Some of the Coolest Aviation Facts!

Real World Aviation
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Hello Community!
I have come across some of the weirdest but coolest aviation facts! You can use this forum post to post your aviation facts!

  • In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by removing 1 olive from each salad served in first class.

  • Lufthansa is the world’s largest purchaser of caviar, buying over 10 tons per year.

  • The Boeing 747 wing-span (195 feet) is longer than the Wright Brothers first flight of 120ft.

  • Air New Zealand’s Skycouch is formed by 3 footrest like cushions to create a couch that could fit 2 people!

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Post your facts below!

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#2

I already knew a few of them but the rest were still cool to know!

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#3

Nice facts, but can you please put this in the real world aviation catagory?

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  • The Boeing 747 is made up of 6 million parts
  • KLM is the world’s oldest airline, formed in 1919
  • ‘Mayday’ comes from the French word m’aidez, which means help me
  • Singapore Airlines spends $16 million on wine, and is the worlds second largest buyer of Dom Perignon
  • Ryanair carries more international passengers than any other airline

Some of these I didn’t believe at first, especially the Ryanair one

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#5

Maybe cause the ryanair one is true, the airline was made for the purpose of tourism in europe, 20$ tickets and you hop on a cheap nasty old 737 and go from brussels to prauge or brussels to stanstad, you will never see ryanair operating in another continent.

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#6

Singapore Airlines said that SQ21/22 requires approx 222,000 liters of fuel on each flight, 10 times the weight of the passengers

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Boeing was started when William E. Boeing was inspired after his friends took him barnstorming?

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#8

American retired 20 of their “Super 80s” last year. They used to have 370 in their fleet! Now they have less than 100, and are set to retire soon.

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#10

The A380 is a flying whale.

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#11

Erich Hartman got 352 air kills in the second world war, making him the top scoring ace of all time

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#12

This could be a good original topic, let me post some found on the interwebs:
-Airlines overbook their fights to ensure that they’re full
-Water boils at 90* F on a flight
-many airlines actually don’t have a 13th row
-contrails can help predict the weather
source: http://blog.us.aviationjobsearch.com/15-unusual-facts-about-flying-many-dont-know

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#13

Prior to the banning of smoking onboard aircraft the air inside the cabin was actually much cleaner do to the entire cabin air being replaced in a much shorter period.
Whereas now, the need to remove of smoke filled air is gone the cabin air has a higher concentration of bacteria and disease.

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#14

An airplane takes off or lands every 37 seconds at Chicago O’Hares International Airport. That’s almost 100 planes per hour.

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#16

Most planes don’t work in space.
¯_(ツ)_/¯

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#17

Qantas A380 to Dallas isn’t the longest by distance. Air India 777 to SFO from DEL is the longest!

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#18

The two longest flights are operated by 777-200LRs belonging to asian carriers
Great circle:
Qatar Airways Auckland-Doha

Actual distance flown:
Air India DEL-SFO over the pacific

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#19

The Dallas flight is longer by Great circle but Air India’s is the longest in term of actual distance flown.

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#20

I believe the Ai one is a dreamliner as well…

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#21

Most airports in the United States never make it to the top 10 nor the top 20 of the SKYTRAX Awards!

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#22

The Airbus A318 has been unanimously voted as the worlds ugliest aircraft for 9 years straight

Garuda Indonesia has a runway overrun somewhere in the world every 4.5 minutes

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