Airplane
- First powered flight was in 1903 by the Wright brothers
- Design and safety testing can take up to 12 years per plane
- Heaviest ever aircraft weighed more than 640 tons
- Approximately 10 million flights per year in the United States alone
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Airplane
- First powered flight was in 1903 by the Wright brothers
- Design and safety testing can take up to 12 years per plane
- Heaviest ever aircraft weighed more than 640 tons
- Approximately 10 million flights per year in the United States alone
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