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I Fly 747s for a Living. Here Are the Amazing Things I See Every Day.

Posted May 2nd, 2016 at 10:14 am (UTC-5)
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A few years ago I came across a fascinating statistic…that the portion of the earth’s surface on which an unclothed human could survive for 24 hours is around 15 percent. I don’t know how accurate that number is, but from the cockpit of a 747 it sounds (and certainly looks) about right.