Tomorrow, the sun will rise in the west

The book: "Skyfaring: A journey with a pilot." The author: Mark Vanhoenacker (a BA 747 pilot). Page 263:

"Leaving London for Vancouver on an autumn afternoon, we start by roughly heading north, and the sun is already setting to the west; to our left. In the middle of the flight, it might be ahead of us, on the nose. Then, near the end of the flight, when we approach Vancouver heading nearly south, the sunset is on our right, having moved around the horizon as ordinarily as the hand of a clock or the shadow of a sundial".

Investigate further, find route and sunrise / sunset calculators (yes, really), and you find that, tomorrow, not only does the sun move around, but it also almost sets, rises again, then starts to set. What a great view they'll get from the flight deck!Read more