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Airbus was first created in 1970

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Cool Aviation Facts:

The wingspan of the 747 is longer than the distance of the Wright Brothers’ first flight (more than 120 feet)

Where To Sit in An Aircraft

The smoothest place to sit in an airplane is often near the wing. The bumpiest place to sit is the back of the plane.

 

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Virgin Atlantic says catering is its third biggest cost after fuel and engineering-maintenance.

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Cathay Pacific aircraft are equipped with toasters, cappuccino makers, rice cookers and skillets.

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Even if you strapped on giant wings, you could never fly because the human heart can’t pump blood quick enough to satisfy the enormous strain of flapping. When flying, a sparrow’s heart pumps more than 450 times each minute!

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Each engine on a Boeing 747 weighs almost 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg), costs about $8 million, and burns about 12 gallons of fuel per minute when cruising. Altogether the four engines account for about five per cent of the total weight of a full 747 upon takeoff.

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A KLM 747-400 flight from Amsterdam to Australia carries an average of just over 1,000 kilogram mes of food, and some 1,324 liters of beverages.

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American Airlines saved $40,000 a year by taking out ONE olive from each salad they served.

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An average 747 has around 150-175 miles of wiring in it.

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The windows in an airport control tower must be tilted out at exactly fifteen degrees from the vertical to minimize reflections from both inside and outside the control tower.

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Although aviation history and development can be credited to way before the Wright brothers, they are given credit for inventing and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight. This historical event happened on December 17, 1903.

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On a three hour flight the human body can lose up to 1.5 quarts of water.

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One wind shield or window frame of the Boeing 747-400's cockpit, cost as much as a BMW.

MAYDAY , MAYDAY , MAYDAY

• Did you know the ‘MAYDAY’ is derived from the French word m’aidez, which means help me.

Is age nothing but a number?

The average age of commercial aircraft is reportedly 19 years .

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Most expensive ticket 

The world’s most expensive plane ticket cost Sydney millionaire Julian Hayward, an amazing $123 000 (about R1.23 million at R10/$), after being the first person to buy a seat on the A380 maiden flight between Singapore and Sydney in 2007.