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Old 15th Nov 2008, 18:02
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A body has a certain velocity reference the ground, therefore a certain momentum relative to the ground, but messuring it's velocity reference the air around it is just as correct.
Only if that air is not accelerating relative to an inertial frame. Because air is itself dynamic, that is not generally the case. In windshear your airspeed changes instantaneously, your groundspeed cannot.
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