Hello DAVID,

On Monday November 12 2007 21:10, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

 DW> -> Haven't seen the ISS or a shuttle yet from an airplane, that indeed
 DW> might be -> rare occurence.

 DW> My father was flying in a plane over central Europe when a total
 DW> eclipse of the sun occurred, back in 1999. Unfortunately, he was very
 DW> old, with poor eyesight. It should have been a spectacular sight.

I am not so sure if it beats being on the ground. Unless there is a cloud cover.

I was in Normandie, less than 1 km from the central line on Aug 11th, 1999
and I was lucky. The clouds broke at the moment suprŠme. It was great. In a
(commercial) plane you can only see through a small window. Can not feel
the temp drop, can not hear the birds stop singing, etc, etc. The only pro
I can see is that you have a guaranteed cloud free view. The lack of
atmosphere above, will probably more than offset by the poor optic quality
of the aircraft window.


Cheers, Michiel

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