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by utopkara 3013 days ago
He could have gone up to the top of Burj Khalifa instead. But, that wouldn't have placed him on the headlines. Also, he is running for governor. As far as I can tell from recent experience, he will win.
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Or pay for a helicopter tour. You can get a ~10 minute helicopter tour for under $100 where I live. They don't fly incredibly high, but given that the minimum safe altitude is 1000 feet in some cases:

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/27076/what-is-t...

Or, just book a flight on a commercial airliner, which is also cheap but doesn't get you a panoramic view. But you'll get way higher than 1875 feet.

The windows are actually screens to trick you.
Hah, I hadn't considered that!

Probably a skydiving trip would be a better plan then. I've never done it but it seems you jump from a decent height (13K feet or 4km -- so says https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/skydiving1.htm ) because they want to give you some good freefall time.

But I suppose the truly dedicated flat earther will find a way to dismiss that too.