I've always thought the airplane routes argument was pretty interesting in supporting the possibility of a flat earth. I have not delved into it deeply on my own but rather have relied on video makers like the following to study. Now, with my Antarctica perimeter distance / time argument, this airline route argument becomes a little more interesting to me. What if I could do something similar for Antarctica as this video does for intercontintental flights? In a similar way, I'm attempting to find out what the travel times, directions and distances are around Antarctica itself or even within Antarctica. Give this particulalry good fast paced and well labelled video a go and then imagine viewing something similar for Antarctica. Maybe I can get the creator of this video to address Antarctica in the same way since I can't make videos like this.
Saturday, May 30, 2015
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Hi, I'm Captain Rick of the Virtual Circumference Voyage of Antarctica. I intend to prove definitively if Earth is flat or a sphere by paying careful attention to how many miles we cover as we travel "around" Antarctica. Flat earth theory says it's 50-60,000 miles. Spherical Earth theory says it 14,000 miles. Join me and ask any questions that you think would help our mission.
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If you examine the globe, the really interesting route would be South Africa to New Zealand which is supposed to be not commercally viable and at the limit of non-stop flight [2010 quote] - rather conveniently,
ReplyDeleteNo definitely no direct flights. Johannesburg to Auckland would be a 15 hour direct flight. Right at the limit of modern Extended Range aircraft. Cape Town to Auckland would be too far.
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g293740-i9186-k3627080-Direct_flights_from_SA_to_NZ-South_Africa.html
even though there are stacks of 15 hour flights listed in 2015 here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-stop_flight