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Seeing it take off is really something. I used to work on the grounds of an international airport, and one of these flew in one day to pick up a crane or someth
by strictnein 6y ago
Seeing it take off is really something. I used to work on the grounds of an international airport, and one of these flew in one day to pick up a crane or something.
It dwarfed the other planes, 747s included. And seeing it slowly rumbled down the runway gave you the impression that there was simply no way it would have enough speed by the time it reached the end, but somehow it lifted off and flew.
- dylan604 6y agoIt is weird how the size of a plane screws with how our brains interpret the speed.
- AceyMan 6y agoI've always explained this to myself by saying the apparent speed correlates to body lengths per unit of time. Hence jumbo jets look like they are creeping along, but a bumblebee or hummingbird looks like it's got afterburners.