Run that by me again?
Taking off from Frankfurt yesterday, the pilot mentioned our takeoff weight was 220 tons.
Wait, what? How much? Just to put that in context, here are some other things that weigh 220 tons:
1) Eight fully-loaded B-17 bombers
2) A Freemantle class patrol boat
3) A WW2 German type XXIII U-boat, but you know, like - flying
posted by The Other Front at 11:35 AM
2 Comments:
Upon further review, I think he was only talking about passengers and fuel. For TOTAL weight (i.e., inluding the air-plane), double the numbers above.
One other reference point: a Boeing 787 weighs about 200 tons.
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