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From: Peter Rychel (dino308gt4![]() |
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 21:55:26 -0700 (PDT) |
I’ll have to check that out the next time I’m there. Peter Sent from Mail for Windows From: Rick Moseley Yes, but you really don't have to go all that high. From the Keck observatory in Hawaii (13,500 ft) it is quite noticeable, especially since you are surrounded by ocean. But the higher you go the more it stands out and the more the color of the sky changes. On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 09:05:42 PM PDT, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
We’re around the same age and I do remember those days when curious kids could get a – brief - chance to peek into the cockpit. I’d
always sweet-talk the pretty flight attendants with a cartoon drawing – it always worked! Wouldn’t a flight on a Concorde give you the curvature of the earth? Peter Sent from
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Erik Nielsen Circa 1985, School trip to Italy. Flying back from FRA to ATL on Lufthansa (and way before 9/11 security measures), I was allowed 10 minutes in the cockpit and got to
see us making landfall over Greenland including some of the icebergs. We weren't at Angels 50, but that far north, you could see the curve, and when you looked up, you could see the deeper blue that you only get at altitude and above any weather. Memorable
trip. Almost 40 years and in excess of 1.6 million miles flown later, I'm also okay if I never get on another airplane again, but I'll be
at the airport on Monday morning before 0500. Again. On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 12:29 PM Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
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