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Might as well get this community kicked off. This image is of the Lockheed-Martin C-5 Super Galaxy. The four F-138-GE100 General Electric engines push more than 200,000 pounds of thrust.

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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Jet engines are a "stay the fuck away" during operation. Complacency being close to running jet engines means getting turned into chunky marinara, which nobody will enjoy, except for that one exicted guy that uses the bathroom after an incident of turbine-human interaction.