Does the Earth's gravitational pull affect airplanes?

Question

If the Earth just stopped turning would the airplanes in the air be affected by it?

Answer 1

Yes gravity affects airplanes! That's why they need wings!

If the earth stopped turning and the airplanes and atmosphere stopped with it, it would have subtle effects on airplane flight (like no coriolis force).

If the earth stopped turning and the airplanes and atmosphere kept going, the results would be cataclysmic.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The Earth's gravitational force is based on three factors and nothing else( that's what they think today). They are, the mass of the larger object(Earth), the mass of the smaller object(the plane), and the distance between the center of the Earth and the plane.

As the mass of the larger object increases, the gravitational force is increased( The mass of the Earth is always constant). The larger the mass of the plane, the more gravitational force.
Therefore, the Earth's rotation has no affect on the planes.

Also, the farther away the plane is from the center of the Earth, the less gravitational pull on the airplane.

Answer 4

Gravity has nothing to do with the Earth turning! Gravity is generated by the mass of the Earth, period.

Yes, gravity affects airplanes. That's why they fall down when they stop moving. If Earth's gravity suddenly disappeared, the plane's lift would increase dramatically. But then, the atmosphere would also enlarge dramatically, since there was no gravity holding it down and the lower atmosphere would be at a higher pressure than the upper atmosphere. Eventually, all the air would drift into space and dissipate into the vacuum of space. The airplane would still stay up because it was weightless, but there would be no air to fly in.

Answer 5

The Earth's gravity does affect airplanes. Anything that is in the solar system will be affected by the Earth's gravity, although the further away the thing is, the less it will be affected by the Earth and the more it'll be affected by other closer or more massive bodies.

The Earth's rotation has no gravitational effect on the airplane.

Answer 6

Absolutely planes are affected by gravity. Thats why they have to have engines which produce thrust, and wings that convert that thrust into lift.

If the earth just stopped turning, it would still have gravity. If a plane was in the air and earth stopped turning, they would be in for an exciting ride as the atmosphere slowed to match the earth's speed. In any case, if the earth stopped rotating we'd be in for much more horrible problems than a plane falling from the sky.

Answer 7

Of course gravity affects airplanes. The earth will not stop turning so that question makes no sense.

Answer 8

The earth does effect air planes but because of the shape of the wings it casue a forse stronger then gravity to push the plane of the ground and cause it to fly. The earth not turrning would not affect gravity becasue gravity is caused by the mass of the object not by the fact that it is turrning.

Answer 9

The earth's gravity is so heavy that it retains the ambience in. the ambience is approximately .2% as thick because of the fact the Earth. A small vaccuum sucks in the air because of the fact the air tension outdoors the vaccuum pushes the air in.

Answer 10

yes it does, and thats exactly what airplanes try to defy