yes

and at any point on that path, which way are you facing

not east becuase im not looking at where the sun rises on the equinox

ok this is where you're wrong

maybe

the sun WOULD rise if you looked in that direction

here's another example

if you're travel along the equator, from south america to africa, which direction are you facign

if ur ont he equator east

ok so what if you do the same thing, but instead ofbeing on teh equator, you do it at 20 deg North latitude

what heading would teh compas read

idk not east

why not east

east is perpendicular to north

and that's the direction i'm always going

becuase i cant look at the sunrise east at the equator and look east at the latitude line

so if i do this at 20 deg N, the compass wouldn't read east?

i cant say for certain but im pretty sure it wouldnt

do you know how a compass works?

how can east be 2 different directions

i'ts not

it's perpendicular to north

which is at the north pole, pretty much

if i look east at the sunrise on an equinox im not following a line of latitude

sure you are

you're looking parallel to a line of latitude

the sun isn't on the surface of teh earth though, so the question doesn't make much sense

yeah i know

id love to see this done with someone who owns a plane

how would taht accomplish anything

that's off teh ground you'd get all turned around

yeah idk

well if north is always towards the north pole, and east is 90 deg clockwise from taht

then the lines you have drawn in that image aren't along an eastward path

they START pointing that way, but then they turn

idk

u could be right idk

what if u arent right

well you already do know

b/c you know that a compass points north right

yes