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So how about the original, with the addition of posts/targets at 1.5 and 4.5 miles? That's basically the same thing, with a little extra nugget of sweetness. :) I could see it being a problem if that section of the river is currently used for navigation - i.e., canal boats are travelling it...

That's a nice idea. Do you think the railway bridge in the right place for that? What about the suggestion that a minimum of three targets would be best?

The chap who runs one of the most prominent flat Earth Facebook groups also said in a TV interview that he felt Jews were behind the 'conspiracy'. Not sure Mick was suggesting a direct link between antisemitism and science denialism - maybe more that since the former are so clearly irrational...

Shall we brainstorm a list of equipment to take and measurements one would want to do on such a flight? Also, what kind of prep would you do beforehand? (E.g., predictions, such as what either party might expect when flying several thousand miles south from Argentina).

Yup. I'll get on to that too. If you end up knocking up a proposal, maybe you could send it me and I could use that too?

Attached to the target bridge and the railway bridge? How about if the targets had flashing lights on them, differently coloured for each distance?

Earlier in the thread there's a list of 74 weekly direct flights across the southern hemiphere. Here, I believe: https://www.metabunk.org/posts/186133/

Brian Mullin? Patricia Steere? Mullin was respected cos he was an engineer. Tho last time I checked I think there was a suspicion he'd abandoned ship. Mark Sargent's not particularly objectionable. It's a sad day when we can't think of a single FEr we would trust to figure out they're flying...

At least three points is what I've been thinking. The more the merrier. :)

Thanks for pointing to this post: terrific stuff, and so eloquently put forward. One difference between our two view points is that: we can see where they're coming from. In the sense that we were once there, and can analytically understand why the intuitive view is 'common sense', we get it -...

Easy way to tell they weren't using the Delph: the Delph isn't straight.

Q. What are we gonna use for a tall enough pole? Wallace had his targets 13 feet above the water, mounted on barges. 13 feet would be good - but impractical using 2x4s. Is 6 to 8 feet enough? Would a higher target necessitate the construction of some kind of frame? What about using...

On the first map you posted, of Welney, in italics it's written: 'Old Bedford Bridge' and 'Delph Bridge' (referring to the two waterways). Is it possible that many bridges over these waterways would have the same designation? I.e., rather than a name, it was pointing out which river/canal they...

Great info. But how does that explain this:

OMG: Wallace made the whole thing up! The Earth is FLAT!! :o

This bridge here? Looks on the right stretch to me. And also not seeing "the modern bridge to the SW" that David mentioned. Interesting that, as it looks, Wallace may not have actually used the same stretch of water as Rowbotham. How about Blount and the others? Anything clear on where that...

Very interesting: I'd always assumed that the original experiments were done between Welches Dam and Welney Bridge - but you're right, the stretch NE out of Welney is also a six-mile straight shot - and with no railway bridge over the canal. The railway bridge on the SW portion is much more...

And given the recent media coverage of FE belief, it's not inconceivable that some TV channel might be interested in sticking a flat earther and a debunker together, and sending them on this flight. Small change to them.

Still, I think it's great that you found out about this flight, and so early in the day. $12,000 is a lot of money for most people, but it's not too much of a stretch to imagine a large group putting that together quite easily - especially when it's the most important thing in the world (to...

I think we've all been through the phase of thinking that they're trolling. ;) Try diagrams instead. And, if you're able, simplify the language.