Trivium or false?

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


--
The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with
language.

-J. Michael Straczynski, author (b.1954)

100,000 is what it is supposed to be - 39,000 are sitting in airplanes on
the ground due to delays of various kinds...

Jack G.

"Square Wheels" wrote in message
news

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


--
The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with
language.

-J. Michael Straczynski, author (b.1954)

"Square Wheels" wrote in message
news |
| 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
|
|
| --
| The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility
with
| language.
|
| -J. Michael Straczynski, author (b.1954)

In the 1970's I read that G.A. had more people in the air than
commercial airlines did. I wonder if that is still true today

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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


Here is a picture of the Traffic Situation Display 9/11/2002, a year
after 9/11. It is morning so traffic is more concentrated on the east
coast. It shows all commercial a/c.

--
Dale G Elhardt
Cypress Ca
"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an
incredible miracle."
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=7702

Here is a picture of the Traffic Situation Display

Pretty amazing... eh.