Timeline for How Earth's rotation affect flight times?
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| Oct 26, 2016 at 6:13 | comment | added | Simon | @aaa90210 Time is not fixed for all frames of reference and observers. Time dilation means that the journey time is dependent on the observer. But that's really esoteric and at the micro scales we're taking about with aircraft flying from A to B, not relevant. My point was simply that the Earth is a non-inertial frame and the last paragraph is the key one. | |
| Oct 26, 2016 at 1:48 | comment | added | aaa90210 | "Only by asking the question with reference to a specific observer, can you answer the question" TOTALLY WRONG - the flight time does not depend on the observer. | |
| Feb 1, 2015 at 16:45 | history | edited | Simon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2015 at 18:17 | comment | added | Manu H | my point is that in aviation the frame of reference is implicitly relative to the airmass (or reative to earth) | |
| Jan 31, 2015 at 11:52 | comment | added | Simon | You're right, and I did say "assuming zero wind". If there is wind, then you simply have to add the scalar component of the wind vector relative to the observer. | |
| Jan 31, 2015 at 9:53 | comment | added | Manu H | This is a really good point to explicit the need of frame of reference and it must be written done (so your answer is a good one). But I think you miss one point: in aviation the frame of reference is implicitly either relative to the air or relative to the earth. Assuming zero wind (as asked) means both frame of reference (airmass and earth) are equivalent. | |
| Jan 31, 2015 at 8:48 | history | edited | Simon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2015 at 8:02 | history | answered | Simon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |