Well, IF the Earth is round, then the air around the Earth has to have a bigger circumference than the Earth itself, so while speeds are the same numerically, they’re also different.
Doing 1,000 mph higher up, you still do the 1,000 miles in an hour, but end up behind someone doing 1,000 mph lower down.
Thaves is the acknowledged master of the pun, but I’m delighted to see how many acolytes and apprentices he’s attracted to the comment section. This is just a fun read every day!
Yakety Sax about 2 months ago
Tell that to the flat earthers!
Izzy Moreno about 2 months ago
Well, IF the Earth is round, then the air around the Earth has to have a bigger circumference than the Earth itself, so while speeds are the same numerically, they’re also different.
Doing 1,000 mph higher up, you still do the 1,000 miles in an hour, but end up behind someone doing 1,000 mph lower down.
ꜝ about 2 months ago
MAYDAY !
MAYDAY !
a sage about 2 months ago
Hate to tell him, but the atmosphere curves around the earth.
sandpiper about 2 months ago
Dim and dimmer.
PraiseofFolly about 2 months ago
It seems as if THEY’RE on ‘speed’.
Ned Snipes about 2 months ago
Oh, that S planes it.
Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 months ago
No, because of climate change like everything else.
InTraining about 2 months ago
That’s knot what he meant…!
ArtyD2 Premium Member about 2 months ago
In high orbit you have zero airspeed.
comixbomix about 2 months ago
No, because the Earth is round and your jokes are flat.
Jeffin Premium Member about 2 months ago
Ground round. Pie are square.
uniquename about 2 months ago
Flat airers or Flat errors?
khjalmarj about 2 months ago
Is flat air is what comes out of a flat tire?
royq27 about 2 months ago
The flat air society?
poppacapsmokeblower about 2 months ago
Spoil sport here, the air is spherical around the earth too. Perhaps one of the things bothering flat earthers is the oceans curving around the earth.
halvincobbes Premium Member about 2 months ago
Wind is the difference. If the air were perfectly still, airspeed and ground speed are the same.
Frank Burns Eats Worms about 2 months ago
He really knows how to pilot on.
jim.bullard about 2 months ago
Actually, the air is curved too and, like the outside of a wheel, any two points by air are farther apart than they are going by ground travel.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 months ago
Thaves is the acknowledged master of the pun, but I’m delighted to see how many acolytes and apprentices he’s attracted to the comment section. This is just a fun read every day!
Gordo4ever about 2 months ago
Air is flat?? NOW you tell me. So that’s why my tire is still flat after I pumped it up….
ArcticFox Premium Member about 2 months ago
….and the difference is the square root of the ellipsoid.