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by shmageggy 3824 days ago
FTA:

> [The theory is that] "GPS devices are rigged to make airplane pilots think they are flying in straight lines around a sphere when they are actually flying in circles above a disc."

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my reply has to do with the unexpected time difference, not the GPS. When a flight (according to the flat earth) should take 24 hours and only takes 12.
A circle is longer than a straight line, so it would explain the time difference too.