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Re: Geography (was: We'll take in your poor....)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:22:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:
> 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.
I must admit I have never checked, so I can't even say "last I checked", but
since Long Jumpers don't slaver at setting world records on a west facing runway
let me be the first official doubter. Going east helps getting into orbit since
that is an absolute speed issue rather than a relative one (most of the counter
rotational I can see take off from Vandenberg here in California - which is also
better for counter rotational since it isn't as far south).
-->Bruce<--
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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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