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by I go below h2o on September 8th, 2008
Time will remain constant (it will go on as it has with or without us) but how we mark and measure time will change. A person traveling west to east will see the sun sooner if it is a night flight.
If a plane leaves at 5pm from one time zone flying east with a flight time of one hour to land in the next easterly time zone we would then have to set our watches to 7pm upon arrival making it later than what our body clock is used to. In this sense we are losing time because it is later than we think.
An Airplane leaving at 5pm going west with a one hour flight to the next time zone would arrive at the that time zone at the same time that it departed thereby gaining more time. The one true constant in all of this is that your hotel room will still not be ready when you arrive and there is a 50/50 chance that your luggage is going to arrive later than you do.
When did you first travel by airplane and where?
by Doyler - you have got to be kidding me! on June 15th, 2010
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Should I be worried about traveling to USA because I look Arabic?
by cariconn on May 4th, 2010
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I'm getting on my 1st flight in 5 days. Does anyone have any travel tips to make this easy and me not so stressed??
by starrygirl on April 30th, 2010
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What did you eat while you're on the airline?
by XT on May 24th, 2010
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Have you flown lately, and how is it getting through security? Full body scans and a long time?
Did your baggage arrive with you?
by Baba on May 16th, 2010
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