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The Concorde airplane flew so quickly that, if you departed from London (or Paris) in the evening and flew westward to New York, the passengers on board would witness the sun beginning to rise again shortly after the plane reached its cruising speed. This speed was faster than the Earth s rotation.

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The Concorde airplane flew so quickly that, if you departed from London (or Paris) in the evening and flew westward to New York, the passengers on board would witness the sun beginning to rise again shortly after the plane reached its cruising speed. This speed was faster than the Earth’s rotation.

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