Flying on other planets

mumbles
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Flying on other planets Feb 19, 2013 21:54:33 GMT 12

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Post by mumbles on Feb 19, 2013 21:54:33 GMT 12

Entertaining discussion by one of my favourite web-authors on the likely outcomes of trying to fly a C172 on places that aren't Earth, e.g. Venus: "Your plane would fly pretty well, except it would be on fire the whole time, and then it would stop flying, and then stop being a plane".

what-if.xkcd.com/30/

I fully recommend the companion XKCD web-comic as well.

chinapilot Group Captain Posts: 873	Flying on other planets Feb 20, 2013 16:12:56 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chinapilot on Feb 20, 2013 16:12:56 GMT 12 Hey - that's neat Great website too - thanks!

ngatimozart Group Captain Posts: 2,662	Flying on other planets Feb 20, 2013 20:06:25 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ngatimozart on Feb 20, 2013 20:06:25 GMT 12 Cool. Neat site.
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