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Old Oct 5, 2011 | 6:29 am
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Originally Posted by dinoscool3
The design of the windows has to be special or the whole plane breaks up. The Comet (the first Jet passenger plane) had rectangular windows. After a number of accidents it was found that the rectangular windows caused cracks in the plane after extensive use, and the cracks would enlarge, hence the plane breaks up, in flight. That's why we see oval windows today. But I agree, windowless aircraft=count me out!
I was going to reference the Comet!
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