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It's crazy that a 60 ton metal airplane can just fly (lemmy.world)
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I flew for the first time on a plane last week and I've seen planes take off at the airport. It looks crazy. But being on one is totally different like holy shit. The thing just FLIES. It just.... Soars... Through the sky! Like whoa man. Wtf... It's crazy. With how much these things weigh, it's insane to me the thing can just go up and bam, there we are, we're flying now. Like wow... Dude crazy.

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[-] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Wait until you find out how far off you are at 60 ton....

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

737-Max10 has a max take off weight of 101 tons....damn

[-] 47Toast@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

640 tons for the An-225

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