Purim pashkevil here. (The quality is a bit poor; I'll try to put up a pdf shortly.)

I'll report the facts without trying to make them pretty. Here's what happened.

On Purim night, some time well after midnight (Israel time), when there were thirty or so drunken fellows at a tish in my home, I called Rabbis Uren Reich, Malkiel Kutler, Elya Ber Wachtfogel and Matis Salomon. My recollection of the conversations is somewhat vague. Perhaps Treppenwitz or others who were present can help (I used a speakerphone). I recall telling each of them that I (or a friend) needed to fly from China to the U.S. and was considering flying due East, but was concerned about flying off the edge of the earth. Since the gemara implies that the earth is flat (see Resp. Shvus Yakov 3:20) and each of them is on record as supporting the veracity of rabbinic science, I wanted to know what advice they could offer.

Most of the conversations were spent trying to persuade admirably protective Rebbetzins to pass the phone on to their "resting" husbands. Wachtfogel's wife suggested I fly West. Salomon's wife told me not to worry and he chimed in that his wife gave good advice. The rest is a blur. When asked point blank, none was willing to say that the earth really is flat but neither were they willing to say that it's not (Salomon came close and when I called him a kofer, he hung up -- wouldn't you.)

Yes, this is all very childish but it was Purim and I was quite drunk. And I did have some vague point to make about what they say they believe (chazal's science is correct) and what they really believe (it's not). But you already knew that.