Comment

Comment by maxerickson

The US also operates a fleet of larger cargo planes than the one chosen for the comparison.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy

(I think the typical reader will have little intuition for the cargo capacity of the C-17, so the more instructive comparison looks at the most capable operational US plane.)

parent maxerickson 10 years ago

Discussion

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton