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		ctippett 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boom XB-1 First Supersonic Flight [video] The plane looks so small on the runway, I thought how could it possibly hold 64-80 passengers. Hint: it's because the XB-1 is a one-third scale model of their fully fledged Overture.

hinkley 11 months ago | [–]

So it’s a jet for ants?

papertokyo 11 months ago | | [–]

Until they make it at least three times bigger, yes.

yownie 11 months ago | | | [–]

Why would you want ants 3X bigger?!

It would be horrible!

reassess_blind 11 months ago | | | | [–]

Jesus, that's a lot of ants.

conradfr 11 months ago | [–]

It's kind of cute when it takes off.

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