Flat Earth Claims from Air Force Pilot

We were doing a training

mission around the United States where you just were building up hours and time.

And we'd take off out of Beale, hit a tanker in Idaho,

rip on up to Montana, zip across Denver, hang a right turn in Albuquerque,

out over Los Angeles, up to Seattle,

back into Sacramento, two hours and 21 minutes.

And you just do that,

and you do it backwards, and you hit a tanker.

It was just to gain crew coordination, build your hours.

We're on our last training mission.

We're over Tucson. I can see downtown L A. from Tucson.

We're at 89 000 feet.

I can see the whole

western United States bathed in a warm October fall glow.

SR 71 Air Force

pilot Brian Shule states that he was flying above Tucson, Arizona at 89 000 feet,

and he was able to see Los Angeles and the whole western seaboard.

Now, of course,

this is not possible if the Earth is, in fact, a spinning ball, because Brian

Shule's max view distance would have only been 365 miles,

Los Angeles being covered up by 9 970 feet of curved Earth.

Let's continue. I can see the chain of Rocky Mountains from Canada to New Mexico.

Oh, what was that, Brian?

Did you just say you could see all the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico to Canada?

I can see the

chain of Rocky Mountains from Canada to New Mexico. I guess Brian did say that.

So, from the tip of New Mexico to the very edge of Canada is 1 150 miles.

Now, I'm assuming Brian was still flying over Tucson when he saw

the Rocky Mountains,

but even if he was and was in the middle of the Rocky Mountains, his max view

distance would not allow him to see either New Mexico or Canada,

simply because the Earth is supposed to be curved.

If Brian was still flying over Tucson, Arizona, and saw the

Rockies extend from New Mexico to Canada,

that's 77 miles of missing curved Earth.

If he was in the center of the Rockies,

he still only has a max view at 365 miles at 89 000 feet.

Folks, throw your gloves in the trash, wipe the tears away.

The Earth is flat,

proven by the United States Air Force.