Dear Mike,
I just found a bit of useless comparison information that might
interest you.
Wright brothers
In 1903 the Wright bothers bi-pane travelled 40 metres. If we compare
this distance to the size of a modern Boeing 747 with a wing span of
60 metres and a length of 70 metres the Wright brothers could have
taken off on one Boeing 747 wing and landed on the other. In another
view the Wright brothers flight could have taken place entirely inside
the Jumbo jet; if it took off from the tail it would have been 30 m
away from the nose when it landed.
Cheers,
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