This is the article I've been referencing since I live in SoCal and it spells-out the times in an unambiguous manner (which for the records indicates that at least for us here in the LA area, the eclipse will last a bit over 2 hours:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/solar-eclipse-2012-in-los_n_1519644.html

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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

So is that in normal hours or light-hours?

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Mike

Two earth hours, 3.5 space hours

If you can follow the arc at a speed of 2429 mph, you can view it at its maximum extent for 3.5 hours. If you view it from a stationary position you get two hours from min to max to minimum extent.

So if you have a plane faster than an SR-71 Blackbird you can see the whole show.

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The Help for this program was created in Windows Help format, which depends on a feature that isn't included in this version of Windows.

I suspect the windows in the SR-71 are less than optimum for eclipse viewing.

For the 1999 eclipse did they not have special flights, maybe Concorde, that followed the eclipse? Maybe my memory is playing up.

And this topic is language/grammar etc. how?

rmw