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BY
THE NUMBERS
3 The age of Ham (left),
who, as part of NASA’s Mercury program,
was the first primate to rocket into space, on Jan. 31, 1961.
85 The number of years
the world’s oldest continuously operating
airline, Danish Airlines, has been in existence.
120 The number of miles
of wiring in a Boeing C-17
Globemaster III (193 kilometers).
102,800 The number
in feet of the highest bailout
record (3,084,000 centimeters); attained by
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joseph Kittinger, who bailed out of a balloon
as
part of a physiological experiment Aug. 27, 1960.
169,000 The number
in pounds of the maximum
payload capacity of the Boeing C-17
Globemaster III (76,050 kilograms). |
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FUN FACTS
Painting a C-17 in its U.S. military gray uniform requires 170
gallons of paint in two coats totaling .003 inches thick and
weighing 500 pounds when dry. |
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