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actually. its pixies |
7th_Sephiroth |
May-13-04 08:42 PM |
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There are only four Pixies, silly. |
Whitacre D_WI |
May-13-04 08:44 PM |
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Not only that... |
dolo amber |
May-13-04 08:53 PM |
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Silly. |
Whitacre D_WI |
May-13-04 08:53 PM |
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I believe |
Terry_M |
May-13-04 08:43 PM |
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gravity suckers |
havocmom |
May-13-04 08:43 PM |
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It is all about lift baby... |
xultar |
May-13-04 08:43 PM |
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They don't swim very well. |
Wonk |
May-13-04 08:44 PM |
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Part of it is the Bernoulli effect. |
Spider Jerusalem |
May-13-04 08:44 PM |
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That's why a curveball curves. |
Whitacre D_WI |
May-13-04 08:45 PM |
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That's right |
JVS |
May-13-04 08:46 PM |
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Then how does a plane fly upside down... |
Endangered Specie |
May-13-04 08:55 PM |
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Flaps. |
Whitacre D_WI |
May-13-04 08:57 PM |
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Actually, no. It all depends on the chord angle... |
MercutioATC |
May-13-04 08:58 PM |
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A Jet fighter has symmetrical wings, so |
fiziwig |
May-13-04 09:00 PM |
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Please do try to explain it then |
Endangered Specie |
May-13-04 10:26 PM |
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Precisely the same reason that a sailboat... |
TreasonousBastard |
May-14-04 04:59 AM |
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It's lift under the wing in relation to negative lift over the wing... |
MercutioATC |
May-13-04 09:00 PM |
#28 |
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Come no... |
Squeegee |
May-14-04 12:33 AM |
#51 |
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Magic. Look at that thing. |
MnFats |
May-13-04 08:44 PM |
#8 |
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Clearly, you are |
dolo amber |
May-13-04 08:47 PM |
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why thank you. best moment of my day. |
MnFats |
May-13-04 09:10 PM |
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if you think a 747 is huge..... |
Servo300 |
May-14-04 09:25 AM |
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LE MONSTER!!! |
JCCyC |
May-14-04 09:44 AM |
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Seriously... |
fiziwig |
May-13-04 08:45 PM |
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Kinda Like The "Flying Nun" |
Don_G |
May-13-04 08:49 PM |
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The plane has to fall to the ground but be distracted at the last moment |
Rabrrrrrr |
May-13-04 08:52 PM |
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Holy crap |
dolo amber |
May-13-04 08:54 PM |
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Glad I could help! |
Rabrrrrrr |
May-13-04 08:59 PM |
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because they can't swim! |
Snoggera |
May-13-04 08:53 PM |
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How Stuff Works.Com ... Here You Go. (I Love This Site!) |
arwalden |
May-13-04 08:55 PM |
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Thanks for that |
dolo amber |
May-13-04 08:58 PM |
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It only happens when the plane is in that place between dream and awake. |
Whitacre D_WI |
May-13-04 08:56 PM |
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The easy explanation |
Birthmark |
May-13-04 08:57 PM |
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No, that's how satellites stay in orbit. |
Ready4Change |
May-13-04 09:40 PM |
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Fear - if they don't, John Ashcroft will sing to them. n/t |
rooboy |
May-13-04 09:03 PM |
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Sick your hand out of the car window at 60 MPH |
fiziwig |
May-13-04 09:04 PM |
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Planes fly my dear, because |
mad_russian |
May-13-04 09:09 PM |
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Excellent song!! |
dolo amber |
May-13-04 09:22 PM |
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nope, I'm saying... |
mad_russian |
May-13-04 09:29 PM |
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I wish you'd read this one: "nope, I'm saying"... |
mad_russian |
May-13-04 10:38 PM |
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This explains everything |
JPJones |
May-13-04 09:15 PM |
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there's an Fx, an Fy and an Fz in that thing....tell me |
mad_russian |
May-13-04 09:19 PM |
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## Support Democratic Underground! ## |
DU GrovelBot |
May-13-04 09:29 PM |
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Humans can fly too |
qwertyMike |
May-13-04 09:34 PM |
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DOLO! come over, say hi to me... |
mad_russian |
May-13-04 09:39 PM |
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Bernolli |
ladjf |
May-13-04 09:48 PM |
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One Minor Quibble - Airplanes are not steel. |
TheRedMan |
May-13-04 10:06 PM |
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I did not know that! |
dolo amber |
May-13-04 10:09 PM |
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Now, your basic cast iron plane, that's a miracle of flight |
Rabrrrrrr |
May-13-04 10:41 PM |
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Yep |
Nihil |
May-14-04 09:19 AM |
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Bernoulli's not an intuitive answer. |
Ready4Change |
May-13-04 10:41 PM |
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If you want to be scared, read this one: |
Rabrrrrrr |
May-13-04 10:43 PM |
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Well...weight, rather than mass. |
trof |
May-14-04 10:04 AM |
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because |
Kennethken |
May-13-04 11:24 PM |
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The takeoff and landing are ok by me. |
bushwentawol |
May-14-04 01:14 AM |
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take-off, landing, turbulence, none of them bother me |
truthspeaker |
May-14-04 09:18 AM |
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They fly... |
TreasonousBastard |
May-14-04 05:04 AM |
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Cool! |
Nihil |
May-14-04 09:13 AM |
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Easier to explain Helicopters... |
BiggJawn |
May-14-04 09:38 AM |
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so people can get from one place to another |
leftofthedial |
May-14-04 10:21 AM |
#62 |
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