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Old 29th Aug 2014, 09:37
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Dan Winterland
 
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Trick question. Heading south, you're not going to be able to keep the sun in one place. If you wanted to keep the sun in one place, you will need to fly West. At the equator, with the earth about 24,000nm in diameter rotating once in 24 hours, about 1000knots.
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