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How Concorde passengers watched the sun rise in the west

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By casually ignoring the sound barrier, the Concorde essentially allowed wealthy passengers to outrun the rotation of the Earth itself. On early evening flights from London to New York, the Mach 2 speed meant the aircraft traveled westward faster than the sun appeared to set, creating the illusion of a backward sunrise just to flex on the laws of planetary mechanics.

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