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9) An aeroplane takes off or lands every 37 seconds at
Chicago O’Hare’s International Airport. That’s almost 100
planes per hour.
10) Aircraft life spans aren’t determined by years. Instead,
they’re determined by the number of pressurizations the
plane undergoes. Every time a plane is pressurized during
flight, it causes stress on its fuselage. Over time, this stress
causes irreparable metal fatigue and cracks. An
approximate rule of thumb is 75,000 pressurizations per
aircraft. In human terms, this works out to about 20-25
years for most planes.
Useless Aviation Facts

1) You have a 96% chance of surviving a plane crash. The 11) Singapore Airlines spends about $700 million on food
every year and $16 million on wine alone. First class
odds improve significantly if you’re nice to your cabin passengers consume 20,000 bottles of alcohol every
crew.
month and Singapore Airlines is the second biggest buyer
2) According to one estimate, you can lose about two cups of Dom Perignon champagne in the world.
of water from your body for every hour you spend flying. 12) According to Maxim magazine, the vibrations of an
While estimates of water loss during flight vary, it’s well-
airplane and the lower oxygen levels can heighten sexual
known that flying causes dehydration in passengers, which
arousal and lead to more intense orgasms. Those who
can lead to deep-vein thrombosis on long-haul flights. choose to engage in sex on an aeroplane are said to have
Drink water before, during and after a long flight.
joined the “Mile-High Club”. A wank is classed as the “Half
3) A Boeing 747 is made up of six million parts. The Queen Mile-High Club”. Unless you are on a private jet or in a
of the Skies is the most well known wide-bodied private suite in first class, we do not advise you attempting
commercial airliner in the world. This aeroplane is famed to join said club – there are other people on board and
because it was the first huge body aircraft ever produced. that crappy blanket does not hide your modesty.
These six million parts are all controlled by a few pilots
sitting up front with switches and buttons under their
fingertips.

4) Stewardess is the longest word in the English language
typed with just the left hand.

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

6) Air travel is the second safest form or transportation.
Only the elevator/escalator is safer, although it would take
quite some time to travel 1,000 miles on an escalator.
7) More than 80% of the population suffer from some
form of ‘aerophobia’ or fear of flying.
8) The world’s most expensive plane ticket cost Sydney
millionaire Julian Hayward, an amazing $123,000, after
13) The Boeing 747 burns approximately one gallon of fuel
being the first person to buy a seat on the maiden flight every second. Over the course of a ten-hour flight, it may
between Singapore and Sydney in 2007.
burn up to 36,000 gallons.