# Airplane fans, check this out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068 "2014-12-23T23:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/21 "2014-12-24T17:39:18Z")
Whew, I sure picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/22 "2014-12-24T17:45:10Z")
Impressive, but what about wake turbulence? Don’t airplanes have to maintain a long distance from 747s after the 747s take off, for instance, because of wake turbulence? And here you have five airliners in close proximity. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/23 "2014-12-24T17:51:24Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only, there is no stopping in the red zone. Oh, don’t start your white zone shit again. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/24 "2014-12-24T17:55:13Z")
Oh, it’s a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/25 "2014-12-24T18:25:30Z")
First the Earth cooled, and then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat and turned into oil… ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/26 "2014-12-24T19:02:25Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Back in the day we would say. > > “Lockheed for design, > Douglas for engineering and > Boeing for damn fine airplanes.” > > “When the going gets tough, don’t be in an Airbus.” So say we all Declan ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/27 "2014-12-24T19:16:54Z")
Airbus = Scarebus ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/28 "2014-12-24T20:05:14Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Back in the day we would say. I’m not sure which day you used to say that, but… > [@](#): > > Lockheed for design I’m guessing it was the era of the Constellation. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/29 "2014-12-24T20:14:31Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > “When the going gets tough, don’t be in an Airbus.” …and give it all they got and win just one for the Zipper. ---
**Author:** ![andrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@andrewm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewm)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/30 "2014-12-24T20:32:25Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > PR flights like this always seem like a cool idea until they go wrong; and they have gone wrong. For example, AF 296: [Air France Flight 296Q - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_296) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/31 "2014-12-24T21:23:41Z")
The fog is getting thicker! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/32 "2014-12-24T22:08:11Z")
And Leon’s getting laaaarger! ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/33 "2014-12-24T22:19:05Z")
\ [pause] Just kidding \ \ ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/34 "2014-12-24T22:57:00Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Yeah, Like Tex did with the 707… Y’know what? I’d bet that the newer-generation Boings and Buses come out programmed to not let you even **try**. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/35 "2014-12-24T23:20:28Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Surely, You can’t be serious! I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/36 "2014-12-24T23:31:17Z")
These formation flights for PR purposes can go South rather unexpectedly. [B-70 PR formation flight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCORwUxlNQo) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/37 "2014-12-25T00:05:08Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > These formation flights for PR purposes can go South rather unexpectedly. Shanna, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/38 "2014-12-25T00:15:29Z")
Captain, how soon can you land this plane? ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/39 "2014-12-25T00:18:35Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > First the Earth cooled, and then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat and turned into oil… And then the Arabs came, and they bought Mercedes Benzes! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068/40 "2014-12-25T00:26:49Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > Captain, how soon can you land this plane? I can’t tell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-fans-check-this-out/708068.md?page=3)