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Old Jan 24, 2012, 11:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Ancien Maestro
Ultra hot when I was sitting window seat flying HOU to CUN .. I'm dark skinned, and yes I can see myself getting sunburned if I didn't cover myself.
I think the OP was using a bit of hyperbole in the thread title. You can't actually get sunburned from increased solar activity.

However, after my last flight I sprouted a third ear on the back of my head. Wonder if that's related.
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 12:26 am
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That is amazing.

Actually I have noticed that I become more sunburned, each time I fly to Brasil. Especially afterwards.
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 12:43 am
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Originally Posted by Science Goy
.... after my last flight I sprouted a third ear on the back of my head.
Wonder if that's related.
It could have been worse:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...s-ear-arm.html
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 2:38 am
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I'd love to get a bit of a tan whilst flying!
Seriously though, sunburned whilst flying.........!?! The mind boggles.
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 8:26 am
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Solar Flares
“We are adjusting the flight pattern of a few of our flights,” Anthony Black, a spokesman for Delta, told FoxNews.com. “We’re flying further south than we would normally fly.”
The flares can disrupt communications and there can be excessive radiation that the airline did not want to risk exposing passengers and crew to.

American Airlines, which has some flights that fly similar routes, did not make any changes at the time of this report."

Delta Thread ( I avoid Delta and the Delta forum like I avoid a Nuke reactor melting down)

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...orth-pole.html

Search only found this from 2003

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-circle-3.html
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 8:42 am
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Glad to see the airlines are pro active about this.
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 8:49 am
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Last night my GPS went nuts. From about 7 PM EST until 9 PM.
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 12:49 pm
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Prime example of "Avoid bumping threads more than 2 years old".

Especially when you completely misunderstood the OP in the original one.
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 7:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Science Goy
I think the OP was using a bit of hyperbole in the thread title. You can't actually get sunburned from increased solar activity.

However, after my last flight I sprouted a third ear on the back of my head. Wonder if that's related.
LOL on the third ear.

Well, glad to know you can't get sunburned sitting in the cabin.. sure was awfully hot.. it felt like I was about to jump out of my skin..
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 7:49 pm
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Originally Posted by nerd
Prime example of "Avoid bumping threads more than 2 years old".

Especially when you completely misunderstood the OP in the original one.
This wasn't bumped - it was a new thread (@post #5) that was just merged with a really old one, for some reason.
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Old Jan 25, 2012, 10:18 pm
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OK, OK.

You win.

I'm taking the train to Frankfurt tomorrow. Now how do I make the foil hat again ?
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