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Feb 3, 2012, 2:15 pm

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Originally Posted by gwar69

I doubt you will go over Europe, and the Earth's atmosphere rotates with the Earth, so flying East won't make it any faster. You might go over the North Pole. I was just on a daytime LH F flight from FRA-ATL. All windows were closed in the F cabin and it was quite dark.

Then why are there headwinds from west to east across the Atlantic?

[ /kidding]

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