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Which species that has the ability of flight can remain airborne for the longest amount of time on a single occasion? ~

Posted - June 28, 2021
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  • 44221
    An albatross can fly more than 10,000 miles without landing. They can also fly about 600 miles without flapping their wings.
      June 28, 2021 12:43 PM MDT
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  • 581
    According to The Audubon, that would be The Common Swift.  They found they can stay in the air for 10 months straight. 
      June 28, 2021 4:39 PM MDT
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  • 10042
    How long do those space shuttles stay up there? I'd guess humans. 
      June 28, 2021 7:47 PM MDT
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  • 52928

     

      I knew when I posted the question that some wiseacre would drop this crud on us.

    ___

      June 28, 2021 8:36 PM MDT
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  • 10042
    Wiseacre! Good one, Grandpa!! 

    (My dad never said "acre instead of that other 'a' word). 

      June 29, 2021 7:16 PM MDT
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  • 16239
    The shuttle goes ABOVE the atmosphere, so it's not exactly "airborne".
      June 28, 2021 10:58 PM MDT
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  • 10042
    Okay, I'll accept that to be true. I have almost no 'space sense' and I'm okay with that. The clouds and sky and sunrise and sunset and moon and all that are beautiful. I appreciate a lot of the technology spacey stuff affords us. That's good enough for me. Hahaha! 
      June 29, 2021 7:20 PM MDT
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