Square Wheels wrote:
Got this in an email full of 'little-known facts'. Most were correct, but
a few were not.
So, does this seem about right? I would have guessed more.
I checked out Snopes, but no reference there.
"The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000"
Comments appreciated......!
PS - I would have guessed over 100,000, FWIW.
SW
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after 9/11. It is morning so traffic is more concentrated on the east
coast. It shows all commercial a/c.
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