This is one of those things where you look up all the numbers and do the math yourself, assuming there is some extra 0 added, along the way, and then you realize, "wait, these numbers are actually correct...". The first time I saw this I was 100% convinced that there was some kind of rational explanation and that it was a stupid idea, because it was so blatantly ridiculous, but I am 100% stumped. The A380 really does hold 85,000 gallons of gas and 85,000 gallons is about eight large tanker trucks full (15-20 of the airport-sized tankers), and that it really is somewhere between 250 and 300 tons (so like 150 family sedans... on the wings). It just doesn't make any sense.

EDIT: I hadn't ever seen the second part of this; absolutely amazing and so weird to contemplate.

This is one of those things where you look up all the numbers and do the math yourself, assuming there is some extra 0 added, along the way, and then you realize, "wait, these numbers are actually correct...". The first time I saw this I was 100% convinced that there was some kind of rational explanation and that it was a stupid idea, because it was so blatantly ridiculous, but I am 100% stumped. The A380 really does hold 85,000 gallons of gas and 85,000 gallons is about eight large tanker trucks full (15-20 of the airport-sized tankers), and that it really is somewhere between 250 and 300 tons (so like 150 family sedans... on the wings). It just doesn't make any sense.