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"I fly a lot, and I've always been in awe of airplane wings. Did you know a Boeing's wings can bend enough to nearly touch each other at the top before they sna
by rsync 11y ago
"I fly a lot, and I've always been in awe of airplane wings. Did you know a Boeing's wings can bend enough to nearly touch each other at the top before they snap? I fly over 100 times per year (for 6 years now)."
I thought this was amazing, so I looked it up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rak2HldVp9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rak2HldVp9M
It is indeed impressive, but by no means nearly touching each other.
- recuter 11y agoNever let the truth get in the way of a good story. ;) His metaphor was evocative and the point came across well.
- hedgehog 11y agoHe's referring to the 787, different wings. Edit: There was a debate at Boeing about whether the 787 wings were flexible enough to actually touch. I don't think anyone ever actually tried though.