Re: gravitational force -airplane motion and earths rotation

From: N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) (_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:42:41 +0000 (UTC)

Dear Moataz H. Emam:

"Moataz H. Emam" <memam@spam.physics.umass.edu> wrote in message
news:412626E0.2E573F29@spam.physics.umass.edu...
> surendra wrote:
> > I was having a hot debate with my friend in which we were arguing about
> > airplane motion.
>
> Hmm! I am tempted to say that it takes the same time each way, your
> argument is correct. However, I travel to Egypt from the US once or
> twice a year regularly, and it does take an hour longer going West to
> East. Is this a wind effect kind of thing? If so, doesn't the wind EVER
> change direction?

Google "jet stream". It wanders around, but always goes generally
west-to-east. Almost all airports have a runway that is west-to-east.

David A. Smith

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