gerrydandridge Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 How do flat earthers (assuming there are any here) explain continental drift? It's clear South America and Africa were once connected. To me it doesn't look like a very good fit. I would recommend heading over here and download this free eBook which contains 200 proofs on why the earth is not a spinning ball. Some really good stuff in it, it will get you thinking things like If this is true.... Then this makes more sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Uh, there are flights over Antarctica. Do you not fact check anything you read on pro flat earth sources? EDIT: Qantas flies the route I overmarked in pink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 I've never heard of or seen a commercial flight cross Antarctica, perhaps a military mission heading into the Antarctic, or a tourist flight on the outskirts that's about it.. Just think of the fuel they would save.....If it were possible that is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 http://www.gotravelyourway.com/2013/07/20/qantas-flight-qf63-from-sydney-to-johannesburg/#.Vdw9YvlVhBc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I've never heard of or seen a commercial flight cross Antarctica, perhaps a military mission heading into the Antarctic, or a tourist flight on the outskirts that's about it.. Just think of the fuel they would save.....If it were possible that is.... Nice of you to edit in the "tourist flight on the outskirts" bit after my post. Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Gerry just claims everything that contradicts him is fake. He's already been asked to explain both the time and route taken for flights from South Africa to Australia and from Australia to South America. The result crickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 He's also talking crap when he says the Tourist trips stay on the coast. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Yes they take you to the barbers pole with a ball on top and tell you where you are, very convincing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 You really are very ignorant, Gerry. You can work out your latitude very easily via the height of the sun above the horizon. Go and buy a sextant and learn something. If you land at the South Pole at mid summer the sun will never get any higher than 23.4 degrees in the Sky. No where else on Earth will do this. Members of my family have been eccentric enough to carry a sextant with them on all their summer holidays. As you failed to understand with Polaris the way the stars and sun behave with latitude CANNOT be replicated on a flat earth. I even drew you pictures, remember? But Gerry just will not learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 I've never heard of or seen a commercial flight cross Antarctica, perhaps a military mission heading into the Antarctic, or a tourist flight on the outskirts that's about it.. Just think of the fuel they would save.....If it were possible that is.... Nice of you to edit in the "tourist flight on the outskirts" bit after my post. Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? I did add it before seeing your post, I know tourists go there, or think they go to the south pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I've never heard of or seen a commercial flight cross Antarctica, perhaps a military mission heading into the Antarctic, or a tourist flight on the outskirts that's about it.. Just think of the fuel they would save.....If it were possible that is.... Nice of you to edit in the "tourist flight on the outskirts" bit after my post. Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? I did add it before seeing your post, I know tourists go there, or think they go to the south pole. Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 I've never heard of or seen a commercial flight cross Antarctica, perhaps a military mission heading into the Antarctic, or a tourist flight on the outskirts that's about it.. Just think of the fuel they would save.....If it were possible that is.... Nice of you to edit in the "tourist flight on the outskirts" bit after my post. Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? I did add it before seeing your post, I know tourists go there, or think they go to the south pole. Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? It doubt it does manage it in 12 hours, It would be interesting to call up the airline and ask to make a booking for the flight. I imagine its expensive and they try to convince you to take a cheaper "multi stop" flight.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I've never heard of or seen a commercial flight cross Antarctica, perhaps a military mission heading into the Antarctic, or a tourist flight on the outskirts that's about it.. Just think of the fuel they would save.....If it were possible that is.... Nice of you to edit in the "tourist flight on the outskirts" bit after my post. Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? I did add it before seeing your post, I know tourists go there, or think they go to the south pole. Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? It doubt it does manage it in 12 hours, It would be interesting to call up the airline and ask to make a booking for the flight. I imagine its expensive and they try to convince you to take a cheaper "multi stop" flight.. There is no other Sydney - JoBurg route. Yes it does take 12 hours. Yes people fly on it. No, none of them have mentioned that it actually takes 5 days. Bit of a cop out answer really gerry. EDIT: It's even airborne now. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/QFA63/history/20150825/0050Z/YSSY/FAOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? It doubt it does manage it in 12 hours, It would be interesting to call up the airline and ask to make a booking for the flight. I imagine its expensive and they try to convince you to take a cheaper "multi stop" flight.. This is your problem Gerry - what you imagine isn't a very good proxy for reality. So go and look at your flat earth, look at Jo'burg, look at Sydney - work out how long you think it will take to travel between them compared to London - New York. Is it twice as long, three times as long. Come on do some work yourself and work it out. Your imagination really doesn't do a very good job thinking about the 10s of thousands of people who fly backward and forward on the Jo'burg Sydney route every year. Now - how long does that flight take? How long is the flight - based on your flat earth map and a great circle route? Which explains the reality better. Do you really think South African Airways and Quantas are faking landing and take off times? Given your paranoid mindset you probably do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Would you mind drawing the route of that plane on your flat earth map and explain how it manages it in 12 hours? It doubt it does manage it in 12 hours, It would be interesting to call up the airline and ask to make a booking for the flight. I imagine its expensive and they try to convince you to take a cheaper "multi stop" flight.. This is your problem Gerry - what you imagine isn't a very good proxy for reality. So go and look at your flat earth, look at Jo'burg, look at Sydney - work out how long you think it will take to travel between them compared to London - New York. Is it twice as long, three times as long. Come on do some work yourself and work it out. Your imagination really doesn't do a very good job thinking about the 10s of thousands of people who fly backward and forward on the Jo'burg Sydney route every year. Now - how long does that flight take? How long is the flight - based on your flat earth map and a great circle route? Which explains the reality better. Do you really think South African Airways and Quantas are faking landing and take off times? Given your paranoid mindset you probably do. Yes I see what you are saying, I am not suggesting that the fight takes 20 hrs and the passengers are fooled into thinking it takes 12 hrs, this would be a hard trick to pull off, even on modern man engrossed in on-board entertainment. I am suggesting that this flight simply does not exist as a direct route. The flight path that Helix just put up, shows it nowhere near the Antarctic as in the web page blurb..Make's we wonder how the picture was taken below... Killian: "WHITMAN, PRICE, AND HADDAD!!! You remember them! There they are now, BASKING under the Maui sun." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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