The total electrical capacity of a 747-8 can power up to 480,000 32 inch flat screen TVs. #Aircraft #Aviation

You are about 7 percent of the distance to space during flights. #Aircraft #Aviation

Curiously, many aircraft cabins worldwide lack a Row 13. This superstition-driven omission is rooted in the belief that passengers would be uneasy sitting in that row, a quirky tradition in aviation. #Aircraft #Aviation

A child born in US airspace is a US citizen by birth. #Aircraft #Aviation

A test pilot for the SR-71 Blackbird had the aircraft disintegrate around him while flying at nearly 80,000 feet, while going Mach 3.1 (2,300mph), and lived. #Aircraft #Aviation

Between 33% and 40% of all people experience some form of anxiety when it comes to flying. #Aircraft #Aviation

The Concorde supersonic airliner burned two tons of fuel just taxiing from the gate to the runway. #Aircraft #Aviation

Air Transat Flight 236 lost both engines over the Atlantic, and set a glide record for a commercial airliner of 120km as the pilot successfully made an emergency landing at Lajes Air Base in the Azores. #Aircraft #Aviation

Today I learned about Mathias Rust, a teenager who in 1987 flew a small plane through the supposedly impenetrable air defence system of the Soviet Union and landed in Red Square. #Aircraft #Aviation

The crash of Pacific Airlines Flight 773 is the worst mass murder in modern California history after a gunman shot the pilots and then himself causing the plane to crash and killing all 44 aboard. #Aircraft #Aviation

Today I learned about 'The Miracle' Olympic Airways Flight 411, when the aircraft lost an engine and critical engine power, but the pilot was able to successfully land it. All following Boeing simulations show that the plane should have crashed. #Aircraft #Aviation

Aeroflot Flight 821 crashed because the captain was drunk. All 88 people died. Additionally, the pilots joined the airline through forged papers. #Aircraft #Aviation

There are 20,061 airports in the United States. #Aircraft #Aviation

The Soviet SU-34 was the first strike fighter with a toilet in it. #Aircraft #Aviation

The Boeing 747 that made the first commercial passenger flight was also the first 747 to be hijacked, and was destroyed in the 1977 Tenerife airport disaster which is the deadliest aviation accident in history. #Aircraft #Aviation

The last B-52's are projected to continue service until some time in the 2050's, meaning the plane will have been in service for almost 100 years. #Aircraft #Aviation

The Boeing 747 has a mounting point under its left wing to carry a 5th engine for transportation. #Aircraft #Aviation

The crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 on August 12, 1985, is the single biggest aircraft disaster with the highest number of fatalities: 520 people died on board a Boeing 747. #Aircraft #Aviation

In 1987 American Airlines saved US $40,000 a year by removing one olive from each salad in first class. #Aircraft #Aviation

Boeing in the 1970s fired 60,000 employees following the failure of their Concorde knock-off the 2707. So many people left the city there was a billboard that read 'Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights.” #Aircraft #Aviation