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Re: Sunrise - the Positive Side
From: Bill B
Date: 2013 May 06, 19:42 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2013 May 06, 19:42 -0400
On 5/6/2013 7:29 PM, Gary LaPook wrote: > e pilots have the god like ability to make the sun rise in the west! We > sit in the plane with the engine running at the end of the runway and > wait until the sun sets. We then take off and climb steeply and watch > the sun rise in the west! Was reading the musings of a very senior pilot remarking on the jet age. He suggested it was possible to have lunch on the US east coast, and breakfast in Honolulu on the same day. He thought he might need a watch that instead of the date read, "Today, yesterday, tomorrow." Bill B