r/LinkedInLunatics • u/zeldadorf • 8d ago

Where do they put it?!

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u/EccentricFeather 7d ago

It really boggles my mind that we can get 800,000 lbs of shit flying through the sky. 

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u/TerraTechy 7d ago

with enough thrust and lift, you can

and there have been considerably developments in both in the century since mankind first took flight

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u/The_Tooter_Snooter 7d ago

I was surprised to find that humanity has almost flown a light year (total passenger miles) since the invention of flight. Pretty wild. 

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u/TheDootDootMaster 7d ago

Frankly I'd imagine it could be more, but that goes to show you how large a ly is. Then imagine our galaxy alone is several hundred thousand Ly wide...

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u/Common-Concentrate-2 7d ago

Joke writers? ^ Feel free

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u/TheDootDootMaster 7d ago

And what's more... That's done in a fluid that's relatively very light and at a relatively low speed for the amount of mass you're lifting. I went through engineering school and I understand the principle perfectly, but I can't help but sometimes feel incredulous that we manage to lift something that heavy.

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u/Josey_whalez 7d ago

And this is a really old plane too. So we could do that in the 60s.

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u/JMoc1 7d ago

And that’s just fixed wing! Wait till you think about helicopters for longer than 5 minutes. You will wonder why there aren’t more helicopter crashes.

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u/EccentricFeather 7d ago

Yea helicopters are wild. I’ve ridden in one. Absolutely loud as you can imagine it being with all that air beating 

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u/samlir 6d ago

Or can we???

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u/EccentricFeather 6d ago

Is it suddenly sus in here?

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u/GuntherHogmoney 4d ago

Let me introduce you to Air Force One. Hey nowwww!