Water and broom travel

[Bill Hack]

No: HPFGUIDX 44679

> Flying the Atlantic by the best New York to London route is freezing
> cold even in the best weather. Plus, I seriously doubt that the
> standard broom is capable of flying at 400 to 500 miles per hour, 
and
> at that speed the windchill is bitter cold. And, not too many places
> to stop and take a pee, and get a hamburger along the way. 
> 
> Flying the Atlantic in a modern jet airplane is a miserable tedious
> boring uncomfortable experience, it has to be a living hell on a
> broom, even if the broom does have an enchanted cushion on it. 

Having piloted a virtual DC-3 from Presque Isle, Me., to Prestwick, 
via Goose Bay, Narsarsuaq, and Keflavik, the water is very deep, and 
very cold and it is a long way to dry feet. Even at 125 kts, it is a 
long time in the air, in a heated cabin, at 7500 ft. Having ridden a 
motorcycle in a Florida winter, even at only 32 degrees F., it is 
wicked cold, and not something I would look forward to repeating.

My question is, besides the discomfort factor, is the presumption 
that there a physical barrier to long over-water flight by broom.
You could lose a banshee by crossing over running water, and Ichabod 
Crane avoided the Headless Horseman by crossing a stream, (is the 
Headless Horseman eligable for the Headless Hunt, being a Hessian and 
all?) I wonder if, bases on the Canon, or lack there of, if running 
water serves as an insulator to whatever power keeps a broom or 
Axminster carpet, in the air. You could coast across a stream on a 
broom, with only a small loss of altitude, but an ocean might just be 
too big.

Just a thought.

Bill Hack