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People are baffled why world's longest flight doesn't travel in a straight line
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Posted on 11/12/2022 12:51:46 AM PST by Saije
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To: Krosan
I mean that HAD to be a joke
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posted on
11/12/2022 1:33:06 AM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Ragnar Danneskjöld; metmom
It’s like no one ever talked about mapping in Geography class in the 7th grade, and dealing with putting elements of a mostly-spherical 3D world onto a flat 2D map. Mercator Projection, anyone?
K-12 government school education stinks.
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posted on
11/12/2022 2:05:54 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Saije
Flying in a straight line on a flat map would be flying in a curved line on a round map.
To: sit-rep
"...when i go to asia the plane is routed north over alaska and russia..."
Isn't that a great route? When you look down there is nothing but darkness for what looks like thousands of miles. Maybe interrupted by a tiny speck of light here and there (pipeline pumping stations?).
Seems incredible.
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posted on
11/12/2022 2:28:52 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: Saije
There are multiple reasons such as those posted above.
But also safety reasons.
ETOPS (Extended Operations) requires 2-engine passenger aircraft to be within 60 minutes of an airport. 4-engine passenger aircraft must be within 180 minutes of an airport.
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posted on
11/12/2022 2:32:41 AM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(We are being manipulated by forces that most do not see)
To: Krosan
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posted on
11/12/2022 2:34:06 AM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Saije
Socialism is the longest distance between two points.
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posted on
11/12/2022 2:34:14 AM PST
by
linMcHlp
To: Saije
TikTok people are losing their minds... Evidently, they never had one to begin with.
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posted on
11/12/2022 2:38:52 AM PST
by
Jagdgewehr
(It will take blood.)
To: Krosan
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posted on
11/12/2022 2:40:04 AM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Saije
Me? I’m baffled why the world’s longest election takes place in Arizona.
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posted on
11/12/2022 2:40:09 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
To: Saije
Too bad an airplane can’t poke its way slightly into space and just let the world spin beneath it until it is over its destination.;-)
To: fretzer
The explanation is that TikTok users are stupid. And they vote.
Probably for democrats.
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posted on
11/12/2022 2:51:44 AM PST
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
To: zeestephen
Likewise, all of Russia rotated 90 degrees would fit inside continent of Africa.
To: Jonty30
Jet Stream. Sometimes they fly this route east-west and sometimes west-east depending on the jet stream and storms along the way.
To: Saije
They are called great circle routes. The earth is a sphere, folks...not flat.
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posted on
11/12/2022 3:12:46 AM PST
by
joma89
(Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
To: P.O.E.
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posted on
11/12/2022 3:15:02 AM PST
by
Theophilus
(It's fake and defective)
To: Jonty30
The rate the earth curved downward is 8” to the mile.Wrong. The formula is 8" per mile squared.
Even Alexa knows that...What is the curvature of the earth per mile?
The Earth has a radius of approximately 3965 miles. Using the Pythagorean theorem, that calculates to an average curvature of 7.98 inches per mile or approximately 8 inches per mile (squared).
At three miles the drop is about 6 feet. You aren't going to get that with your formula.
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posted on
11/12/2022 3:16:02 AM PST
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: philman_36
Every serious sniper knows that! ;-)
To: philman_36
What is the difference between a mile and a mile squared?
They are both one mile long.
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posted on
11/12/2022 3:22:04 AM PST
by
Jonty30
(Some men want to see the world burn. It is they that want you to buy an electric car.)
To: Erik Latranyi
All of the above — plus perhaps avoding China air space?
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