Although faster than the earth's rotation, it would have to be thousands of times faster to really exhibit time dialation for the pilot.
If he was in the air 23 hours and landed in the same spot he took off, it would still be 23 hours later :)
Well they took an atomic clock on plane far slower than the blackbird and flew it around the world and it was off by a fraction of a second.
Blackbird's Prayer:
Yea, though I fly through the Valley of Death, I shall fear no evil.
For I am at 80,000 feet and still climbing!
"Although faster than the earth's rotation, it would have to be thousands of times faster to really exhibit time dialation for the pilot.
If he was in the air 23 hours and landed in the same spot he took off, it would still be 23 hours later :)"
Alas, time travel is restricted to only one direction and at a constant rate. That is, only for us mortals.