Fact for today : Buenos Aires - Darwin is longer than London to Perth Australia

[Piethagoram]

 

[liampie]

they dont travel in a straight line?

[Chris]

@Piethagoram have you heard about China's ambitious plans to connect to various countries via their bullet trains under seas? I'd rather go on this flight, then on a train underwater - especially one from China to the US in 2 days.

[Fozzy]

3 hours ago, liampie said:

they dont travel in a straight line?

if they went in a straight line, they could be flying further. Plus it is preferable to fly over land.

[menzinho]

That picture is flat and the earth isn’t (pls don’t tell me we’ve got flat-earthers on here!) so it does look odd. Here's the flight-path on the globe

1 hour ago, Chris said:

have you heard about China's ambitious plans to connect to various countries via their bullet trains under seas? I'd rather go on this flight, then on a train underwater - especially one from China to the US in 2 days.

Wow, yeah think I’d need some convincing too. I can only just about deal with the channel tunnel!

[Chris]

@menzinho I'm not even sure I could manage that, I have been on a ferry to and from France - even that made me feel.

[CliftonMagpie]

I think flights longer than 5 hours is a stretch for me.

[Joshua]

I have always been told its a rough estate but I have been in the area and its actually alright.

Can a mod move this to the history of the clifton estate please?