{"id":48292,"date":"2026-10-27T20:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T00:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=48292"},"modified":"2026-10-27T20:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T00:07:41","slug":"spuds-on-board-how-nine-tonnes-of-potatoes-helped-boeing-improve-aircraft-wi-fi-potato-news-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=48292","title":{"rendered":"Spuds on board: How nine tonnes of potatoes helped Boeing improve aircraft Wi-Fi \u2013 Potato News Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing gave potatoes an unexpected role in aviation research, using around nine metric tonnes as passenger substitutes during wireless signal tests announced in 2012. Packed into seats aboard a gro\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Potatoes-as-passengers.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.776690028553417;width:251px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.potatonewstoday.com\/2026\/10\/27\/spuds-on-board-how-nine-tonnes-of-potatoes-helped-boeing-improve-aircraft-wi-fi\/\">Spuds on board: How nine tonnes of potatoes helped Boeing improve aircraft Wi-Fi \u2013 Potato News Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing gave potatoes an unexpected role in aviation research, using around nine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[465,482,1613],"class_list":["post-48292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-airplanes","tag-potato","tag-wifi","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48295,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48292\/revisions\/48295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}