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Re: Geography (was: We'll take in your poor....)
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Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:29:12 GMT
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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
> > Yeah, but LA to Boston is only 5 hours...he was flying east.
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> Last I checked, it's faster to fly west than east, since you'd be flying • into
> the planetary rotation instead of overtaking it.
Flying against the planetary rotation might get you somewhere, I'm not sure
how all the dynamics work. What I do know is that in the northern
hemisphere, especially over most of the US, the jetstream is a significant
contributor to West to East speed. Look at airline flight times.
> Also, you can't judge the size of a country very accurately by • board-to-debark
> times, since many airlines pad those times based on how long they know • you're
> going to be sitting on the tarmac waiting for your shot down the runway. • If you
> check otherwise identical flights, the mid-day flights will always run • longer
> (sometimes by hours) than the red-eyes, and that's because the airport is
> intentionally overbooked for more expensive "prime hour" flights (when • they tell
> you that they'll "make it up in the air", they're just quoting the • official
> corporate lie). Also, availability, direction, and speed of jet streams • will
> greatly affect your flight time.
True, the actual flight times in the US will be shorter than the scheduled
time. I'm not sure that time of day makes a several hour difference, but
you're right, flying into or out of Chicago during the busiest times adds
some extra time to your flight. They have been improving things somewhat
over the years (15 years ago, things were a lot worse at Chicago - more
recently, flying through Chicago hasn't been all that bad - I remember
sitting in a taxi line for 30+ minutes over 15 years ago).
Frank
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| (...) Basic physics says that if you spin the world in one direction, the air will (generally) spin in the other direction (counter-rotation, equal/opposite reaction and such), which should carry you even faster into the rotation and fight you even (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Last I checked, it's faster to fly west than east, since you'd be flying into the planetary rotation instead of overtaking it. Also, you can't judge the size of a country very accurately by board-to-debark times, since many airlines pad those (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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