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Originally Posted by krs
...isn't it the case that the earth rotates in the same direction that you were going on a flight from asia?
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by krs
...That would mean that your speed in relation to the surface of the earth was much less than 704 mph
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No, speed in relationship to the earth's surface has nothing to do with the earth's rotation. I could be rotating either way, or not rotating. 704 mph ground speed is a speed of 704 mph over ground...
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Originally Posted by krs
...in fact, you may have been going backward!  |
No, not unless he was in fact going backwards.