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[[Two figures stand, in silhouette, looking at a plane flying overhead.]]
Figure 1: What's that airplane?
Figure 2: Oh, that's a Boeing Q404 twin-engine quad-band mig-380 hybrid dual-wield Mk. IVII turbodiesel 797 hydroplane.
I've always assumed I'm one of those people who knows a lot about planes, but I've never actually checked.
{{Title text: No, a hydroplane doesn't land on water--that's an aquaplane. A hydroplane is a plane that gets electric power from an onboard water reservoir with a tiny dam and turbines.}}
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