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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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[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It's mostly thanks to the Wright brothers too, damn, that's impressive beyond words.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Okay, now let's discuss flat earthers and the price for a moon ticket. We don't need to include the space suite.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 days ago

Uh huh. Did you start to believe the earth is round while you were up there too?

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