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		collinmanderson on March 31, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX makes aerospace history with successful lan... Exactly. Airplanes get inspected between flights, but it takes hours, not days to do the inspections.

toomuchtodo on March 31, 2017 [–]

It does not take hours. Southwest turns a 747 around in 20 minutes. That includes baggage unload/reload, fueling, and pilot pre-flight.

wl on April 4, 2017 | [–]

Southwest doesn't fly 747s, only 737s.

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