5 Aviation Facts You Won't Believe

Think you know airplanes? These 5 aviation facts might just blow your mind.

Fact # 1 The Concorde was so fast it could fly from New York to London

in under 3 hours at more than twice the speed of sound. Fact # 2 A

Boeing 747 has over 6 million parts. That's one of the most complex

machines ever built. Fact # 3 Some runways are so steep you can only land in

one direction. One of the most famous? Courchevel in the French Alps.

Fact # 4 Only about 5% of the world's population has ever flown on an airplane.

Fact # 5 Airplane tires hit the runway at 170+ mph and don't explode because they're