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Re:Nomad Million Container Challenge by rsync on Thursday March 17, 2016 @05:31PM (#11307778)
"I fly a lot, and I've always been in awe of airplane wings. Did you know a Boeing's wings can bend enough to nearly touch each other at the top before they snap? I fly over 100 times per year (for 6 years now)."

I thought this was amazing, so I looked it up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rak2HldVp9M

It is indeed impressive, but by no means nearly touching each other.

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Re:Nomad Million Container Challenge by recuter on Thursday March 17, 2016 @06:03PM (#11307997)
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. ;) His metaphor was evocative and the point came across well.
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Re:Nomad Million Container Challenge by hedgehog on Friday March 18, 2016 @12:45AM (#11309962)
He's referring to the 787, different wings. Edit: There was a debate at Boeing about whether the 787 wings were flexible enough to actually touch. I don't think anyone ever actually tried though.
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