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Watching the sun come up

By General Aviation News Staff · December 13, 2016 ·

Hal Denton sent in these photos, taken during an early morning flight over Knoxville, Tenn., heading out over the Smokey Mountains.

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  1. Robbie says

    June 2, 2017 at 11:57 am

    Just a technical point, if you fly west at noon the sun will not appear or disappear. Just a technical point, pilots get very beautiful views from the front seat.

  2. Bill says

    December 15, 2016 at 11:00 am

    Just a technical point……… the sun does not come up…. nor does it rise…….. it appears in the eastern horizon and disappears in the western horizon…. why?

  3. Glen Bradley says

    December 14, 2016 at 5:16 am

    Nice shots! What type of aircraft?

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