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In that case, you won't be surprised if others of us respond to you accusing people of telling fairy tales in the same way as we would if you said what you really meant and called them liars.I agree, but I'm still going to use fairy tales
Amelia Earhart intentional flight route. The world is not flat.Amelia Earhart's intentional route.
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
From | Departure Date | To | Miles |
| Oakland, California | May 20 | Burbank, California | 325 |
| Burbank, California | May 21 | Tucson, Arizona | 450 |
| Tucson, Arizona | May 22 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1250 |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | May 23 | Miami, Florida1 | 675 |
| Miami, Florida | June 1 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1033 |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | June 2 | Caripito, Venezuela | 750 |
| Caripito, Venezuela | June 3 | Paramaribo, Suriname (Dutch Guiana) | 667 |
| Paramaribo, Suriname | June 4 | Fortaleza, Brazil2 | 1200 |
| Fortaleza, Brazil | June 6 | Natal, Brazil | 268 |
| Natal, Brazil | June 7 | Saint-Louis, Senegal (French West Africa)3 | 1961 |
| Saint-Louis, Senegal | June 8 | Dakar, Senegal4 | 103 |
| Dakar, Senegal | June 10 | Gao, Mali (French West Africa) | 1130 |
| Gao, Mali | June 11 | Ndjamena, Chad (Fort Lamy, French Equatorial Africa) | 989 |
| Ndjamena, Chad | June 12 | El Fasher, Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) | 700 |
| El Fasher, Sudan | June 13 | Khartoum, Sudan5 | 501 |
| Khartoum, Sudan | June 13 | Massawa, Ethiopia (Italian Eritrea) | 450 |
| Massawa, Ethiopia | June 14 | Assab, Ethiopia | 300 |
| Assab, Ethiopia | June 15 | Karachi, Pakistan (India)6 | 1600 |
| Karachi, Pakistan | June 17 | Calcutta, India | 1390 |
| Calcutta, India | June 18 | Sittwe, Myanmar (Akyab, Burma)7 | 335 |
| Sittwe, Myanmar | June 19 | Rangoon, Myanmar8 | 306 |
| Rangoon, Myanmar | June 20 | Bangkok, Thailand (Siam)9 | 300 |
| Bangkok, Thailand | June 20 | Singapore, Malaysia (British Crown Colony) | 904 |
| Singapore, Malaysia | June 21 | Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)10 | 560 |
| Bandoeng, Java | June 24 | Soerabaja, Java, Indonesia11 | 355 |
| Soerabaja, Java, Indonesia | June 25 | Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia12 | 355 |
| Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia | June 27 | Koepang, Timor, Indonesia | 1165 |
| Koepang, Timor, Indonesia | June 28 | Port Darwin, Australia | 500 |
| Port Darwin, Australia | June 29 | Lae, Papua New Guinea (Territory of New Guinea)13 | 1207 |
| Lae, Papau New Guinea | July 2 | Howland Island, U.S. Territory14 | 2556 |
| Howland Island | Honolulu,Oahu, Hawaii (Territory of Hawaii) | 1900 | |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | Oakland, California | 2410 |
| Notes | |
| 1 | 8 days’ layover, maintenance. From Oakland to Miami AE and Fred were accompanied by AE’s husband, George Palmer Putnam, and her mechanic R.D. “Bo” McKneeley. Repairs following AE's aborted first world flight attempt in March had been completed on May 18 and this was a shakedown flight. It was not until they arived in Miami that the announcement was made that the second world flight attempt had actually begun. In Miami, Pan American Airways mechanics made necessary adjustments, then AE and Fred continued on alone.Back. |
| 2 | One day layover, crew rest.Back. |
| 3 | Unscheduled; navigational error. Back. |
| 4 | One day layover; maintenance. Back. |
| 5 | Refuel only. Back. |
| 6 | One day layover; maintenance. Back. |
| 7 | For the first time in the flight, weather became a serious problem. Originally intending only to refuel at Akyab, heavy rain forced them to abort their attempt to continue. Another attempt to reach Bangkok the next day was cut short by severe weather and a landing was made at Rangoon. Back. |
| 8 | Unscheduled; weather. Back. |
| 9 | Refuel only. Back. |
| 10 | Two days’ layover; maintenance. Instrument malfunctions were addressed by mechanics of KLM East Indies Airlines. In a telephone conversation with her husband, AE said she still hoped to be home by July 4th. Back. |
| 11 | Unscheduled; maintenance. Back. |
| 12 | One day layover, unscheduled; maintenance. Back. |
| 13 | Two days’ layover; weather, time check. Back. |
| 14 | Failed to arrive. Back. |
From AI
Sure it can. Given the fact that all pilots use the great circle routes and that all software works with a spherical earth and does not work with a flat earth then the only possible conclusion is that the person being interviewed either has mental health issues or is not really a pilot.
Sure, I can explain this, but will it make any difference to you?
What exactly did you find amazing about the interview? I read through the transcript and it was a whole lot of nothing. Regular commercial flights to Antarctica didn't start until when this 'interview' took place, so the pilot can be forgiven for that, but it is false that the passenger windows cause curvature (when on the ground, straight lines stay straight). Also, none of the great circle routes take you over Antarctica. One gets close, but it is absolutely false to claim the shortest routes would go over Antarctica.
If you had watched the video then you would know that the cross Pacific flights landed in Alaska and the cross Europe flights landed in Moscow. Here, I'll give you a map with where those two cities are located.
I cannot explain this video. It is beyond stupid.
I think he is just repeating what he has seen on another flat earth video. @contratodo had linked one on another thread which used an early Google Maps to plot the globe paths, but that version of Google Maps didn't do Great Circle routes. I seem to recall it did a straight line on a latitude/longitude grid then mapped that to the globe which is completely wrong. Lazy programming.
