Full fuel tanks for the winter
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:15:05 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:
wrote:
So, if you fill a balloon with water, it will fly? Amazing! Does NASA
know about this?
No, but all pilots know that, when humidity, the amount of water in the air
(had to add that in view of the ignorance being displayed here), increases,
the air gets less dense. The plane can carry less weight and takeoffs will
be longer. Less dense is, uh, lighter.
Whoosh!
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