Imininingwane Ethungayo Ngokuhamba Komoya

Ngeke neze ukholelwe la maqiniso amangazayo mayelana nokuhamba emoyeni

Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-100 emva kokushayela kokuqala kweWright Brothers, ukuhamba ngezindiza kuyinhlangano ehamba phambili. Ukuhamba ngendiza kulezi zinsuku kufana nokuthola ibhasi, ngisho noma inqubo yokuphepha yowokuqala ilukhuni kakhulu kunalesi sikhathi sokugcina.

Ngesikhathi esilandelayo lapho ugibela indiza, kungase kungenzeki kuwe ukuthi ungaphakathi kwithubhu elicindezelayo elihamba ngamakhulu amakhilomitha ngehora nakuba umoya owephuza kakhulu ukuphefumula futhi ubanda kakhulu kungakukhulula ngemizuzwana uma uthola futhi-futhi lesi isibonelo esisodwa samaqiniso amaningi mayelana nokuhamba emoyeni esithatha kalula.

Nazi ezinye ezingu-20.

1. Kunezindiza ezingaba ngu-7 000 emoyeni nganoma yisiphi isikhathi esisodwa

(Futhi lokho kungaphezu kwe-US Pretty okwesabekayo, uma ucabanga ukuthi uhlelo lwe-ATC yezwe lugcinwe phakathi nekhulu lama-20, cha?)

2. Ayikho izindiza ezingaphansi kwezingu-20 ngosuku phakathi kweNew York neLondon

Futhi lokho nje uma usebenzisa iJFK noHeathrow njengezikhumulo zezindiza. Uma ungeza ku-Newark nasezindiza zezindiza zaseGitwick nase-London, isibalo samabhaluni angaphezu kuka-30.

3. Kodwa akusiyo umzila womoya ohamba phambili emhlabeni jikelele

Ungalokothi uvale. Okubi kakhulu, phakathi kweHong Kong neTaipei, eTaiwan, kuthwala abagibeli abangu-680,000 ngenyanga, noma ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kathathu ukuhamba phakathi kweNew York neLondon.

4. Abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi bahamba ngomgwaqo ohamba phambili emhlabeni wonke ngenyanga

(Kusuka e-Tokyo-Haneda Airport kuya eNew Chitose Airport eSapporo, eJapane .)

5. Njengoba abantu abangu-350,000 kuphela bahamba ngemigwaqo yasekhaya yasekhaya yase-US

(Phakathi kweLos Angeles neSan Francisco.)

6. Indiza evamile ihamba ngezinyawo ezingama-35,000

Lona cishe ngamamayela angu-7 ngaphezulu komhlaba.

7. Ngejubane elingaba ngu-550 miles ngehora

Lokho cishe izikhathi ezingu-9 ngokushesha kunomkhawulo wesilinganiso sejubane lomgwaqo.

8. Ngamazinga afudumele angaphandle -65ºF

Lokho kunzima ngaphezu kwanoma yikuphi lapho kusemhlabeni nganoma yisiphi isikhathi esithile sonyaka.

9. Ukuhamba ngesivinini kunamafutha kunokuba ucabange

Nakuba izindiza zingase zibonakale njengezimboni ezihamba ngezindiza, ukuhamba kwezindiza emhlabeni wonke kubangelwa ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 yonyaka nje kuphela kwezingu-2% zabantu.

10. Futhi uthola amafutha

Izindiza zanamuhla zizungeze u-70% ngaphezulu kwephethiloli ephezulu kunezimpukane zokuqala.

11. Izidakamizwa zilungiselela ukudla kuka-100,000 ngosuku

(I-Airport ye-Changi yeSingapore yedwa).

12. Izindiza eziningi emhlabeni jikelele zidla ukudla mahhala

Ngokuyinhloko nje abathwali be-US kanye nabathwali bezindleko eziphansi emhlabeni jikelele abaphethe.

13. Ithikithi ejwayelekile yomhlaba wonke yomnotho wezezimali iqukethe imali enkulu

Ungasebenzisa noma yiliphi isu ofuna ukulibhaqa izindiza ezincane, kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-airfare yakho iyancipha kangakanani, uzobe usubophezela ukukhokhiswa kwamafutha, intela yokuhamba, izimali zokuphepha nezinye izindleko ozothola kuphela ekuphrintiwe okuhle ithikithi lakho lomoya.

14. Izindiza eziningi zixhomeke ngokuphelele kubagibeli be-premium ukuze bazuze inzuzo

Omunye angase agweme umkhawulo we-Etihad ku-Residence, igumbi lezinkamelo ezintathu elihamba cishe nge-$ 40,000 enye indlela, liphakeme kakhulu.

15. Kusukela cishe izindiza ezingu-30 ezihamba ngezindiza zenzeke ngo-2011

Lelo nani kulindeleke ukuthi liphindwe kabili, libe yizigidi ezingu-59, ngo-2030. Iningi lalokhu kukhula kuzokwenzeka emazweni asathuthuka, nakuba kungeke kube khona kakhulu eChina njengoba ungalindela, ngenxa yezulu eliphakeme kakhulu lezwe.

16. Ukuhamba ngezindiza kuyindlela ephephe kakhulu yokuhamba

Naphezu kwezigameko eziphezulu ezifana nokulahleka kweMalaysia Airlines, kuphela .24 kokuhamba kwesigidi esisodwa (cishe u-0.000024%) yokuhamba kwezindiza kwaholela ekushayweni okubulalayo, kwafa abangu-761. Ngokuphambene nalokho, cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.3 bafa ngengozi yomgwaqo unyaka ngamunye.

17. Izikhwama? Hhay kangako

I-Wall Street Journal ilinganisela ukuthi izindiza zezindiza zalahlekelwa izikhwama ezingu-21.8 million ngo-2013, noma izikhwama ezingu-7 kwabagibeli abayizinkulungwane.

18. Izikhwama ziwumthombo omkhulu wenzuzo, noma kunjalo

Imali yemithwalo, noma kunjalo: Ngaphezulu kwe $ 3.35 billion ngo-2013 kuphela.

19. Ngakho-ke kukhona imali yokushintsha

$ 2.81 billion, okuyinto yabaningi bezinkampani zaseMelika eziwela ezinyangeni ezingu-200 (ezihamba ngezindiza ezifuywayo) kanye no-$ 300 (ngezindiza zamanye amazwe). Ukukhuluma ukuthi yikuphi, imali ivela kulezo zimali zihamba kuphi?

20. Izindiza ezingaphezu kwezingu-20 zaqeda ngenkathi ufunda lesi sihloko

Futhi yilo kuphela e-Atlanta eHartsfield-Jackson International Airport, isikhumulo sezindiza esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ka-2018.