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Related: About this forumWhat happens when you try to fly a Cessna on Venus or Titan ?
http://what-if.xkcd.com/30/Someone did a lot of work on this.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,917 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,307 posts)(For the purposes of the thought experiment, the Cessna was battery powered.)
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I'll check!
rightsideout
(978 posts)Reminds me when my Dad's Cessna fell out of the sky on his way back from Catalina island. He forgot to turn on the carburator heater and the gas froze up. He was able to glide into a farmer's field south of LA. His instructor drove out and took him back to the airport and put him on another plane to try his solo trip again.
So even if you have an atmosphere you still need produce lift to keep the plane from falling like a rock.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)That's, um... ambitious...
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)How safe is that?
http://what-if.xkcd.com/29/
I love the answer at the very end...
cloudbase
(5,525 posts)and see if there are any thermals out there.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)won't fly.
pauldemmd195j
(36 posts)Venus' atmosphere is extremely hot, and the plane would burn up completely. As for Titan, it'd be too cold for a plane to operate.