"bart janssens" wrote in message
om...
If Magellan had claimed that the earth was flat, after he
had circeld the globe, Copernicus and Galileo
rightly would call him a LIAR,INSANE or a KOOK!

And yet, you would tell all the thousands of people who flew the Concorde
across the Atlantic (3,461 miles in 3.25 to 3.5 hrs, in the case of
NY/London), that they were never travelling faster than sound. You've even
bet your life and all of your money on it. They would all rightly call you
"a LIAR,INSANE or a KOOK!" They're your own words...

How about the SR-71 Blackbird crews that set New York to London speed
records back in 1974?
New York to London Speed Run:

Time Flown: 1hour, 54min, 56.4sec

Distance Flown: 3,461.528 statute miles

Speed Flown: 1,806.957368 statute mi/hr.

London to Los Angeles Speed Run:

Time Flown: 3hour, 47min, 39sec

Distance Flown: 5,446.87 statute miles

Speed Flown: 1,435.59 statute mi/hr.
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