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Doesn't it suck?

posted 13 years ago by pimp4u
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When the blonde chick goes crazy and opens the door to get off the plane, wouldn't it have sucked out everything (and everybody) that wasn't bolted down?

[–] LibraryUser 13 years ago

For an article on this, see "cabin pressurization" at Wikipedia. I think the answer to your question is No. That plane would not have been pressurized. (In 1937, probably no commercial passenger plane was pressurized.) In that scene, the plane is flying from 16,000 to 21,000 feet for the last part of the trip. Maybe someone who is expert on altitude sickness can comment on how long most people can travel at such altitude without getting sick.

[–] willjohn 13 years ago

The Boeing 307 was the first pressurised piston airliner in wide service and that was not built until 1943.