If you're flying to China, and you go in the direction of the earth's rotation, you're going the speed of the earth's rotation plus the speed of the plane, right?
What happens if you turn the plane around and fly against the earth's rotation? Are you going faster because the earth is rotation in the opposite direction as you're traveling?
It seems like it'd be right, but it can't be. I'm having trouble visualizing it, so someone just explain.
Thanks for your time!
2006-09-25
19:16:18
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Derek
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