>I also thought something I would like to ask the airplane pilots we have
>among
>us. Have any of you ever tried to take off immediately after the sunset,
>
>flying straight to the sun's azimuth, trying to see several sunsets in a
>raw?


One of the most famous pilots in the world included a version of this in
his even more famous book. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, in the Petit Prince,
has his title character, the Little Prince, tell him how back on his home
planet -- a very small place -- he watches as many sunsets as he wants,
just by pushing his chair along...

BT

Bill Thayer
   LacusCurtius
http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman

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