TIL American WW2 airplanes were sent to war unpainted starting in 1943. The polished surface made the planes faster and lighter, giving more range to all planes and more cargo hold for the bombers defensemedianetwork.com Submitted by PatmygroinB t3_10lcq1k on January 25, 2023 at 11:09 PM in todayilearned 134 comments 1,661
SigelBandito t1_j5wgyuk wrote on January 26, 2023 at 1:13 AM Reply to comment by Markavian in TIL American WW2 airplanes were sent to war unpainted starting in 1943. The polished surface made the planes faster and lighter, giving more range to all planes and more cargo hold for the bombers by PatmygroinB Subtractively further? Permalink Parent 2 Markavian t1_j5xlov6 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 6:45 AM I thought I'd try "Subtractively..." as a grammatical play on the context of reduction and weight savings, instead of my usual opening of "Additionally..." Permalink Parent 2
Markavian t1_j5xlov6 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 6:45 AM I thought I'd try "Subtractively..." as a grammatical play on the context of reduction and weight savings, instead of my usual opening of "Additionally..." Permalink Parent 2
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