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The 747-8 is able to travel the length of three FIFA football fields in one second.

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In WW2, only 1% of pilots accounted for 30-40% of enemy fighters shot down in the air. http://t.co/KPUjHmdChe

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According to the Air Transport Association, the median age of airline pilots in the USA is about 38.7 and the average age is 41.2.

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VIDEO: Boeing 707 Barrel Roll by Test Pilot Tex Johnson http://t.co/QKQlWFft via @AirlineReporter

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Aviation Experts Debunk Iran’s Stealth Fighter Jet Claims | Trending Now - Yahoo! News http://t.co/Lcj6CPoE

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Aviation Week Flight-Tests the Boeing 787 | Autopia | http://t.co/zhXvEjD2 http://t.co/uF58JrDb

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Airlines Face Acute Shortage of Pilots - http://t.co/4NGIQ2BS http://t.co/eitoHjbW

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Elbit Systems awarded contract to upgrade Apache helicopter http://t.co/CFgNFcox via @examinercom

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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.

-George B Shaw.

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The frequent fliers who flew too much - Los Angeles Times http://t.co/YbTWgDRS

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Mayday is derived from the French word m’aidez, which means help me.

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The average age of commercial aircraft is 19 years.

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The first time an F-16A took off was in December 1976; the first aircraft was delivered to the US Air Force in January 1979.

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Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution.

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The Boeing 747 burns approximately 1 gallon of fuel every second. Over the course of a 10-hour flight, it may burn up to 36,000 gallons.

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

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In the 568 U.S plane crashes between 1980 to 2000, more than 90% of the crash victims survived.

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The B-2 is the world's most expensive aircraft with a individual sum of $2.4 billion US dollars.

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The Ohka is a rocket powered human-guided kamikaze attack plane employed by Japan towards the end of World War II. http://t.co/ipIiHs8I

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The X-15A-2 can fly Mach 6 (six times the speed of sound) or about 4,500 mph (7,000 km/hr).