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verandaguyyesterday at 2:54 PM1 replyview on HN

It also does so in a medium where the main drag force is induced by air rather than water, which is probably a comparably significant factor


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potato3732842yesterday at 3:08 PM

It also needs to beat up that air enough to make the resultant forces overcome gravity acting on the airliner whereas the ship just gets to float there.

Apples to orages.

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