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Flat Earth Q&A / Sun spots?

« on: December 31, 2006, 12:48:44 PM »

Just a curiosity, what is the FE view on Sun spots? They can be viewed with no special equipment and are in constant motion. You can view them tracking from one side to the other, then disappearing on the leading edge.

Just wondering the FE view on them if the sun and planet dont rotate.

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Flat Earth Q&A / The one question not seen in your FAQ/I'm new, hello!

« on: December 29, 2006, 07:33:56 PM »

Hey guys,

I have to admit, you have a very interesting and very LOGICAL theory here. And also, I even have some part of me that sees it as extremely valid. Really there has been no cladestine evidence that is proveable by the common man to affirm the earth is indeed round. But yet, vice versa there really hasn't been any to negate it being round.

I guess I'm searching for a personal belief now because I hadn't ever really thought about it. We're all shoved the idea that the earth is round in school/church/whatever, hell we even have a holiday devoted to some guy (who for all we know in present day may have not even existed) that supposedly found the world was round.

I have one main question, along with one that isn't really important, that was not addressed in the FAQ and I'm looking for your take on it.

I am an avid mountain climber and pilot and have reached the summit of some of Washington State's smaller mountains, and reached the summit of Mt. Hood in Oregon. Upon reaching the summits of the mountains and flying at cruising altitude (especially over the ocean) I always noticed one thing. The horizon curves. This is most noticeable over the ocean. You'll see clearly that in the far right and left sides of your vision the earth appears to be marginally lower then it does directly in front of you.

Would this not be due to a round earth? I'd like to hear the FE take on this.

My other question was this. I had a friend that back around 1995 she set out to "circumnavigate" the world in a sailboat. She was planning on doing it without high-tech navigational equipment, the initial goal to be to leave Seattle going West then to follow the coast of Asia, Africa, and South America up to roughly the location of Mexico, resupply and then keep going again.  How is it that one would never find the "ice wall" if they kept going in the same direction. My grandfather was a test pilot in the Air Force (I know, government, just keep with me for a second) and on his last flight while testing the F-22 Raptor he was told to "keep it running as long as he could" by using in air refueling, etc. and to land only when he was too fatigued to continue. His story was that he took of from Whidbey Island NAS and went west and continued on not paying any attention to his heading indicators and after refueling several times, ended up above Washington roughly 16 hours later.

An F-22 Raptor has a cruising speed of approx 1600 MPH at high altitude, giving an infinite amount of fuel, it would make that journey in exactly 15 hours.

Just interesting stories to pick some brains. Other than that, Hey guys, glad to be here!