Highest ascent by a propellor-driven aircraft (2001)

Highest ascent by a propellor-driven aircraft (2001) (29.52 km)

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Highest ascent by a propellor-driven aircraft (2001) (29.52 km)

  • is 1/4000 of Diameter of Saturn (116,400 km)...more
  • is 1/400 of Diameter of Venus (12,010 km)...more
  • is 1/4 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie (120 km)...more
  • is 5 x Height of Mount Kilimanjaro (5.89 km)...more
  • is 400 x Height of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India (73 m)...more
  • is 1000 x Height of the `Christ the Redeemer` statue in Rio de Janeiro (30 m)...more
  • is 5000 x Height of tallest recorded giraffe (5.88 m)...more
  • is 5000 x Height of the Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC (5.8 m)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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