2022 Antarctic Flight (74 gear)

[Mendel]

A pilot vlogger is organizing a Flat Earth direct flight from Buenos Aires to Perth on October 20th, 2022, if his Kickstarter for $1.5 million gets funded by June 10th. A ticket costs $10,000, and that does not include transportation to Buenos Aires or from Perth. The flight is expected to take about 16 hours, impossible on Flat Earth.

In 2021 I posted what I thought would be a simple video for the flat earth community for them to prove once and for all that the earth was flat or not. I was wrong, so I have organized a charter to help them prove once and for all the shape of earth. If you still believe the earth is flat, here is your opportunity to find out for yourself: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/impossibleflight/over-the-edge

Source: https://youtu.be/WWhVWmsDlfQ

Spoiler: Kickstarter widget

Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/impossibleflight/over-the-edge

See here for an account of a similar scheduled flight (Santiago to Sydney) undertaken in 2016 by @TWCobra : https://www.metabunk.org/threads/a-...ic-sea-ice-from-chile-to-australia-qf28.8235/
Also see https://www.metabunk.org/threads/fl...27-qf28-from-australia-to-south-america.6483/

 

[JMartJr]

Good luck to them. I am not sure they will change any minds with new evidence given the existing overwhelming evidence, but having that rebuttal for the flatists' claims about Antarctica might be very useful in limiting their ability to fool additional people.

 

[FatPhil]

Why introduce extra fuss with multiple countries and visas? Surely flying *around* antarctica and back to your continent of origin would be even more "impossible". Then again, expending any effort to convince the flat-minded seems like probable waste at this stage. If they reject all the pre-existing evidence, why would they not be expected to reject new evidence, as that new evidence will contain no new information that wasn't widely known already?

 

[Mendel]

If they reject all the pre-existing evidence, why would they not be expected to reject new evidence, as that new evidence will contain no new information that wasn't widely known already?

The purpose of this is to shut up the FEers commenting on Kelsey's channel, some of which have apparently bragged to be rich and willing to pay a six-digit sum for such a flight.

If these guys don't sign up for it, it becomes obvious that it was never about evidence or an honest search for truth.

 

[jarlrmai]

It's a James Randi style put up or shut up then.

 

[NorCal Dave]

It's a James Randi style put up or shut up then.

We know how that works. They don't put up and they don't shut up! They'll just come up with some lame excuses about how the whole thing is rigged and keep saying the Earth is flat.

 

[rbtree]

Two weeks in and less than $30,000 pledged. I knew that few if any would show any interest. Too expensive for them, among other things. Most are all talk. Michael Toon covered it in a YT video.

 

[Mendel]

Two weeks in and less than $30,000 pledged. I knew that few if any would show any interest. Too expensive for them, among other things. Most are all talk. Michael Toon covered it in a YT video.

64 people have pledged at the $100+ tier, that's quite some show of interest.
But the lion's share of the money needs to come from the $10,000 tickets, and so far only 2 of these have been "sold". Maybe someone should ask all the FE youtubers to support the project; I wouldn't be surprised if some of the globers already have.

 

[Mendel]

Article:

£42,757 pledged of £1,257,117 goal
202 backers

Funding Unsuccessful
The project's funding goal was not reached on Fri, June 10 2022 2:18 PM BST

Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/impossibleflight/over-the-edge

 

[Ann K]

"Thanks, Bob".