• Atomic@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Seing one operating in person and seing one on display are two very different things.

    But military airshows are not just for ordinary people to be amazed. It’s an opportunity for the manufacturer to market their airplanes.

    And while it does burn a lot of fuel. It’s nothing compared to all the private jets flying around the world.

    I’m pretty sure Taylor Swifts jet burns more fuel in a year than all airshows combined.

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      1 month ago

      you are “pretty sure”… that flying hundreds of aircraft at the limits of their acceleration and capabilities (to put on a dramatic show for spectators) at hundreds of air shows around the world… uses less fuel than a single private jet flying routine passenger deliveries ?

      press X to doubt

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      1 month ago

      It’s an opportunity for the manufacturer to market their airplanes

      Ohhhh, they’re good because they’re promotion for the military-industrial complex, of course…