TIL American WW2 airplanes were sent to war unpainted starting in 1943. The polished surface made the planes faster and lighter, giving more range to all planes and more cargo hold for the bombers defensemedianetwork.com Submitted by PatmygroinB t3_10lcq1k on January 25, 2023 at 11:09 PM in todayilearned 134 comments 1,661
IncaThink t1_j5y4inx wrote on January 26, 2023 at 10:58 AM Reply to comment by mlw72z in TIL American WW2 airplanes were sent to war unpainted starting in 1943. The polished surface made the planes faster and lighter, giving more range to all planes and more cargo hold for the bombers by PatmygroinB It's a real problem when a 747 crashes in Amsterdam, and they don't bother to warn anyone of this little fact. Permalink Parent 28 Jaggedmallard26 t1_j5y91pn wrote on January 26, 2023 at 11:53 AM I thought it was just a shitpost going for an absurdly heavy element as a joke, I'm surprised that they actually did. Permalink Parent 12
Jaggedmallard26 t1_j5y91pn wrote on January 26, 2023 at 11:53 AM I thought it was just a shitpost going for an absurdly heavy element as a joke, I'm surprised that they actually did. Permalink Parent 12
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